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Headlight questions, 70 six |
Speedo |
Aug 24 2020, 09:48 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 529 Joined: 7-November 06 From: Boulder Member No.: 7,170 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
My painter is pretty sure the headlight mechanicals/carriers are supposed to be black, so he painted them black. Before I assemble can someone confirm? Also what is the correct color for the faded plastic headlight surround? And do we have a rattlecan brand and color we suggest?
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mepstein |
Aug 24 2020, 09:52 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,309 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I've only seen grey.
I've soaked the headlight surrounds in bleach water and gotten them pretty clean but if you want a brighter white, use some rattle can plastic paint. |
bbrock |
Aug 24 2020, 06:20 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
914Rubber sells rattle cans for the headlight surrounds they claim was color matched to the original gray. I used it and it looks good to me.
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zoomCat |
Aug 25 2020, 01:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 162 Joined: 13-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,526 Region Association: None |
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davep |
Aug 27 2020, 07:28 AM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,152 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
The headlight carrier was a primer grey color; very basic. I used a rattle can zinc spray years ago that was pretty much the same. So Mark is quite correct on both responses.
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Cairo94507 |
Nov 10 2020, 03:47 PM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 9,818 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California |
Always grey unless someone changed the color.
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IronHillRestorations |
Nov 10 2020, 05:04 PM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,726 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None |
I have a couple NOS headlight brackets and they are flat gray, like Dave said; cold galvanizing zinc paint is very similar.
You should be able to get Duplicolor plastic paint for the white surrounds. Just clean the plastic really, really good first |
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