Ruby Red spray paint?

I am looking to paint my engine cover and coil covers myself and want to match the Ruby red but cant seem to find this in a spray can anywhere.

Anyone able to find this color in a spray paint form?

I used a metallic engine paint, and I believe it was this one:

https://www.amazon.com/VHT-SP401-En...r=1-1&keywords=fire+red+metallic+engine+paint

I'll have my son double check the color in a bit... I bought mine at an Autozone...

It's not absolutely dead on, but it's pretty dang close! And looks closer to the body color in person than in this photo.

That looks almost exactly what i plan on doing. Thanks a ton! Will order as soon as you check that color.

I'm glad I had him check, because that was not what I used. I used this (I think I got it from PepBoys, but might have been another auto-parts place.

https://www.amazon.com/Dupli-Color-...564&sr=8-1&keywords=metalcast+spray+paint+red

And then I overcoated with this:

https://www.amazon.com/Dupli-Color-...d=1493386622&sr=8-6&keywords=duplicolor+clear

Lol yeah thats a bit differnt. Thanks for looking. Did you prime all the parts before you painted them with this or was this enough to stick to the plastic? Was one can of each enough? Sorry for all the questions.

tza888 said:

Lol yeah thats a bit differnt. Thanks for looking. Did you prime all the parts before you painted them with this or was this enough to stick to the plastic? Was one can of each enough? Sorry for all the questions.

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No worries with the questions - that's what the forum is for, right?

I'm pretty sure I did use a coat or two of primer. It was a while ago, so I'm not remembering 100%. Search around here on how people are painting their engine covers and you should find the info. I did the method where I sprayed the red, let it cure, then sprayed the silver and wiped up over-spray.

One can should have been enough, but I had to re-do it a couple times when I wasn't happy with the way it was going. I used about a can and a half of the red.

Check in with NAPA. I was looking for an off color paint to do my roll cage in my Jeep a couple years ago and found out they could mix most any color I wanted and put it in a spray can. The color was Rescue Green, a light earthy green with some metallic in it. Had them make me 3 cans and they worked great and color matched my Jeep. Surprisingly it wasn't very costly either.

You can get factory paint colors online in spray cans. Just do a google search. There are several out there.