Trunk Floor Paint Color Question

[FL.-Frank]

I’ve seen a black 2003 convertible where the trunk floor color is best described as gray/brown or taupe, and a yellow 2004 convertible where the trunk floor matches the car’s yellow exterior.

Assuming the yellow trunk floor is factory correct on the yellow car, wondering why the black car’s trunk floor isn’t black to match the car’s exterior color?

Does the model make year difference when it comes to what color the factory painted the trunk floors?

 

[CobraBob]

In the black convertible you're talking about, is the gray/brown/taupe unfinished/satin or finished/glossy?

 

[FL.-Frank]

Here’s a photo of it...

In the black convertible you're talking about, is the gray/brown/taupe unfinished/satin or finished/glossy?

 

[Venmous28]

Here’s a photo of it...

That's the color of my 98's floor from the factory.

 

[P49Y-CY]

Here’s a photo of it...


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i'm pretty sure that's stock. i don't think that any of the interior sheet metal was painted with the exterior color from the factory.

at least that's the case on both of my cars, and neither have ever had any paint work done.

 

[BYEPOLR]

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[FL.-Frank]

So if the trunk floor in the 2004 yellow one looks like this, is it not factory original?

 

[Huachipato]

Mine is factory original and it is yellow in the trunk. Perhaps it was different depending on the exterior color?

 

[Goose17]

I can’t imagine the difference being based on color. Maybe it’s an 03 vs. 04 thing or after a certain production date the paint process changed for the trunk.

 

[CobraBob]

After seeing that photo, now I'm not sure I've never seen a trunk painted the same color as the exterior. Maybe Goose is on to something with his guess.

 

[lOOKnGO]

Many different robots spray the body. I heard years ago that they box the left over paints together for coating these types of areas. I recognize that shade.

 

[P49Y-CY]

sorry op, i was wrong. your pic got me off my duff to go check mine out, and they are indeed painted body color. it's so rare that i lift up that floor cover, i must have forgotten. the paint is maybe not as glossy as exterior (no clear coat?), but def more than just an overspray i think.

so now i am not certain about your situation at all lol. here's both of mine. build dates in sig.

 

[FL.-Frank]

No worries p49y-cy.

I was obsessing all week about pulling the trigger on the yellow one, and finally decided to just go for it. 2004 Screaming Yellow Convertible with 1,000 miles on the odo

 

[P49Y-CY]

Congrats! that is a great color for a Terminator.

 

[Goose17]

No worries p49y-cy.

I was obsessing all week about pulling the trigger on the yellow one, and finally decided to just go for it. 2004 Screaming Yellow Convertible with 1,000 miles on the odo

FAN-FRICK’N-TASTIC! Congrats on scoring such a low-mile example!

 

[01yellercobra]

Wasn't there something similar about the underside of the hood as well? Some were fully finished while others got pretty much nothing.

 

[CobraBob]

I learned something new today. The floor of the trunk in those two photos above reminds me of the underside of the (unfinished ones) underside of the hood.

 

[FL.-Frank]

Wasn't there something similar about the underside of the hood as well? Some were fully finished while others got pretty much nothing.

Here’s the underside of the hood on the one I just bought...

 

[CobraBob]

Wasn't there something similar about the underside of the hood as well? Some were fully finished while others got pretty much nothing.

Yes, some undersides were finished and others weren't. Mine wasn't. Those whose undersides were finished were fortunate.

 

[FL.-Frank]

Yellow wasn’t my top color choice, but the car’s ultra low mileage, documentation, and pristine condition won me over.