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03-01-2013 11:07 PM - permalink

KSC- Cobra

What did everyone do with the firewall and inner fender panels? Did you leave them original, or paint them, or something else? If you painted them, what did you use?

03-04-2013 09:10 AM - permalink

Beastly

Just used a satin black paint (nothing special)-but I had often thought about putting a aluminum skin on the firewall and the underside portion of the hood....

03-04-2013 11:43 AM - permalink

tony laboy

The previous owner of my SB covered everything under the hood with aluminum. Looks pretty good as compared to the black gel coat. I'll post some pictures after I go visit this weekend. It's stored some 30 miles away.

03-04-2013 02:19 PM - permalink

mdross1

Left ours in black Gelcoat once the engine and everything else was in place the firewall is almost not noticed as are the fenderwells.Once thought about all aluminum even in the trunk but the reality set in this is a kit.My .02

03-04-2013 04:11 PM - permalink

RedEye

My gel coat is white... and came to me pretty beat up so I ended up painting it black with a single application frame paint which I think was a PPG product, about $75.00 a gallon, pretty cheap as far as auto paints go. There is a product out there which is a high polish stainless steel, I thought about putting this on the firewall, but i ended up having so many surfaces this would have been a lot of trouble to go through. Might look nice under the hood though.

04-25-2013 08:18 PM - permalink

jbyrd1966

I was thinking of cutting metal plates and bolting them on the firewall and maybe the inner fenders. Steel or aluminum, haven't made up my mind yet. Is this overkill? My thoughts were so that I would have a more solid surface to mount/bolt stuff to. And I was thinking it might dampen the heat a bit. Thoughts or suggestions?

04-26-2013 04:59 AM - permalink

mdross1

Metal over the glass will not dampen the heat much,the glass is more than ample to bolt things too.Honestly I pondered the same thing with aluminum,but in the end because these cars are done well in that area decided to leave things alone.Course we all have different needs have fun.

04-27-2013 05:56 AM - permalink

RedEye

I thought this was a cool product but I did not do it because I ended up drastically changing the shape of the firewall. I will have a heat and sound sheet material placed on the inside of the firewall though.

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