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[GottaDesigner]

Anyone know a near-as-dammit match for this? I can't find a paint code for it anywhere!!

Thx!

[1984mini25]

The closest I’ve found is HYCOTE acrylic colour DRV403 Rover Hurricane Grey 150ml aerosol for about £2.25 to £3.25per can and is what i've been using on my 25.

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[GottaDesigner]

Thank you!! I did look up your earlier post too

It's a real beggar of a colour... How does it hold up to Nimbus, it looks quite a bit darker than mine - got the paint guys to colour match my arches to the bumpers I have but forgot to ask them to do the inner light rims. ><

I did find some Humbrol model paint that you wouldn't know it from that I use for 'touch ups' on chips but they don't do it in big enough pots for this job

Edited by GottaDesigner, 24 March 2007 - 11:34 PM.

[1984mini25]

Thank you!! I did look up your earlier post too

It's a real beggar of a colour... How does it hold up to Nimbus, it looks quite a bit darker than mine - got the paint guys to colour match my arches to the bumpers I have but forgot to ask them to do the inner light rims. ><

I did find some Humbrol model paint that you wouldn't know it from that I use for 'touch ups' on chips but they don't do it in big enough pots for this job

Well it's the closest off the shef match i could find comparing it to one of my nimbus grey plastic wing mirrors, although as I’m re-painting all the nimbus trim it didn’t matter so much.

Although it does look slightly darker on screen because of camera settings, amount of sunlight, etc, that and all the paintwork is fresh and has been wet sanded and polished back up so has a lot deeper colour.

If you’ve already had some of your trim re-done and colour matched from the arches, it could be that the paint has faded so now appears slightly lighter in colour?

[GottaDesigner]

Thank you!! I did look up your earlier post too

It's a real beggar of a colour... How does it hold up to Nimbus, it looks quite a bit darker than mine - got the paint guys to colour match my arches to the bumpers I have but forgot to ask them to do the inner light rims. ><

I did find some Humbrol model paint that you wouldn't know it from that I use for 'touch ups' on chips but they don't do it in big enough pots for this job

Well it's the closest off the shef match i could find comparing it to one of my nimbus grey plastic wing mirrors, although as I’m re-painting all the nimbus trim it didn’t matter so much.

Although it does look slightly darker on screen because of camera settings, amount of sunlight, etc, that and all the paintwork is fresh and has been wet sanded and polished back up so has a lot deeper colour.

If you’ve already had some of your trim re-done and colour matched from the arches, it could be that the paint has faded so now appears slightly lighter in colour?

Ah, right.... Well... my trim's only a year or so old. Bumpers look shoddy but my arches are fine. I've got a small can of hurricane to experiment with this weekend - on old trim - to see how it holds up because I object to paying through the nose for my local powder coater to do it for me. Two inner light rims and a bottom grill bar do not make £100 of work....not even if you're gold plating them!