Engine compartment color

I know this looks like its in rough shape but from the photo you can see that there is now body color in this area.. just the factory e coat, rust and grim. The car did come from Arizona. As far as I can tell the car hasn't been repainted. and my thought was do to the wet weather in Washington was to go back to the black with undercoating once the rust issues were addressed..

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