Heine,
Here's a picture of my engine bay right after I shot it with the POR-15 truck bed liner kit. It approximates the original appearance and looks great! Has more sheen/gloss than the undercoating and smaller pebbling. I love it, and it's not another surface that needs to be polished.
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