Can anyone please help with the engine bay paint code for an LJ GTR ?
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, Dec 10 2023 01:19 PM
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 01:19 PM
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 03:42 PM
Hi Peter, don't over think it, Satin Black is the correct colour/finish IMO.
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 03:54 PM
Did GTR and XU1 get a gloss engine bay like GTS and Brougham? Or were they slops like the other lesser Holdens.
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 04:46 PM
Did GTR and XU1 get a gloss engine bay like GTS and Brougham? Or were they slops like the other lesser Holdens.
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 07:00 PM
Weren't the engine bays Satin black, and the boots were slops?
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 07:24 PM
HK-HT had a mixture depending upon the BAP and VAP. Often the firewall got slops and satin on the subframe but I’ve also seen slops on the subframe over the years but never really took note of the plants of origin. But GTS and Brougham were off the gun gloss Warrigal Black, I think that stopped at some stage though like in HG.
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 08:09 PM
HI the engine bay for the gtr and the xu1 s are semi gloss,
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 08:20 PM
Are they satin or off the gun gloss acrylic like a GTS which looks like satin as it’s not cut and buffed?
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 09:57 PM
HI the engine bay for the gtr and the xu1 s are semi gloss,
So satin
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 09:58 PM
Are they satin or off the gun gloss acrylic like a GTS which looks like satin as it’s not cut and buffed?
Warrigal Black gloss off the gun same as GTS.
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Posted 10 December 2023 - 10:00 PM
Hi if thats what satin is then yes satiin/semi gloss is the colour of the engine bay, no doubt.
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Posted 11 December 2023 - 08:23 AM
Hi if thats what satin is then yes satiin/semi gloss is the colour of the engine bay, no doubt.
The paint always looked like Satin to me. Was a long way from any form of gloss.
IMHO if it looks like Satin, then it's Satin.
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Posted 11 December 2023 - 08:47 AM
It eventually oxidises like any acrylic does. Off the gun gloss acrylic looks like satin at the shinier end of satin. I always thought that GTS were satin as well until I saw the assembly instruction docs for HK and had a closer look at the original engine bay of my GTS327 and you can see where protected it is still gloss but has lost a lot of its shine. I'll see if I can put up a photo I took when it was still complete back in the early 90's.
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