Painting firewall question - Lateral-g Forums

**scherp69** · #1 01-23-2009, 03:49 PM

What would be a good paint to use to paint my firewall? I want to paint the entire firewall area including the upper cowel vent area. I'm debating about using POR15 as I still have almost a gallon of it and I like the way it looks. I would do the chassis coat also so the UV rays don't affect it. Here's a pic of my firewall as it sits now. I'm just in the process of grinding the welds down and cleaning it up. Any advice would be great. Thanks.

peetsjunkie · #2 01-23-2009, 04:03 PM

I would never use por on the firewall. Maybe on the inside of the cabin, but I would never put it on the engine bay. A few wet coats of epoxy should be fine.

rjsjea · #3 01-23-2009, 04:05 PM

Same color as you plan on painting the body

elitecustombody · #4 01-23-2009, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rjsjea

Same color as you plan on painting the body

yep, that actually works

68protouring454 · #5 01-23-2009, 06:40 PM

body color or sem hot rod black or duponts hot rod black single stage.or black base, flat clear

awr68 · #6 01-23-2009, 06:53 PM

I used PPG's version of the stock GM underhood black...and I like it a lot!

GM Muscle · #7 01-24-2009, 03:41 AM

black imron or chroma one single stage. add a flattening agent if you want..

BBC69Camaro · #8 01-24-2009, 07:19 AM

I used Por-15 and their Chassis Coat black on my firewall and inner fenders.

What I started with:

Very durable, finished product:

**scherp69** · #9 01-25-2009, 08:39 PM

Thanks for the advice guys. I think I will likely end up atleast getting it in primer first. I wanted to atleast get the grinding done before I put the subframe back underneath as it's just been powder coated.

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Originally Posted by awr68

I used PPG's version of the stock GM underhood black...and I like it a lot!

Do you have any good pics of how it turned out?