As some might recall, when I got my TR3 two years ago, the day I got back the brakes seized, and after some sleep-deprived tinkering, there was a huge brake-fluid spill under my resevior. It peeled and bubbled a ton of paint in the engine bay.
Yesterday, I finally decided to do something about it. I pulled-off a strip of bubbled paint, brought it to the local Schucks, put it up against the paint cans -- brought a can home and went to work.
Here's the result -- not bad for $4 in paint and an hour of time (most of the time spent battling tape around the lines.) The color is just a slight tad darker -- but it is less evident then the bubbling was! If I were to do it again, I'd use white primer, which would lighten the color just the tinest amount.
I also painted the bonnet rod, which like in many TR3s, had peeled from not being properly primed, (or from heat from the radiator when keeping the bonnet up after a long trip.)
Yesterday, I finally decided to do something about it. I pulled-off a strip of bubbled paint, brought it to the local Schucks, put it up against the paint cans -- brought a can home and went to work.
Here's the result -- not bad for $4 in paint and an hour of time (most of the time spent battling tape around the lines.) The color is just a slight tad darker -- but it is less evident then the bubbling was! If I were to do it again, I'd use white primer, which would lighten the color just the tinest amount.
I also painted the bonnet rod, which like in many TR3s, had peeled from not being properly primed, (or from heat from the radiator when keeping the bonnet up after a long trip.)