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PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:14 am
by AusRs
acstestinc wrote:AusRs: Could the black that's coming off on your parts be oxidised plastic instead of paint? When I polished mine the cloth would come out pitch black from the sun baked plastic and that was on parts that hadn't seen sunlight for 25 yrs.


nope was not oxidised plastic as it had primer under it .......one set came off of a car that had been painted before
one set came off of a car that has never had any paintwork done to it (except the bottom of 1 door under the stripe !)

PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:00 am
by steelhead
some are black and some are painted [img][img]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t101/steelhead4/monza051.jpg[/img]
tried painting a set with flat but I'm going to redo with a low gloss.But I think I'll try polishing the other set, yours looks great
Lanse
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:09 pm
by spyder_xlch
Has anyone ever painted the louvers body color? I don't think I've ever seen one done that way. The right color may look nice.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:27 pm
by AusRs
maybe GM had 2 different suppliers ...one made black and the other didnt

PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:26 pm
by steelhead
well I tried polishing one with some plastic scratch remover and repainted one of the flat black ones with low gloss
Lanse

PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:04 pm
by fyrftr50
Which is which Lanse?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:53 pm
by steelhead
sorry, the top is polished the middle is low gloss bumper and the bottom is just a flat black.I like the low gloss myself, I think I could get the wide area looking better with more polishing but the edges are pretty rough as for the flat it just doesn't look right.
Lanse

PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:29 pm
by spyder_xlch
The flat black just looks like it's faded. The low gloss looks good and the polished one with alittle more time spent on it would look good too. I think the low gloss would be the best way to go, atleast it's the one i like best. What is the show room correct finish? Were they semi-gloss or shiny?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:03 pm
by fyrftr50
I'm not sure what they were from the factory, my guess was a semi gloss like the top one. I painted mine a semi gloss like the middle one you have, but for my Road Hawk I'm going to go with a pokished look (cheaper too, lol)

PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:43 pm
by res0o7eb
I like the silver edging on those better than all black.
spyder_xlch wrote:Has anyone ever painted the louvers body color? I don't think I've ever seen one done that way. The right color may look nice.
Some Buick Skyhawks were painted body color from the factory. Well, the door louver if it has the SS 'targa band' or whatever it's called. I know of at least one anyway.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:04 pm
by rm617
Here are a couple pics from my Mirage. They seem to be the semi-gloss. Notice the silver on the rear of the door louver wraps around to the rear of the louver.(does that make sense?)
Keep in mind these are on an 18,500 mile original car.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:59 pm
by fyrftr50
Ron
Would you say the trim is silver or grey? My Road Hawk has similar treatment that I will need to replicate although it's shape is different, not a louvered look but a couple large outlined rectangles with the door also with the same look.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:20 pm
by rm617
Definitely silver. Almost reminds me of model paint silver.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:28 pm
by cjbiagi
I also painted mine semi flat with silver edges. This is how they were stock.[/img]

PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:04 am
by MIKESMONZA
:arrow: drooooooooooouuuuuuuuLLLLLL :hump: :woohoo: That is fantastic,Mike