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Motor Coater is easy to apply, offers superb coverage and yields a self-leveling professional looking finish brushed or sprayed. These engine enamels provide deep, rich pigmented colors for excellent coverage. Your engine will be a show stopper at this DIY price! Motor Coater Features Fast-drying High Performance Extremely High Gloss High Quality Acrylic Enamel Brush Marks Flow Out Withstands Temperatures up to 450°F Matches OEM Standards Will Not Blister, Flake, Crack or Peel Oil, Transmission Fluid and Gas Resistant Great for Brake Calipers Too! Grab some Motor Coater today!

Motor Coater from KBS Coatings is one of the most popular engine paints on the market and is used by auto restorers all over the world. Motor Coater is very easy to apply, offers superb coverage and yields a self-leveling professional looking finish brushed or sprayed. These engine enamels provide deep, rich pigmented colors for excellent coverage. Motor Coater is very easy to brush out and looks like it has been sprayed when brushed out but you can also get Motor Coater in the convenience of an aerosol can on most colors. Motor Coater is a very durable coating protecting your engine from chips, chemicals and heat. Your engine coated with Motor Coater will be a show stopper at this DIY price!

“Here Pics of my 461 pontiac stroker going in my 65 GTO. I prepped with wire brush & KBS Klean then XTC Primer then Motor Coater. The exhaust manifolds were sand blasted & primed with XTC Primer & coated with XTC. So far looks great, thanks for all the Help!” -Randy R.

“Redid the engine compartment, (without removing the engine) on my 1969 Camaro using Motor Coater. The gloss is amazing! It has never looked better in the 25 years I've owned it. -Mike D

“I sprayed 3 coats of KBS Gloss Black Motor Coater allowing each coat to fully cure and scuffing with a red scotch brite pad between coats to get a fairly smooth surface. Finally, I sprayed 3 coats of KBS Diamond Clear. I’m super happy with the results!” -Jamie P

Motor Coater is easy to apply, offers superb coverage and yields a self-leveling professional looking finish brushed or sprayed. These engine enamels provide deep, rich pigmented colors for excellent coverage. Your engine will be a show stopper at this DIY price...too bad it's kept under the hood!

“Before & After pics of my LT1/4L60E for my '68 C-10 project. All coatings are Motor Coater. Block is Velvet Black, the rest are Gloss Black, and Aluminum that has been Diamond Clear-coated. Diamond Clear on raw polished aluminum and steel parts as well. Motor Coater and Diamond Clear are my "go to" coatings for the things I want to have a nice finish on. Awesome stuff!” -Chad M. Motor Coater | DiamondFinish Clear

“We were rebuilding the 360 V8 to put into a 1977 AMC Matador station wagon. Using the correct AMC blue paint was important, and KBS had the hard to find AMC blue paint that was used in the 70s only.” -Brian B. Be sure to check out Motor Coater.

“Used the Motor Coater black on my engine that will eventually go in my show truck! 100% show quality gloss and coverage! Looks awesome!” -Will from Lawton, OK Motor Coater Engine Paint

“I Recently did the valve covers on my 72 Javelin’s engine in prep for doing the whole thing and it turned out wonderfully.” -Cody from Woodstock, MD Click for Motor Coater. Click for Motor Coater Kit.

I got a can of ford corp blue. It is much darker than the ford spray paint I have been using. Do you have any lighter color? In doing research it appears there are 3 shades of ford blue. Thanks.

your buick green is that an original color and does it come in spray can?

What is the quantity of paint provide in the Motor Coater kit?

Though not required, what type or brand of hardener/catalyst do you recommend?

Can Fusion Self-Etching primer be used on/under Motor Coater Engine Enamel? Will it tolerate high heat? Or will it laminate?