clear coat on engine bay

[WVUFELLA]

Do you guys have clear on your engine bays?? The paint guy asked me what I wanted to do becuz he said sometimes with heat the clear will turn a yellowish color.. yall heard of this what do you think??

[72hemi]

With solid colors I have in the past just used a single stage paint. But with my next project being a plum crazy car I am going to use base clear. I don't think it will turn yellow if you use a quality product. I use PPG Global clears, but be prepared to pay out the wazoo for it.

[73Chally]

Mine was cleared a couple years ago when I did the engine swap, and it is fine.  I believe the shop used PPG.

[WVUFELLA]

Do you think if you didnt go with clear it would look dull? The paint man said it wouldnt. he said I wouldnt be able to tell the difference? I dont knwo much about this stuff this first paint job i have had on anything?

[73Chally]

Personally I would not do a Base/Clear and only use the Base.  The paint is a system, and leave part of it out and I don't know what would happen.  It could be okay, but not something I would consider myself.  The only other option I would consider would be a single stage, but I don't know how that would compare with the body paint if it is a Base/Clear.

[HemiDog]

On my project, I used a single stage polyurethane for the underside, interior, and engine bay.  The body is a base/clear.  You really can't tell much difference. 

[stinger]

I used DuPont Chroma One SS in my engine compartment but added some clear in the mix on the final coat for better gloss.I like the SS look as it looks more factory.the color is C7 in violet.the out side of the car will be Base/Clear.

[sadil340]

My shop used a satin clear in areas where the factory look was flatter. It gives the protection of clear but not the artifically high gloss.

[heminut]

I used Dupont basecoat/clearcoat (Chroma One I think) on the body and Dupont Nason single stage on the trunk and engine compartment. The color is F8/Forest Green Metallic and there is a definate difference in the two. The engine compartment and trunk are a brighter green than the body. I can live with it, but a real persnickity person probably wouldn't be happy with it. It wasn't a mixing error either, the trunk was done first and later on I got another quart mixed for the engine compartment-same results!

[e-tek]

I don't think your body guy meant he would shoot just base and no clear - that doesn't make sense. It would be flat and have no longevity. As has been said, he may put single stage in engine bay, just because it's faster for the shop. Often, shops add clear to the last coat of single stage, so maybe he meant no clear there (I hpe so!) I really like the idea of using a satin clear though. That could look good.
I've worked in shops for 10yrs and personally would NEVER use a single stage and B/C on the same car. As said, there can be color variables, sheen varibles and chemical varibales causing wrinkling or worse. Howevfer, in the negine bay it might be OK, because you can mask it off well. On my last project done at home I did the inners and outer in Single stage, with clear in final coat and don't like it - too much OP and not enough color sandability. This time I'm going B/C in and out.  Just my opinions.