Another Engine Bay Question
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Another Engine Bay Question
Getting ready to start putting the engine bay back together and wondering what color to paint the heater blower box and the attached air conditioning box. I painted my firewall with Krylon semi-flat black. Should i paint the boxes the same color? I have seen some pics on this forum and the boxes look like they have a higher gloss than semi-flat. thanks for any advice
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Heat /AC Box
I bought a can of that spray on sound deadning/ truck bed liner,
and used that to insulate the Heater/Ac box,
hopefully to minmiize temp losses and sound trassmision.
sprayed several coats inside and out then reassembled everything.
you can't really fotice it once it is together, but I hope the end result helps ! 69Vett
and used that to insulate the Heater/Ac box,
hopefully to minmiize temp losses and sound trassmision.
sprayed several coats inside and out then reassembled everything.
you can't really fotice it once it is together, but I hope the end result helps ! 69Vett
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I read a post in the NCRS TDB that the heater box was supposed to be natural Fiberglass like the tire tub. I'm assuming it's because it was installed after the thin coating of blackout paint was applied to the firewall. The heater box does have a higher sheen in its natural Fiberglass state.
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I read a post in the NCRS TDB that the heater box was supposed to be natural Fiberglass like the tire tub. I'm assuming it's because it was installed after the thin coating of blackout paint was applied to the firewall. The heater box does have a higher sheen in its natural Fiberglass state.
To finish it off, I ended up painting it Mar-Hyde black satin to match the engine bay.
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thanks guys - i'm going to go with matching krylon semi-flat and see how it looks. i think that it did come natural fiberglass but it looks like i took the factory sheen off with the laquer thinner so now must paint:o thanks again
