Proper Air Cleaner Colour For Our Cars?

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Proper Air Cleaner Colour For Our Cars?

68post · Poncho Master!

One of my old musclecar mags claims that Krylon semi-flat black is close for GM. I think it's pretty close for spray can convenience.

Anyone else used this?

Barry

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

I use Plasti-Kote T-3 and it seems to be pretty close.

Don't forget to paint the tube for the stove pipe Todd!!!

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Carl is T-3 gloss or semi-gloss?

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

It's a semi gloss.

Many years ago, a friend of mine changed interior color on a 65 Nova from blue to black. He used T-3 for the tops of the doors, the dash, (not the pad, I mean the metal parts) and the rest of the interior stuff that had been blue. It was parked in the garage beside my 65 Acadian, and it was as close to being identical as mine as you could get.

To me, it's very close to the original gloss for stuff like brackets and air cleaners, stuff like that.

80GPLJ · Guru

That's another job for me when 350 installed, make a dual snorkel air intake on the breather

Whitey · Addicted!

I used Eastwoods Underhood semi-gloss black and I am quite happy with the results.

Here is a description from Eastwood's site:
Underhood Black is the correct shade of black, having just the right 10-20 percent semigloss finish most car manufacturers used on radiator supports, inner fender walls, air cleaners, lug wrenches, jack bases, underhood brackets, and other parts. Hardware store black paints are either too thick, too glossy, or the wrong color. Just clean, degrease, and prepare the parts well, then spray on for a factory-like finish. This acrylic lacquer withstands up to 250 degrees F and goes on thin for a satin smooth finish which does not hide surface details. One aerosol covers 6 square feet.

This product can be purchased from Hawkes Auto in Essex ON: www.hawkesauto.com

Cheers,
Whitey