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black |
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11 | 55.00% |
outer body color |
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9 | 45.00% |
another color ( please specify in reply) |
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0 | 0% |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: NJ
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paint color question engine compartment
when you get ready to do up an engine compartment on one of our trucks and youre going with chrome engine pieces like valve covers and air cleaner etc what color do you paint the painted part of the inner fenders and the firewall? body exterior color? black? another color?
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yeller
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Twin Cities
Posts: 13,826
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I think firewalls and the fenders look best body color and inner fenders look best gloss black...this is how mine will be and how GM did it when the trucks were new (except GM made the inners satin black).
I have seen some black firewalls, and they don't look too bad, but IMO you need a real nice detailed engine to make it look "right"...if you don't, then it looks slapped together.
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Stepsides RULE
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pineville, LA
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yeah i voted black, its the easiest. but if your goin all out, then eveyrhting should be body color.
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Richardson, TX
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I undercoated the firewall in my 73 when I did it. The yellow paint helped it to stand out, and it also covered up the nasty original green. The inside of the fenders were body color, and I used grey zolotone (trunk paint) on the fender wells and heater box. It looked very nice, and I think the Blazer will get the same treatment someday.
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Location: Sacramento
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what are your plans for the truck? Work, play or show?
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Flagstaff,Arizona
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Richardson, TX
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Here are a couple of pics of mine before I cleaned up the sloppy wiring and all...
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1974 Jimmy- 5.3/4L80e/NP241 Last edited by Jonboy; 10-25-2004 at 01:43 PM. |
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Richardson, TX
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couple more..
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