Under bonnet paint

[iandjm]

Hi,

I am really enjoying my new Golf Match, what a car! I have a question tho. I have noticed the engine bay and underside of bonnet are not painted in the body colour (Black), they are a matt grey, which could be primer? Is anyone elses car like this?
Cheers
Ian

[Keithuk]

I've just had a close look at mine and all the bodywork under the bonnet its sprayed Shadow Blue apart from a slight overspray on the bracket where the bonnet strut fixes to the bulkhead which shows the oversprayed blue on the white primer.

[Rhigour]

On mine all metalwerk under the hood is sprayed Grey. but as my car is grey that does not move the discussion on much.

[Keithuk]

Yes but is it the same shade of grey metallic as the paintwork or is it a white like the primer?

[Brian566]

My Car Under Bonnet Colour is Silver same as the Car " Not Primer "

[iandjm]

Hi. My dealer had another car there that also had the grey underbonnet paint too. Both are 2012 models. It's a mystery eh.

Ian

[ev996]

most vw are like it,regards

[SnoopyG]

I cannot remember when it happened but it was either a build week 46 or build week 22 last year they started doing this.
As i spotted it and asked VWuk. I was informed unofficially this was due to issues covering the under bonnet areas and wing edges (which my car suffers badly and i have a ongoing case with them with) so they changed the way these locations were painted on newer cars.

[SRGTD]

Although my car is Carbon Grey metallic, the underbonnet areas are painted in a different shade of non-metallic grey. Like SnoopyG, I'd heard that VW had started painting the underbonnet areas grey, irresepctive of the exterior paint colour.

[Crasher]

Just like US manufacturers have been doing for years but I do not like it.

[SnoopyG]

Also some of the japanese as my Daihatsu is metallic blue but under the bonnet is black.