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August 26th, 2010, 04:19 AM
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The firewall and under the hood are 30% gloss black.
GM Reconditioning Paint #105104 is supposed to be right, Eastwood Underhood Black is good too.
The core supports are gloss but it's also a percentage, usually 60% from all I've read, a full gloss is way too shiny, it's pretty but not correct.
I use the underhood black then buff it to a higher gloss, same on the air cleaner, it's lacquer so you can make it really shiny if you buff it out enough. To get an idea the 30% is a satin finish and the 60% is semi-gloss, 80% is about a full gloss. The interior painted parts, (except the dash area and maybe the A pillar moldings) are 60% gloss.
The only things that I go with high a higher gloss black on are the coil, voltage regulator cover and the power steering pump reservoir, I do all the pulleys and brackets 30%.
GM Reconditioning Paint #105104 is supposed to be right, Eastwood Underhood Black is good too.
The core supports are gloss but it's also a percentage, usually 60% from all I've read, a full gloss is way too shiny, it's pretty but not correct.
I use the underhood black then buff it to a higher gloss, same on the air cleaner, it's lacquer so you can make it really shiny if you buff it out enough. To get an idea the 30% is a satin finish and the 60% is semi-gloss, 80% is about a full gloss. The interior painted parts, (except the dash area and maybe the A pillar moldings) are 60% gloss.
The only things that I go with high a higher gloss black on are the coil, voltage regulator cover and the power steering pump reservoir, I do all the pulleys and brackets 30%.
August 26th, 2010, 01:59 PM
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The firewall and under the hood are 30% gloss black.
GM Reconditioning Paint #105104 is supposed to be right, Eastwood Underhood Black is good too.
The core supports are gloss but it's also a percentage, usually 60% from all I've read, a full gloss is way too shiny, it's pretty but not correct.
I use the underhood black then buff it to a higher gloss, same on the air cleaner, it's lacquer so you can make it really shiny if you buff it out enough. To get an idea the 30% is a satin finish and the 60% is semi-gloss, 80% is about a full gloss. The interior painted parts, (except the dash area and maybe the A pillar moldings) are 60% gloss.
The only things that I go with high a higher gloss black on are the coil, voltage regulator cover and the power steering pump reservoir, I do all the pulleys and brackets 30%.
GM Reconditioning Paint #105104 is supposed to be right, Eastwood Underhood Black is good too.
The core supports are gloss but it's also a percentage, usually 60% from all I've read, a full gloss is way too shiny, it's pretty but not correct.
I use the underhood black then buff it to a higher gloss, same on the air cleaner, it's lacquer so you can make it really shiny if you buff it out enough. To get an idea the 30% is a satin finish and the 60% is semi-gloss, 80% is about a full gloss. The interior painted parts, (except the dash area and maybe the A pillar moldings) are 60% gloss.
The only things that I go with high a higher gloss black on are the coil, voltage regulator cover and the power steering pump reservoir, I do all the pulleys and brackets 30%.
John
August 26th, 2010, 11:43 PM
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We just love our American cars down here, and we love to drive them and race them, and we have lots of them too and some very rare ones.
The club that I belong to, the American Muscle Car Club of NZ, are running our Father's Day drags next week and we expect to get 200 plus cars racing.
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