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What Color Is This Upper Dash

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2004r1kart

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Need to paint my new tach gauge mount for my 1989 mustang GT but all the paint i have ordered in at 18.00 dollars a can has been the wrong color it is not Black ....It is however a very very dark grey the million dollar question is WHAT COLOR IS IT.
 

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I think it's matte.
 

Onefine88

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Yeah it's not black. It's more of a charcoal grey. Not sure what the "official" color is. I mix it myself when I need to paint one for someone.
 
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2004r1kart

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I have the smoke Grey, regatta blue smoke black and granite none are even close. Im tying the knot at the end of the rope and climbing the chair now.

 

84Ttop

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2004r1kart said:
I have the smoke Grey, regatta blue smoke black and granite none are even close. Im tying the knot at the end of the rope and climbing the chair now.

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Pictures or it didn't happen.... lol
 
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2004r1kart

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Success
well after one more spray bomb a found the perfect match 17113 GM Graphite check out the before and after.

Before --








After----

 
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stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.
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Gm paint huh? Who would've thought
 
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Looks great!
 

Mustang5L5

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That matches pretty damn good
 
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