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MG MGA - Paint Colour for door stiffener bars?


Anyone know the paint code colours for the door stiffener bars?

I'm looking for the red paint code.

Example picture of a cream one here on Barnes web site.

http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/interior/pics/4220.jpg


Cheers
Mark

Mark Hester

Door bars were meant to be painted body colour.
Gary Lock



I think you mean Trim colour rather than body colour Gary.

But what are the paint codes for the vinyl trim colours?

Cheers
Mark

Mark Hester

I think the aim should be to get a colour as close as possible to the door trim colour otherwise it's going to stick out like a sore thumb. I would take a piece of the trim down to a local car sprayer and look through their colour swatches. Forget original paint codes and pick the closest match.
I was fortunate in that my door trim was black...................Mike
Mike Moore

Yes Mark, slight mistake there.
Gary Lock

I agree with Mike. You can then get an aerosol made up to the chosen colour. You could even take a piece of trim to Halfords and compare to aerosol tops. Although not quite so accurate, you would probably get near enough.

You need someone with a good sense of colour tones in order to find a "match".

Bear in mind that if the actual colour is identical, the perceived colour will be different because of the extreme difference of texture and gloss levels (between paint and trim). It should course still be a perfect match though!

Even if you could get the original colour for the stiffener, you cannot get the original rexine leathercloth! I worked with Newton Commercial to get the best match for some original red trim and they did manage to get very close though. It was just for the piping on the black trim, but I found that it was a good match to Chariot red.
Neil MG

This thread was discussed between 21/04/2016 and 23/04/2016

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