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Painting My Grave...

Well, some of us know that my father never lends the cars to me. Well, dad and mom went to a little vacation in the F-150. Well, the explorer was at home, and well, was a good time to get a ride. Feels pretty good, but its heavy, that dont matter. When i was returning to home, i got a very big rock under the  rear left side, before the rear tire.......well, the good news is that the truck had a long sidestep and the body wasnt damaged. Bad news, the sidestep is covered with plastic and had at least five long scratches. Well, i dont have any paint of that color, and since the damaged part is at the lowest side of the truck (you cant see, relatively) i decided to paint black.

 Time to repaint the entire part with the correct color or left alone with the black ?

Of course, my english is not good, here is an ilustration (not my truck but here´s the idea)....the red line shows the damaged area....

1985 Mercury Cougar V6
1989 F-200 V8
1996 Explorer V6
2001 F-150

 

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Reply #1
HA!  Sounds like your dad's reasoning is correct.
-Jim
1987 Cougar LS 5.0


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Reply #2
:nono:

id try yo get a similar color and blend it. its right on a curve o it will be a little harder to notice...
:america: 1988 Thunderbird Sport, Former 4.6 DOHC T56 conversion project.

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Halfbreed... Mango Orange Y2K Mustang GT
FRPP complete 2000 Cobra engine swap, T56 n' junk...
~John~

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Reply #3
:iagree:
I'd try to get a color thats as close as possible and try to blend.

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Reply #4
at autozone they have color matched touchup paint. at least in the states.

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Reply #5
I would just paint everything in that area gunmetal.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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