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Originally Posted by Cairo94507
How is the color match?
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Yes, that's the big one.
I'd done quite a lot of practice runs on the engine lid and taken the car to my paint supplier who is an ex car painter himself. He said the color is correct (straight out of the pot PPG coarse silver metallic). That's what it was painted with about 20 years ago. He said it looked different in certain lights because of the way the metallic flakes lie down. He added 15% matting which makes them stand up. Also by dusting the last coat of silver on by holding the gun on the angle made it look more "metallic". Also I used black primer so if there is any transparency it will darken it which is what I want.
But how will it look when I've got them on the car I don't know. I've gone a new bumper and I'll paint the hood as well. So I may need to blend it in to the doors. I've been procrastinating for years so at this point I'm just making sure it happens LOL