Chassis treatment
Chassis treatment
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mannik

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206 posts

245 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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What is the red paint typical of the chassis colour on a V8S..and where can I buy it

Should I treat rust with POR-15 first and then paint with the red topcoat?

thanks

GreenV8S

31,024 posts

314 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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The original would have been red powder coating, rather than paint.

mannik

Original Poster:

206 posts

245 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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so impossible to replicate exact colour then?

phillpot

17,515 posts

213 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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In theory any colour can be matched, BUT if you're looking at using "off the shelf" brushing paint I would suspect you'll have to settle for something near ?
I used Rust-oleum bright red which is a bit lighter than original powder coat, but of course that may have dulled a litle over the last 19 years !

rrank badyin

6 posts

211 months

Thursday 1st October 2009
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Hi. I believe that alpha red is a pretty good match for the original powder coating but I havnt yet tried to source any.

hvdweerden

1,739 posts

230 months

Friday 2nd October 2009
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mannik said:
so impossible to replicate exact colour then?
To paint the chassis of my S3, I used paint with RAL code 3011.
It's almost the same as the original red of the chassis.

You could try a sample of this colour.

Br,Han