need help with '78 Brown paint
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Racer
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From: Oakville ON
need help with '78 Brown paint
Thanks Gary.
I checked it with a high-powered light and it is in fact metallic, just very fine particles and since the paint is so old it never looked metallic compared to another metallic brown '78 I had seen recently. I am a dummy.
I checked it with a high-powered light and it is in fact metallic, just very fine particles and since the paint is so old it never looked metallic compared to another metallic brown '78 I had seen recently. I am a dummy.
Last edited by Rich's'78; May 27, 2011 at 04:15 PM.
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What does it say on the trim tag?
Gary
This site only shows one brown.
http://www.corvettepaintcodes.com/
Gary
This site only shows one brown.
http://www.corvettepaintcodes.com/
Last edited by Duke94; May 27, 2011 at 04:01 PM.
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Are you repainting your car? With all due respect, the color brown to me just doesn't seem to bring out the best curves in Corvettes as do other colors. It is the one color I would probably consider changing to another. No disrespect intended. I only mention this because if the same ever crossed your mind, during a new paint job would be the time to do it. I have seen some brown and cream cars that looked pretty good, though. But I understand that to each is own. My neighbor stopped in right when I finished painting my car and said I ruined it by painting it silver "...worst color to ever go on a car," he claimed. I have a buddy that thinks all colors should be banned from cars, except black. I told him Black wasn't technically a color.
Mark G
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Last edited by Mark G; May 27, 2011 at 05:51 PM.
Drifting
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What Mark says makes sense. You don't see many gorgeous sculptures like these cars in brown, woody colors. They really pop in any kind of primary color, any kind of silver, even white. The few brown ones ever shown here would generally not be on a highlight reel. If you are going to have to paint it, like Mark says below, it's a good time to exercise your preferences, your choice instead of someone else's. If you leave it brown you might consider the stripe down the center from the mid hood on back in something like white and then feathering down the rear deck into a 6" white stripe around the *** end like a race car design. That might be a way to make it pop and not spend a fortune either especially if you know how to tape and paint and do a serviceable job until you coat the whole car. More than one way to make a car "pop!"lance
Are you repainting your car? With all due respect, the color brown to me just doesn't seem to bring out the best curves in Corvettes as do other colors. It is the one color I would probably consider changing to another. No disrespect intended. I only mention this because if the same ever crossed your mind, during a new paint job would be the time to do it. I have seen some brown and cream cars that looked pretty good, though. But I understand that to each is own. My neighbor stopped in right when I finished painting my car and said I ruined it by painting it silver "...worst color to ever go on a car," he claimed. I have a buddy that thinks all colors should be banned from cars, except black. I told him Black wasn't technically a color.
Mark G
Mark G
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Racer
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From: Oakville ON
I agree that brown isn't my first choice. When I bought the car I intended to change the colour but since I have to sell it now (lost my job) I'll let the next owner choose his / her preferred colour.
I just wanted a colour match so I can touch up some minor scratches.
I know I will get less for it in brown, but I hope not the same amount as a paint job.
Thanks for your input.
I just wanted a colour match so I can touch up some minor scratches.
I know I will get less for it in brown, but I hope not the same amount as a paint job.
Thanks for your input.
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If that paint is the factory paint, or if repainted with the factory mix, I have found that paintscratch.com is a good source for matching touchup colors. You can get it in 2 oz. bottles or in spray cans...whatever you need.
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I think it would be tough to match and do touchup with paint some 35 years old. You may be better off leaving it as is.
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Are you repainting your car? With all due respect, the color brown to me just doesn't seem to bring out the best curves in Corvettes as do other colors. It is the one color I would probably consider changing to another. No disrespect intended. I only mention this because if the same ever crossed your mind, during a new paint job would be the time to do it. I have seen some brown and cream cars that looked pretty good, though. But I understand that to each is own. My neighbor stopped in right when I finished painting my car and said I ruined it by painting it silver "...worst color to ever go on a car," he claimed. I have a buddy that thinks all colors should be banned from cars, except black. I told him Black wasn't technically a color.
Mark G
Mark G
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