Have the rear panel painted or leave it black?

[Poindexter]

What, no mention of carbon fiber?:stupid:

black, to highlight the chrome.

Will

How right. On a silver, black, or other similar colored Z, those cf panels really rock!

BTW, @ Will, how do you like this pic taken from the driver's seat? The road was so twisty, as you can see in the GPS. I so agree with the sentiment expressed in your sig!

Edited August 20, 2008 by Poindexter

[Bonzi Lon]

This is what I used and am very happy with the results.

I saw a thread quite some time ago and wrote the numbers down as I was too cheap to spend the $28.00 a can for original. It is "Dupli-Color High Performance Wheel Coating, WP-102 Graphite" (on the bar code), but had to have "HWP-102 Graphite" to order. It went on the steel wheels, wheel covers, tail finisher, and the grille. I first used it on the wheels and it looked way to metalic and shiny for what I was going for. I then used "Krylon Matte Finish #1311" over it after drying and it turned out great. I put my original grill next to it and could not see hardly, if any, difference in color or texture. I then went and did the tail finisher, wheel covers and grille just to have it all matching as I had a few chips on the grille and a scratch on the tail finisher.

I think the only way you could tell the difference in colors from original is to have an original side by side, but then have to take into account the original would of had some fading from being 35 years old, or changed from exhaust fumes. We will see what the judges say at the Midwest Z-Fest in Tulsa later this month.

I was also told by the person behind the counter that Dupli-Color had just purchaced Krylon, or was it the other way around. Don't remember.

Here are some pictures of how it turned out. Like I said before, I am very pleased with the results.

Bonzi Lon

[five&dime]

Please paint it the original charcoal color. From what I have found looking at these cars and pix of them, they might have used a darker and lighter shade of charcoal depending on the color of the car to help with contrasting.

I know one member has a blue and a silver S30 overseas. One of the nicest pair of Z cars I have ever seen. From the pix showing the back, his blue car has charcoal rear and the silver is darker almost black. Can't remember which member. My dad would but he is out of town this week.

Geezer is spot on how to create a satin look witha spray can. We shot my dad's green car using PPG clear. I added flattener to get the desired egg shell/satin.

If you spray satin out of a can and it dries gloss then you are laying too heavy of coats on. Just do 4-5 light coats.

Edited August 20, 2008 by Zero Z

[psdenno]

BTW, @ Will, how do you like this pic taken from the driver's seat? The road was so twisty, as you can see in the GPS. I so agree with the sentiment expressed in your sig!

Is that a genuine, period correct, deerskin driving glove I note in your picture?

Dennis