Re: 47 Interior plastic color questions
Posted by HH56 On 2013/7/20 10:27:29
For what it's worth I had the same question. The fact book is less than specific just saying the dash "is formed of a series of sparkling chrome louvers and silvery panels"
My chrome is presentable but not perfect and wasn't going to be rechromed. I cleaned and polished and made the surface a bit more shiny. Aside from a few pits, the paint was still present in splotches -- although since parts of the woodgraining was redone haphazardly sometime in the cars history I can't for 100% say it was the original paint.
I did a test piece of 3 paints. "Metallic Aluminum", "Stone Gray" and ordinary "Silver". Laid it next to the original and decided Silver was the best match and also the most pleasing appearance. Aluminum seemed to get buried with the chrome and gray was flat and dull. Right or wrong, Silver is what I went with. I can't tell from my photo how it compares to JW's car above.
One question I do still have is on the vertical strip between the instrument switches and the center grill. Mine had paint there but am not sure I ever remember seeing it on others. I went ahead and painted it again but is a question.
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My chrome is presentable but not perfect and wasn't going to be rechromed. I cleaned and polished and made the surface a bit more shiny. Aside from a few pits, the paint was still present in splotches -- although since parts of the woodgraining was redone haphazardly sometime in the cars history I can't for 100% say it was the original paint.
I did a test piece of 3 paints. "Metallic Aluminum", "Stone Gray" and ordinary "Silver". Laid it next to the original and decided Silver was the best match and also the most pleasing appearance. Aluminum seemed to get buried with the chrome and gray was flat and dull. Right or wrong, Silver is what I went with. I can't tell from my photo how it compares to JW's car above.
One question I do still have is on the vertical strip between the instrument switches and the center grill. Mine had paint there but am not sure I ever remember seeing it on others. I went ahead and painted it again but is a question.
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