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Hi guys I’m needing to paint my firewall now that all my repairs are done to put my kframe back on.

My question to everyone is I’m painting the firewall black and the car grey but does anyone have a photo of where the black finishes and colour starts at the A pillar dog leg under windscreen corner? Any photos would help.

If you can be bothered trolling back through my ute build should be images. I painted the dash, plenum and firewall all in clinker grey satin as per factory. I kept the division just under the edge of the front guard.


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Might help

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Sorry I probably didn’t specify right I’m doing the exterior

Yes you did. I was asleep at the wheel. Hopefully this is of more use. On mine there is colour to the inner guard bolt line inside the door opening. That way the guard goes on over colour. Even though the photo with the kframe shows yellow on the bit below the mounting points in the finished job, everything inside the front guard is now black. My firewall is painted as Adelaide assembly. Unfortunately I don't have a snap of inside door opening - but its all yellow

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Thank you for that! Is there different variations?

My understanding is that cars other than Adelaide assembled had an all black ("clinker grey") firewall matching the inner guards colour, where mine as an Adelaide body, had the top section of the firewall the body colour. Of course many paint their cars the body colour in the engine bay too. The world is your oyster. In terms of the A pillar, everything you can see with the door open is body colour.
It's all new to me too, so more experienced members may have better info.

Thanks mate that helps a heap !!

I’m not going too original so still in two minds to do colour or black

Mine is just a generic 'flat' black where it is black. I didn't chase the elusive 'clinker grey'. Gloss is easier to keep clean looking I guess.

Not really elusive. There is a standard Dulon formula for Protec PPG acrylic. Having said, gloss body colour firewall always looks nice.


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It is nice but will show any imperfection in colour I think I’m going to go gloss black all engine bay then it will hide my attempt at bodywork deep in the engine bay. Shadows are my friend

I used SATIN NOT MATT!! black in mine looks good hides a lot of imperfections