Hey guys, question:
For those cars with an exterior paint color different from interior, where do the two colors meet? For example, my car was originally Tuxedo black with the Red interior, so where did the red start? The jambs are same as body color but what about the door, is it where the door weatherstripping is?? Any help is appreciated!
the jambs and doors will be body color. The interior color starts with the trim (door panels, kick panels, A pillar molding, etc) that gets installed after the car is painted.
This is the correct way here, its kind o hard to see, but it extends under the weatherstrip, so the whole top is painted. Lower door area is not, just the vinyl panel is used to break the color
-- Edited by beaumontguru on Monday 9th of April 2012 05:14:46 PM
Glad you came over on this thread Dave, i was going to PM you to check this one since you've had original paint cars. Yeah like I mentioned, it probably wasn't correct, but i prefer the look of being 'over restored', the factory did an easier tape line. A good example is most people don't overspray exhaust manifolds or aluminum intakes.
Also note the the paint on the tops of the doors is supposed to be 60% gloss (some people debate up to 90%).
Also Dave you can confirm that the metal ledge under the rear window was another area of interior colour paint? Also out of interest, can you tell if the body was done after? That's the theory i read on TC, they did the interior colour first, then taped, then the body paint, then baked it... which is where the 60% gloss gained a bit more sheen...(so restorers use around 90 to replicate)
ak
Fixed it!
-- Edited by ak 67sd on Monday 9th of April 2012 10:44:14 PM
There is definitely interior colour on the body parts... dash, tops of the doors... the rear ones are easy to see where to cut off from body to interior colour since there is a plastic trim to cover that spot. On the front doors (now I honestly can't say if this is 100% correct, but it looks 'right'). That is to line up the edge of where the door panel colour continues up, then above the weatherstripping... forgive the shape of the pic, that's the original weatherstripping on my car, and 25 year old paint! I"m sure the factory had some leeway on how they approached this on the cars...
Now that I think about it , that makes sense Bguru. When I sanded down the door sill it was the only area that had the original red under the repainted black! The entire side of door was all original black color as explained in ur comment and pics! Thanks for helping guys!
