HELP Color matched tanks
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From: Horncastle Lincolnshire, England
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Is this what youre looking for?
Ecklers have them but so do many of the other Forum vendors
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...8&dept_id=1225
Ecklers have them but so do many of the other Forum vendors
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...8&dept_id=1225
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From: Henderson NV
My recomendation is to buy the type that cover the tanks instead of the painted tanks themselves, I went through 2 sets of coolant tanks that were custom color matched and they both peeled, and these were from a known vendor, that was nice enough to refund me both times, but lost out on the rest of the set that was purchased in the group.
As DeeGee posted a linked to , I went with the unpainted fiberglass kit from Ecklers also, $350.00 for unpainted 8 piece kit, had them custom painted.
Autobuffs sells custom painted covers also, but are a bit pricey
There is also a forum member "VYPER" who does custom painting on the side, he offered to do mine for a very reasonable price, I would have gone with him if it wasnt for my wife secretly getting mine done by the artist that did my paint scheme on my vette itself.
As DeeGee posted a linked to , I went with the unpainted fiberglass kit from Ecklers also, $350.00 for unpainted 8 piece kit, had them custom painted.
Autobuffs sells custom painted covers also, but are a bit pricey
There is also a forum member "VYPER" who does custom painting on the side, he offered to do mine for a very reasonable price, I would have gone with him if it wasnt for my wife secretly getting mine done by the artist that did my paint scheme on my vette itself.
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Paint them yourself. You can get paint to match your exterior color from any auto paint store, either local or on the internet. I got a couple of spray cans of Le Mans blue and painted mine. If I can do it, anybody can do it. Don't forget the clearcoat.
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I would take Vetteshop off of the list, that is the place I had the peeling probs with, and they no longer advertise on there site the painted tanks or the C5 kits like they used to, so I assum others had problems besides me.
Not bashing them, just passing on info
Not bashing them, just passing on info
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Hmmmmm, like these:
C5 Kidd and other vendors on the Forum can put your Vette in this condition - but at a price
C5 Kidd and other vendors on the Forum can put your Vette in this condition - but at a price
