Title: RE: paint prep

Grey could look good. Anyone remember a Yellow 626 a few year back in Fast Fours, it had grey detailing in it looked great. If you didnt want to go grey or silver, maybe go a lighter shade of the same green you used on the outside,different enough to look deliberate, but similar enough to compliment it.

Ross G

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    From:   Rob P
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    Sent:   Wednesday, April 2, 2003 13:16 PM
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    Subject:        Re: paint prep

    Grey (or silver, black or white) is a neutral colour that goes with
    anything. Unfortunately it looks like undercoat.

    Rob P
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    From: "Mark Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:31 PM
    Subject: RE: paint prep


    > Yeah i thought about that too, but i still thought it would be better
    black
    > because i know if i spend the money getting it sprayed like the rest of
    the
    > car then i will only scratch it or chip it or something when i go
    installing
    > my engine and other bits and pieces..  Also the colour of the car is a
    very
    > dark green, so it wouldn't be too crash hot in that colour either..
    > What alternate colour would be better than black but wouldn't look stupid
    > with a green body?? maybe silver... i dunno! any suggestions?
    >
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    > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lach
    > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:59 PM
    > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    > Subject: RE: paint prep
    >
    >
    > The worst thing you can do to an engine bay is spray it matt black. If
    > you look at most race/rally cars that have been built by professionals,
    > white or at least a light colour is the way to go. If its black, you
    > won't see cracks in the body,it's hard to see what you are doing, minor
    > fluid leaks aren't as obvious and you won't see lost bits'n'pieces at
    > midnight! And it looks crappy anyway.
    >
    > Lach
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    > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Firman
    > Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 6:05 PM
    > To: Membersozdat
    > Subject: paint prep
    >
    >
    > Hi listers,
    > I am getting ready to re-paint my engine bay, and i was just after a bit
    > of advice...
    >
    > The whole shell was recently painted, but i am not happy with the job
    > they did in the engine bay, so i want to respray it in just a matt black
    > so that i can easily touch up nicks and scratches later on...
    >
    > I gather i will need to sand back the previous paint to get rid of the
    > gloss before i spray over it, is this true?? How far should i sand it
    > back?? it was taken back to bare metal before the current paint job so i
    > am assuming i wont have to go that far.. maybe just roughen it up a bit
    > and get rid of all the gloss??
    >
    > Also, what grade sandpaper should i use? keeping in micd i don't want to
    > spend days preparing it for paint...
    >
    > Any help or advice would be great,
    > Thanks heaps,
    > Mark
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