Engine Bay is wrong blue??

gunk007 · 09-30-2009, 12:03 PM

I have an 05 that is world rally blue. The wierd thing is, the engine compartment and underside of the hood is a dark blue (like on the non-WRX).

Every other part of the car (door jams, doors, behind the carpet in the trunk...) is the proper color. Any ideas on this? Anyone else notice this.
I know I should have noticed this earlier

but it was dark when I purchased the car and I guess I have never paid any attention to it.

midniteblack · 09-30-2009, 04:39 PM

That's totally normal. I'm pretty sure Subaru does it to cut costs.

basco · 09-30-2009, 07:10 PM

they just don't put clear coat in the engine bay...its perfectly normal

gunk007 · 09-30-2009, 08:29 PM

Thanks everyone!! I didn't notice it on my previous WRX so I was just wondering.

sleepr · 09-30-2009, 08:41 PM

...if it (or some of it) were the same color as the outside, then it would be a telltale sign that the car's frontend has been repaired by a bodyshop.

gunk007 · 09-30-2009, 09:24 PM

Sleeper, that is what I was kind of thinking but the fact that everything else was the correct color really made me wonder.