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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 10:36 AM
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color question PLEASE HELP

recently i got a pretty bad gash on my car. but it it can be fixed up without any professional help. however, the color is thunder gray and the closests i can find to that color is graphite gray metallic but that will unlikely match the thunder gray. any ideas guys? i need spray though. any ideas where i can get spray for thunder gray? the stupid dealers don't sell and spray paint. please help
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 11:43 AM
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if you try to fix it yourself with spray it won't match perfectly and you will still see the area that was patched up. The only way to truly get stuff like that fixed is to have a body shop (or someone you know who is good at body work) sand it down and repaint and blend the entire panel.
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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any ideas on how i can get the thunder gray paint?
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 04:18 PM
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paintscratch.com
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 07:25 PM
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your local Dupont or PPG distributors... 1/2 pint is good enough. If you need help bleding the color, I could guide you...
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 09:41 PM
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what N1te said, paintscratch.com will have everything you should need.
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 10:20 PM
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their paint is fine but i didn't find their clearcoat to be any good...
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