friggin' frakkin' dirty SOB! Guess PO didn't do a quality paint job - what you are seeing is the area in front of the cowl/above the firewall - I painted some areas under the hood the other day and decided to pull the tape today - - the black is the paint I just put down, the orange is the color the car is painted -- the yellow/gold is what is under the **** paint job - the orange that WAS over it came off with the tape - F%^KING perfect. :BangHead: