Paint 112

[Carl Beck]

The official name that Nissan gives it is "Lime".........

Where did you get that? 112 Yellow.

[240260280z]

unripe banana

[Zedyone_kenobi]

whoa!

That chart says 901 silver is suppose to have red upholstery. Is that right?

[cbuczesk]

whoa!

That chart says 901 silver is suppose to have red upholstery. Is that right?

Yep. Wish my seats were the correct shade of red.

Chuck

[GreenZZZ]

Fixing color isn't that big of a deal. Here are some black door panels going butterscotch! Any leather shop can fix you up there.

[cbuczesk]

I re-dyed the interior panels. They had almost faded to white! I don't think I want to dye the seats. I think that would wear off and probably stain my clothes. Here's a before pic. It didn't look that red in person.

Chuck

[Carl Beck]

whoa!

That chart says 901 silver is suppose to have red upholstery. Is that right?

That is correct for 1972. 901 Silver came with Black in 70/71 and again in 73. The "Red" interior was more toward the Burgundy Side of the red range - than pure bright red. As I recall SEM's "NAPA Red" interior dye is a very close match to the original color.

Every set of original "red" plastic panels that I have seen - have been died red on white plastic. At least the backs of the panels would indicate they were white when formed.

FWIW,

Carl B.

Edited May 30, 2012 by Carl Beck

[GreenZZZ]

I re-dyed the interior panels. They had almost faded to white! I don't think I want to dye the seats. I think that would wear off and probably stain my clothes. Here's a before pic. It didn't look that red in person.

Yeah - I'm assuming a good leather dye like they use on red leather sofas. I was willing to give a door panel a try as it would just get my arm, not my pants.

[cbuczesk]

I did the door panels and everything else with red SEM vinyl dye 3 years ago and it's holding up very well. I didn't do the seats or headliner. My plan is to get my other Miata seats reupholstered in black with red inserts.

Chuck