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Old 07-26-2008, 08:47 PM   #8 (permalink)
joe_padavano
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I have to dissagree......... I have tried every paint available and NONE of them are correct.
One of the things I've found is that the heavy metallic in the engine paint makes it very susceptible to application technique. If you apply several light coats (as we've all been taught to do with spray paint) the color is too light. If you apply a single wet coat (as the factory did, runs and all) then the color looks darker and more correct. This effect is especially pronounced with the 455 blue.
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