Firewall Wrinkles

[Cncguy]

My Charger R/T Project has Firewall wrinkles, but my Donor car a 4dr Coronet doesn't. What gives? Why would a higher level R/T have them and the lower standard Coronet not? Also AMD seems to think they are important as they are intentionally reproducing wrinkles on there repro firewalls.

How Bad are your wrinkles? Post pics if ya got them.

[Wicked72]

Hmm i never noticed this before i need to check my 72.

[Charger-Bodie]

Probably just a variation in the amount of oil on the dies when the part was stamped . Or how hot the tooling was . Could be a lot of things.

[HPP]

Yeah. These were just massed produced transportation back in the day. I've seen some cars with it, some without.

[Dino]

Lots of cars have that same issue.  When I still restored them I'd ask the client if he wanted it as is or smooth out as there is really no right or wrong, but in my book it's just more sloppy factory work.

[green69rt]

Here's mine, and yes, most seem to have the "wrinkles".

[myk]

Gonna have to go check mine now lol...

[Hard Charger]

they are from the metal stamping process. punching a radius.

[hemi-hampton]

This is common on all cars, anywhere the metal has to bend it will wrinkle. LEON.

[Lord Warlock]

Mine has wrinkles, only part of my firewall I painted were spots where rust was showing (yes I ground the rust off first)

[six-tee-nine]

You could take them out by welding in another piece of metal.

IMO easiest fix is to hang a big block in front of the firewall