Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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My 69 Dart was painted A4 silver 5 years ago. Last year a buddy of mine( retired auto body guy) painted under the hood A4 when i had the old motor out. PPG is the by far best way to go regards this color. When its right, it has a very light green tint to it in certain light. https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/nice-picture-some-photographer-took.500454/
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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1968 was the last year that paint code "A" - an extra-cost hand-buffed "silver metallic" was available
1969's "A4" (EA4) was simply "silver metallic" at Plymouth & Dodge and "platinum metallic" at Chrysler & Imperial a STANDARD color choice w/o the extra cost The word "buffed" has now been removed from the original post to take care of that problem.
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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Thanks Don.
If it was good as recent as last year, maybe it won't be a problem to get my hands on a small amount of basecoat that will hopefully look pretty close.
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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My 66 has A1, BUFFED, says so on IBM card. Might not be relevant to 68-9 but they did do it
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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There are enough silvers out there nowadays that it shouldn't be too hard to get a close match that can be tinted if necessary. Great color, not often seen. Agreed... Main drawback is I'm doing this 100% myself and do not have the multiple shop hookups for custom tinting. Whatever I get will likely be "like it or try something else". As expensive as name brand basecoat is these days, I'd really hate to add on anything custom on top of it. Very tempted to try other brands as well and need to strategize how I want to go about this deal.
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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My 66 has A1, BUFFED, says so on IBM card. Might not be relevant to 68-9 but they did do it No big deal, I've got plenty enough problems already without dwelling on that kind of thing.
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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My 66 has A1, BUFFED, says so on IBM card. Might not be relevant to 68-9 but they did do it No big deal, I've got plenty enough problems already without dwelling on that kind of thing. I took a painted part to the PPG paint guy to match, he said didn’t need it then mixed up a sample. Perfect match.
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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My 66 has A1, BUFFED, says so on IBM card. Might not be relevant to 68-9 but they did do it No big deal, I've got plenty enough problems already without dwelling on that kind of thing. I took a painted part to the PPG paint guy to match, he said didn’t need it then mixed up a sample. Perfect match. That helps. How long ago? I still might get a Spectrometer reading just to see what happens, but admit I don't much feel like dragging that boat anchor heavy trunk lid into the store.
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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My 66 has A1, BUFFED, says so on IBM card. Might not be relevant to 68-9 but they did do it No big deal, I've got plenty enough problems already without dwelling on that kind of thing. I took a painted part to the PPG paint guy to match, he said didn’t need it then mixed up a sample. Perfect match. That helps. How long ago? I still might get a Spectrometer reading just to see what happens, but admit I don't much feel like dragging that boat anchor heavy trunk lid into the store. Last spring
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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Not long, then...great Should hopefully still be able to get it! thank you
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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Just go to the PPG dealer and get a pint of the correct code and bring it home and do a couple of spray outs. Done! It ain't rocket science.
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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Eventually I will do exactly that.
Lots of work to do ahead of it though.
Until that time comes, I'm going to ask questions. Enjoy.
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Re: Anyone shoot A4 silver recently?
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If anyone cares, (however very unlikely that may be), here's the sprayout from earlier this week.
I've taken the time to move it around in different light, and love the color. I'm going for it. Glad I gave the original color a chance.
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