Jus' kiddin'... My real question is this: Every picture of a painted engine I've seen shows the water pump and the fuel pump to be painted too. I know it came from the factory that way. Has anyone left the accessories the aluminum color they come? I think it *might* look good, especially with a stainless bolt kit. o No: Obviously I will use all new parts... that valve cover has it's first test coat to see how it looks :TU: Opinions and / or pictures? Thanks, Frank Brooks
Its sorta a personal preference thing, I agree that leaving the water pump unpainted can look good, but I painted mine, mostly because I had just gotten some Buick red engine paint and wanted to try it out. However I left my fuel pump bare because I've never seen one that was painted and I think it looks better leaving it in its natural finish
Personally, If I were to leave it "Naked"... I'd take a dremel with those cotton (or whatever they are) polishing tips... Some aluminum polish(mothers worked good for me) and try to make it shine....Then match it with some billet pulleys... etc. I did it with some clear coated wheels once... it was alot of work, but shined real nice.
Correct would be painted water pump, un-painted fuel pump. Personally, I think an unpainted water pump looks like you just changed it and were too lazy to paint it. JMHO
I painted my water pump and left my fuel pump as it came out of the box. I think it looks great. JMHO
Oh yeah! :laugh: - Well I left it bare nekkid on purpose! Yes - I leave mine nekkid and shined up to show the world how ingenious it was of Buick to use so much aluminum. Fuel pump also left nekkid. I like the look of mixed materials. Too often I've seen engines and compartments totally shot with rattle cans because the owner WAS lazy and couldn't/wouldn't take the time to properly detail. All that being said though, as Nicholas indicates, "correct" is painted. Hey, Buick didn't want that stuff corroding!
I left my water pump and fuel pump bare. I think that looks good. If anything I'd paint the water pump but not the fuel pump. The stainless bolt kit would look good either way! :TU:
