Am about to finish paint the SLR 5000 next week. Between the black bonnet and the screen is the black panel with the grilles up through which come the wipers. Under that is the panel with the wiper fittings, etc. that you can see through the grille. Should that under panel be the colour of the car (mint julep) or black? I am thinking the colour of the car, but, am not sure. Can someone please advise. Thanks Ron
LX SLR 5000 Paint colour under the screen
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Posted 19 July 2008 - 10:10 AM
Mint Julep Ron.
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Posted 19 July 2008 - 03:06 PM
Thought so. Thank you. cheers R
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Posted 19 July 2008 - 06:31 PM
Or do it like Yella, and get the plenum chromed!!! Wouldn't look so great on an LX though.
Came from factory that way!!!
Came from factory that way!!!
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Posted 19 July 2008 - 07:15 PM
I think he means the bit underneath that grill panel
As you can see here, this car is body colour and it's original paint. On the A9X this area was masked off to avoid the black going down in there.
As you can see here, this car is body colour and it's original paint. On the A9X this area was masked off to avoid the black going down in there.
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Posted 24 July 2008 - 07:08 AM
interesting, also painting a lx wondering what colour is the radiator support panel is. in pic from red a9x it looks body colour on top an black in the lower half. is that the same front an back?
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Posted 24 July 2008 - 07:46 AM
Early LX had black engine bays. If it's later, the engine bay is completely body colour. The radiator support should be black so when you look through the grill you don't see body colour. They used to just flash it in with the gun, not masked at all.
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Posted 06 August 2008 - 01:55 AM
Early LX had black engine bays. If it's later, the engine bay is completely body colour. The radiator support should be black so when you look through the grill you don't see body colour. They used to just flash it in with the gun, not masked at all.
ok thanks, also the black on the bonnets of a9x hatchs apears different to the sedans in where it finishs on the guards. was this so on all of the a9x hatchs. i can remember the castrol a9x hatch had the bonnet painted like the sedans, as to where the black finished. is it a one off, or was it changed after it left the factory? cheers
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Posted 06 August 2008 - 07:50 AM
ok thanks, also the black on the bonnets of a9x hatchs apears different to the sedans in where it finishs on the guards. was this so on all of the a9x hatchs. i can remember the castrol a9x hatch had the bonnet painted like the sedans, as to where the black finished. is it a one off, or was it changed after it left the factory? cheers
The Castrol hatch was a race shell and so when it left the factory it was all white. You'll notice it has no chrome trims around the side windows, this is whay it's painted like a sedan. If you paint a hatch that has the chrome trims like a sedan, the black comes down below the chrome trims and it looks all wrong.
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Posted 06 August 2008 - 09:55 AM
The Castrol hatch was a race shell and so when it left the factory it was all white. You'll notice it has no chrome trims around the side windows, this is whay it's painted like a sedan. If you paint a hatch that has the chrome trims like a sedan, the black comes down below the chrome trims and it looks all wrong.
oh i see. must admit i went an checked the pics an you are right, never noticed that before about the chrome trims. thanks
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