If you're up for a couple of weekends of work and not building a show car, it's not that hard to do the painting yourself ... if you don't insist on a multi-part automotive paint. I did my GTV myself using spray cans. Before and after pix are here: Engine Photos. A larger image of the finished product is here: New Page 1.
A heavy duty engine compartment cleaner from the auto parts store and kerosene -- applied well away from anything that could ignite it -- got the the gunk out and did not harm the paint. You can buy paint to match the car's body color and have it put in spray cans. Somewhere on the BB is more information about that and can most likely be found with the search feature.
I hated the thought of doing the job, but once I got started found it wasn't that bad or that time consuming. My son has also painted his GTV, with excellent results.
A heavy duty engine compartment cleaner from the auto parts store and kerosene -- applied well away from anything that could ignite it -- got the the gunk out and did not harm the paint. You can buy paint to match the car's body color and have it put in spray cans. Somewhere on the BB is more information about that and can most likely be found with the search feature.
I hated the thought of doing the job, but once I got started found it wasn't that bad or that time consuming. My son has also painted his GTV, with excellent results.
