Paint help - quick please !
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From: Alpharetta GA
Paint help - quick please !
hi - all
81 Dark Blue Metallic
T-Tops are at the shop getting painted.
According to their chart my color code is GM29
On the Corvette info I have , Dark Blue Metallic is GM28
When they pulled up GM 28 in their computer , it said that GM28
is for GM trucks....not cars
therefore , I am confused...
I told them to paint GM 29 because thats what their computer said.....now Im wondering if I should do 28 because that is what the GM packet of info I have says....the 28 and 29 are VERY VERY close.
here is what is on my trim tag
Chevrolet B11
Trim 292 28L Paint
thanks
[Modified by ksems, 10:25 AM 10/1/2002]
81 Dark Blue Metallic
T-Tops are at the shop getting painted.
According to their chart my color code is GM29
On the Corvette info I have , Dark Blue Metallic is GM28
When they pulled up GM 28 in their computer , it said that GM28
is for GM trucks....not cars
therefore , I am confused...
I told them to paint GM 29 because thats what their computer said.....now Im wondering if I should do 28 because that is what the GM packet of info I have says....the 28 and 29 are VERY VERY close.
here is what is on my trim tag
Chevrolet B11
Trim 292 28L Paint
thanks
[Modified by ksems, 10:25 AM 10/1/2002]
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Re: Paint help - quick please ! (ksems)
Leave it up to the shop to determine which color to use, they are the professional and you are paying them. Take you vette back and let them match it to the car's color. If they choose the wrong one, then they will have to repaint them. If you dictate which one then they are off the hook. JMHO
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Re: Paint help - quick please ! (Fevre)
Fevre -
thanks for the quick reply
we held up the swatches next to the tops and they were so close we couldnt really tell. It looked a little more like the 28, but I dont know if I was biased because of the info I already knew,... it was so hard to tell.
Their computer said 29.....
Maybe since they are so close it wont matter which one they use....
thanks
thanks for the quick reply
we held up the swatches next to the tops and they were so close we couldnt really tell. It looked a little more like the 28, but I dont know if I was biased because of the info I already knew,... it was so hard to tell.
Their computer said 29.....
Maybe since they are so close it wont matter which one they use....
thanks
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Re: Paint help - quick please ! (ksems)
I just called them -
Im gonna let the paint guy look at both swatches next to the t tops and make a decision as to which is best.
He may see something we arent seeing.
Like i said before, they are so close , it may not matter
Im gonna let the paint guy look at both swatches next to the t tops and make a decision as to which is best.
He may see something we arent seeing.
Like i said before, they are so close , it may not matter
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Re: Paint help - quick please ! (Daves_rusty_75)
Your trim tag says 28. I'd go 28, but the paint may be faded enough to
warrant the shop to use their best judgement.
:seeya
warrant the shop to use their best judgement.
:seeya
Is 29 slightly lighter than 28? If so, then there's a high possibility that your paint has faded over time such that it takes a lighter shade to match it now.
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Re: Paint help - quick please ! (ksems)
thanks all -
actually 29 is a little darker if anything....
the paint on my car is in really good shape.
I think the car has always been garaged .....
hope the paint guy has good judgment :D
actually 29 is a little darker if anything....
the paint on my car is in really good shape.
I think the car has always been garaged .....
hope the paint guy has good judgment :D
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