Owen, The one piece pad was put in before joining the top and frame. Since there was not an abundance of paint sprayed under the lid, the paint was mostly absorbed by the fabric like material much like a rug absorbs spray.? Some fibers show body color but overall appearance remains the original pad material color. John Cote Guilford, CT ? -----Original Message----- From: Owen Grigg <ram300@xxxxxxxxxx> To: 'Chrysler 300 club' <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 3:21 am Subject: [Chrysler300] '57 & '58 300 trunklid insulation factory assembly, how'd they do it.... Hi All Whilst working on my 300C I was just curious to know how the factory put together the trunk lid assembly. The factory installed insulation appears to be in one large sheet, not cut to fit the holes. There is no overspray from the trunk lid frame on the insulation material, surely the factory did not mask the inside of the trunk to spray the frame and avoid the insulation pad. All I can come up with is the frame and outer trunk skin were painted before joining the two together and sandwiching the insulation pad, sounds like a roundabout way of doing it? Anyone know how they did it, would put my mind at rest. Thanks Owen Auckland,NZ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/