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what paint to use to color match interior?

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:16 pm
by acr
I want the paint the tan pieces with the dark grey color, but I want a perfect match. Has anyone done this before, and if so what paint did you use? Thanks

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:50 pm
by excon
it won't be perfect but you could always go to autozone and get paint in your color. They have books where you lookup your paint code (it's found on the driver's side door jam) and you match it in the book to something they sell on the shelf. Get a can or two of that and follow the instructions on painting plastic textured stuff in the interior section and you should be good.

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:30 pm
by LilSparkPlug
Read my how-to in the HT-Interior forum.

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SEM makes Agate (a 95% match) and Dark Slate Gray (a 100% match)

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:30 pm
by blueneo03
i used just the 99 cents per can flat black from home depot and it matched pretty well.. if ur cheap like me.. but if not i would say follow lsp.. she knows her stuff

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:38 pm
by Mopar65
I got the Agate stuff from SEM at a local Sherwin Williams auto store. Try that if you have one around

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:07 pm
by LilSparkPlug
Good to know there's another place that carries the SEM, we don't have SW stores around here.

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:38 pm
by acr
Thanks, I will look into that.

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:11 pm
by darthroush
Most PBE stores should carry things like SEM as well. That's where I got my SEM paint from before.

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:19 pm
by LilSparkPlug
There's no big name chains here, so I go to local autobody supply stores to snatch stuff. :D

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:45 pm
by darthroush
The "PBE" stores are the autobody supply stores. :)

PBE = Paint, Body and Exterior.

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:32 am
by LilSparkPlug
I thought by PBE you had some chain store called that LOL. Never heard them called that before ha ha.

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:42 pm
by darthroush
LOL, nope. It's the official, worldwide thing too, so you'll be safe calling them that wherever you go.

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:44 pm
by LilSparkPlug
I am now learned.