Well I am trying to get ready for a local show that is focused on apperance mods. I was looking for things that I could do that I would like and I decided that that I didn't like how the bottles looked under the hood, so I painted them.

I used engine enamal in low gloss black. I think that it was plasti kote brand. I have used it before and it has held up well. I also painted the black on the lights and the engine grates with the stuff. It is a very close match to the black that the inside of the hood is painted with. When I showed my friend he couldn't figure out what I did. In fact, he didn't even realize the bottles were there. Just as a note the white lines that you see on them are view windows so that I can tell how much fluid is in the bottles. The other thing that I learned is to let the paint dry overnight. I put the bottles back in the same day and dinged up the coolant bottle pretty bad since the paint was still soft.

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if your friend didn't notice what you did, the judges might not either...

To each their own I guess. I scuffed and painted my headlight trim rings semi-flat black to get rid of the ugly rust spots and painted over the plastic skirts in the same color to clean them up a bit.

the plastic wire looms come in colors other than black too if you wanted to color-match your paint with them. Sounds to me like the show is looking for more bling though.

Nice and easy mod. The look much better painted color matching the car. I used a plastic prep before the paint just in case. My red car has red bottles and the yellow one has silver. Also I added Fiero decal for a final touch. Which I could post pics.
The headlight trim can be easily restored instead of painted. I had that rusted problem on both cars. Use a nice mag/wheel polisher (Mother's worked for me) and give them a good polish (hand will work fine) and all rust stains will come out and will end up as shiny as new. Beleive me. It is just a detail area thath many people don't see but it is worth it.

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I have some of the plastic tubing in red. I might put it on yet, I am not sure yet. The reason that i painted them black is becuase I don't want to see them. I had thought about red but decided that I would rather have them blend. The judges interview you a little bit and I will point it out. as for the headlight trim, thanks for the idea I was washing out under the hood and mine are all rusty. Mothers is great stuff I did my tail pipes with the stuff yesterday and they almost look new. I wish I could have gotten them off so I could paint the pipe behind the horns though.