What colour is my paint?
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:35 pm
i need the paint codes and/or name of my paint so i can get a can of it for a little work i have to do.
Its the champainy goldish colour.
Its the champainy goldish colour.
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Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 6:38 pm
remove a part that is painted take it into a auto paint place and get them to match the colour, easiest way about it.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:49 pm
gas flap is usually your best bet.
check id tags
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:50 pm
i thought the paint code was on the i.d tag. it is on mine, or you can maybe find it on the radiator support panel ( just next to the bonnet strike).
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:08 am
Note: After 20 years of age, car paint fades
My asshole panel beater colour matches using the car ID code, and you can tell :x :glare: :glare: :glare: :x
I should take a photo of what happens. Shame I don't have a cam here.
Having them do it without seeing that ID plate is the best, as the colour of your car now will be much different to the colour of the car back in the 80's.
Somebody posted a picture of a bright Orange Starion that looked mint. Turns out it was the factory red paint job but sun-faded.
My asshole panel beater colour matches using the car ID code, and you can tell :x :glare: :glare: :glare: :x
I should take a photo of what happens. Shame I don't have a cam here.
Having them do it without seeing that ID plate is the best, as the colour of your car now will be much different to the colour of the car back in the 80's.
Somebody posted a picture of a bright Orange Starion that looked mint. Turns out it was the factory red paint job but sun-faded.
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 2:30 am
lol, i just ended up getting the ford colour 'chardonay' from kmart, its not going anywhere on the outside anyway and this matched close enough.
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 2:43 am
haha ok good as :)
Another hint, Silicone sealant, used for your tyres, goes awesome on the front plastic strip above the front bumper, and extremely well on the rubber piece on the rear bumper.
My friend described it as 'it looks like you've put a brand new bumper, on a shit car' - by that he was talking about the fact the rest of my paint doesn't look very good at all (splotchy + mis-matched).
Almost slapped him for that comment, but bumper does look pretty :D
Another hint, Silicone sealant, used for your tyres, goes awesome on the front plastic strip above the front bumper, and extremely well on the rubber piece on the rear bumper.
My friend described it as 'it looks like you've put a brand new bumper, on a shit car' - by that he was talking about the fact the rest of my paint doesn't look very good at all (splotchy + mis-matched).
Almost slapped him for that comment, but bumper does look pretty :D
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:50 pm
There are better products out there that are silicone free, this is a must for those people that really love their cars. :D
The reason being that if you happen to have an accident and those parts are to be painted, the painter will have nightmares.
This has a devastating effect on paint, the painted surface absorbs the silicone and when the new paint goes on after all of the prepping. The paint ends up with little spots all over it. Commonly known in the trade as "fish eyes".
These are an absolute pest, and often require many attempts at repainting the part or just ordering a new one. Just imagine the disaster if you have been using a product that's in a spray form! and a majority of the car has to be painted.
In the case of the starion thats not always an easy task ( as i've found out).
The best way to avoid this situation is to NEVER :glare: put silicone near your paint work.
There are so many other SILICONE FREE products out there, i use a product called "Auto Glym:- Bumper Shine", it rocks. I think that meguires also has a silicone free bumper dressing as well. Have you noticed their tyre dressings are silicone free?
Another bad point to silicone is the use in car interiors, especially on dash boards. Do you know why dash boards crack? Silicone based products do most of the damage. The silicone is absorbed into material and when warmed up by interior heater or sun the silicone force the material to expand and over time woila... cracked dash.
Silicone is really not a nice thing when it comes to cars best features. I maybe wrong, though i am a qualified car detailer.
drew :D
The reason being that if you happen to have an accident and those parts are to be painted, the painter will have nightmares.
This has a devastating effect on paint, the painted surface absorbs the silicone and when the new paint goes on after all of the prepping. The paint ends up with little spots all over it. Commonly known in the trade as "fish eyes".
These are an absolute pest, and often require many attempts at repainting the part or just ordering a new one. Just imagine the disaster if you have been using a product that's in a spray form! and a majority of the car has to be painted.
In the case of the starion thats not always an easy task ( as i've found out).
The best way to avoid this situation is to NEVER :glare: put silicone near your paint work.
There are so many other SILICONE FREE products out there, i use a product called "Auto Glym:- Bumper Shine", it rocks. I think that meguires also has a silicone free bumper dressing as well. Have you noticed their tyre dressings are silicone free?
Another bad point to silicone is the use in car interiors, especially on dash boards. Do you know why dash boards crack? Silicone based products do most of the damage. The silicone is absorbed into material and when warmed up by interior heater or sun the silicone force the material to expand and over time woila... cracked dash.
Silicone is really not a nice thing when it comes to cars best features. I maybe wrong, though i am a qualified car detailer.
drew :D