OEM muffler color? Options

[MrKona]

Is the Dansk OEM muffler a flat gray or a satin gray? Does anyone have a good paint match? Pictures make it look almost like a primer. Thanks...

[Scott S]

I totally disagree. If you have a relatively straight/clean car that need some cosmetic bits – heck, even a quarter panel – I am all about fixing what needs to be done and keeping the car as a true “survivor”. Pats car is the perfect example of this at the utmost highest level – he replaces and cleans as needed to maintain a magnificent machine. I think you are even correct about true high level “drivers”, cars that may not have been kept as clean, have their areas of “patina” but were maintained and cared for at a very high level – just not a totally anal level (no offense Pat!). With the accident damage, the color change and how it appears the last paint job/color change was done without disassembling anything, I would not consider the car to be either of these.

Now, before I address some details, PLEASE understand that I am in no way trying to bash your car, or throw a wet blanket on your project. For the record, I am horribly jealous that you have the time to tackle it. I would kill for a free afternoon just to wash my car.

That being said, your car has been hit both front and rear. When I refer to replacing the clips, I mean cutting off lots of the front and rear of the car. I would probably go as far back as the middle of the front wheel wells (just infront of the strut towers) and as far forward as the cross brace in the rear trunk.
The car has three paint jobs and judging from the pics of the nose, the trunks were painted assembled – so the wiring harnesses, latches, etc etc etc have all been painted over. I am also concerned that by virtue of the rusted/broken suspension mount, that there could be some other rust issues hiding under that undercoating. Taking just these listed concerns into account, if the car was simply made functional and made straight enough for a new paint job, for me personally, without the details being addressed, I would never consider the car a survivor with any of the value that label can bring. I would call it simply a fun driver – and there is sure nothing wrong with that – that’s what I consider my car to be.