240 rear finisher colour

[Richard McDonel]

Just getting ready to paint my ground-up (I know, it sounds like what you do to cheap cuts of meat or the gears on very old Ford trucks, but then a 240Z can't be a "frame-up" resto, given it has no frame; can it?) restoration. I have the original orange paint code, but I'm getting conflicting signals on the rear finisher, that is to say the exterior metal panel that covers the rear vertical surface and frames the tail lights. I've been told that it's just flat black, but others have said it should have a silver tinge to it. Also the grille - I've got two and they both look flat black to me, but then 40 years does funny things to paint. Are they supposed to have any shading at all?

Many thanks.

[nix240z]

search "39263 Dark Titanium Metallic made by SEM"

[Arne]

Flat gray. Same color as the painted parts of the hubcaps. I used spray cans from http://classicdatsun.com/ , -> 240Z items, -> Misc.

[tlorber]

I used Duplicolor HWP 102 Graphite (which is a wheel paint). It came out very nice but I don't have the original color to compare to.

[Arne]

I tried that, the color matches pretty well, but it's way too glossy. I even tried top coating it with a matte clear. Still too glossy.