Originally Posted by imabenz
Maxcichon,
Those look great. The way you only paint the center part of the engine cover is perfect. It highlights the body color without drawing too much attention to it. I've seen the entire cover painted and I think it looks horrible.
One downside to my base coupe is that the engine compartment has no contrast and IMO doesn't look anywhere as good as the non-black Crossfires. On the non-black cars, the engine doesn't blend in with the body colors.
Any ideas for Black Crossfires besides painting them another color?
I'd think about using a dark metallic gray for the flat and maybe a lighter gray/dark silver for the dome and lettering.
For the lettering, I used paint pens I found in the artsy-craftsy department at Wal Mart. It's a pain, but looks cool. They are available in Silver, Gold, Black, Blue and Red.
Maybe red lettering?
Have fun, you can always do it over!