Color behind eyebrows and front bumpers of C1?

[Kevin Riel]

What color should be inside the eyebrow opening on the front of a C1? Also, what color should be behind the front bumpers? I've seen cars with the body color in these positions, or some with either gloss or flat black here. Which is correct?

[Bill W.]

Re: Color behind eyebrows and front bumpers of C1?

eye brow openings semi gloss black ( black out) everything else body color.

[Dennis C.]

Re: Color behind eyebrows and front bumpers of C1?

Kevin - If I may take the liberty of assuming you are refering to a 58/62 C1, paint the frontal vertical portion of the outer grille ports w/Krylon 1613 & nothing more. Do not wrap it around the side, do not paint any other portion that is not absolutely vertical. What we are really dealing with here is a bogus factory wanna-be air inlet look-a-like. Kind'a like the '58 bogus hood.

[Kevin Riel]

Re: Color behind eyebrows and front bumpers of C1?

Ok... so it sounds as though the "fake air ducts" should be semi-gloss black, but the area behind the front bumpers should be body color? Thanks for the responses.

[Dennis C.]

Re: Color behind eyebrows and front bumpers of C1?

Kevin - Vertical area behind front bumpers is semi black, but it stops. Body color behind bumpers as they round in body channel and head back toward wheel well opening. Black only in front vertical depressed area of port.

[Kevin Riel]

Re: Color behind eyebrows and front bumpers of C1?

Ok... I think I understand. I just mask to a point where it starts to make the bend?

[Dennis C.]

10-4 Good Buddy *NM*

[Clare Carpenter]

Make sure to check paint compatibility....

before spraying, just to be on the safe side.