Esprit cam cover/charge cooler paint

[wbillybobw]

Does anyone know where I can find the original color red/orange paint? I need to repaint my cam cover, it's peeling and I can't have peeling paint on my baby!

[cnh1990]

It is a mix in between Chrysler orange and Chevy red engine paint. If you take off the chargecooler box and take it to a paint store and scan it they can come up with a custom mix. I think the minimum is a quart. You can then have the paint loaded into spray cans. I bet if you got a good color match there would be a lot of people that would buy the extra cans. My car just had a little paint chips so I just used the Chrysler orange and under the shadow of the engine bay nobody knows the difference. a large area might be easier to spot. If you painted the whole surface Im not sure many could tell the Chrysler orange was a bit more orange and lacking the red shade.
Calvin
Calvin

[wbillybobw]

Thanks Calvin, I guess that's what I'll do. I was hoping that I could just order it from someplace!, but I guess with a Lotus, nothing's simple, But it'sssss worth it.
Bill
'90SE

[88Esprit]

I used Chrysler Industrial red on my plenum. It matched well but didn't have the wrinkles in it.