HealeyRick Rick Neville (489 posts) Registered: 12/19/2007 05:01PM Main British Car: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Ford 5.0L |
Louver Update
Been a bit dead in the Healey section so I thought I'd put up some pictures of my louvers in their final configuration. I tried getting away with just painting the hood with the same color code used when the car was restored but it's going to need some adjustment.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/18/2018 06:00PM by HealeyRick. |
rficalora Rob Ficalora Willis, TX (2764 posts) Registered: 10/24/2007 02:46PM Main British Car: '76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302 |
Re: Louver Update
Hood looks great. Never seen a paint code for modern paint be that far off!! I'm thinking either to code was wrong or it was mixed wrong.
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HealeyRick Rick Neville (489 posts) Registered: 12/19/2007 05:01PM Main British Car: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Ford 5.0L |
Re: Louver Update
Rob,
Turns out you were right. Took the bonnet to a hot rod paint shop that said they could do a better color match. They mixed up the paint to the code and without any tinting got a match. This is the result Apparently, the original paint supplier mixed the formula wrong. |