Before

I had even quickly sanded and painted that rail under the abs... It was really nasty before there..

 

Disgusting!

 

Used an can of gloss black engine enamel..

 

I wasn't going to blow another $700 painting under the hood of an 7 by a shop. It looks MUCH better, but I want it shiny. Is this possible with spray can paint? Is there some compound that I could rub/buff/polishing etc to make it feel smoooth and be shiny?

 

since you are doing a small area, I will suggest this. Get a quart of paint from a body shop supply place, and get a preval paint sprayer. for like $10 you can get a decent glossy paint job.





http://www.prevalspraygun.com/home.htm







I have used it before for smaller projects, it works pretty damn good. much better than rattle can crap.

 

you could probably buy a can of high temperature clearcoat to spray over the black...



that should make it shiny.

 

by the way, it looks really nice.

 

I spray painted a motorcycle gas tank with black, then multiple coats of spray clear coat. I wet sanded between each coat, and it came out great.

 

the glossy looks nice too

 

I decided to just leave it. Its not a show car anyhow. Its just a daily driver...