Paint & Body Work - Original SS cars, hood, spoiler paint does not match

I do not know if this is just on the Hugger Orange cars or not. A few other Orange cars I have seen have the same problem as mine. The hood and spoiler put on by SLP after the car was built does not match the cars factory paint. Mine are a little darker Orange. Any other color SS's have this same problem? It seems like I have seen some pewter cars that is was noticable on too.

I think it's the nature of mixing for the orange. The black on my panels is the same, but it's black... it's not as easy to notice a difference.

I noticed this too on my white SS. That's just how you know its a REAL SLP SS. At least that's what I tell myself to feel better.

My NBM SS is the same. It's also like that on my pewter WS6.

I just went out to look at my car and have never noticed this until now, strange.

Its real bad on my car, I am thinking about fixing it.

I found this picture from when I first bought it. I didnt notice it until I took this picture, then I was like WTF. The spoiler is the same way.

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/863168/fullsize/imag0396.jpg

I just went out to look at my car and have never noticed this until now, strange.


Sorry, now it will bug the hell out you...:gtfo:

My silver SS, bought off the lot, is "close but not perfect"
in the color match, this can be seein in certain lighting
conditions. Add the fading that happens to colored paints,
and it's not surprising at all on an orange or red car.

My ss spoiler is off very very little the hood isn't that I can tell...my z's stock original painted hood was off quite a bit.

The mirrors are slightly different orange on my SOM Formula. Looks like they faded a bit.

Mine is just slightly different, you'd probably have to know it to notice. Also, if you pay attention, they have a more "fiberglassy" texture than the other panels

Mine is just slightly different, you'd probably have to know it to notice. Also, if you pay attention, they have a more "fiberglassy" texture than the other panels

I have noticed that on my spoiler, it looks like shit. Almost like deep sanding scratches.

My hood is a tad off but its off a different car(though both were made the same month)

Yeah, my hood and spoiler are a little off too on my HOSS but not enough to bug me. It is all original from GM and SLP with no paint work.

very common to have that look even from the factory. my father-in-laws white ws6 is the same way. the mouldings look a creamy white , the bumpers and spoilers look a bit whiter than the rest of the car. his car sits in a garage all year round , never had any painting done on his car.

it happens... not a gm issue specifically but i know for a fact that there are 17 different shades of Dark shadow gray on the Svt lightnings and cobras, as well as regular ass mustangs...

its all in when they mixed the paint... and who the mixer was...

I really don't mind considering it's like that from factory. That and mine isnt super noticable..

If mine matched perfectly, I'd actually question it. At least this way I know it hasn't been touched.

My 98 WS6 had a hood about 4 shades darker red. On Trans Ams the spoiler matches because it was painted with the car. The ram air hood was painted seperately and therefore does not match worth a shit. I had mine repainted because is was fading quicker than the rest of the car and it bothered me already. Best $250 bucks I've ever spent.

My silver SS, bought off the lot, is "close but not perfect"
in the color match, this can be seein in certain lighting
conditions. Add the fading that happens to colored paints,
and it's not surprising at all on an orange or red car.

I can add another +1 for silver here, from certain angles you can't really tell at all, but from others you can definitely see that the hoot and spoiler are darker.

it happens... not a gm issue specifically but i know for a fact that there are 17 different shades of Dark shadow gray on the Svt lightnings and cobras, as well as regular ass mustangs...

its all in when they mixed the paint... and who the mixer was...

I owned a Marauder before I owned my SS, you wanna talk about Ford botching a paint program? Just go poking around on the Marauder forums, you'll find plenty of folks that are less than happy about their clear coats fading away and paint bubbling through. The consistency of that occurring within such a small run of cars is what's really mind-blowing.

My original HOSS is the same way, the hood and spoiler are a tad darker. I'll try and post some pics if i get time this weekend.

And here I thought it was me! My black hood on my ws6 is a browner shade of black if that makes any sense, in certain lights! But I guess I am not as insane as I though....

These cars left the plant with the original Z28 spoiler and hood on them, then went to SLP. They must have had a bunch of pre painted parts, hoods and spoilers, and just stuck them on. I think its pretty shitty really. Nothing we can do about it now though...LOL. I just had the back quarters painted on my car to fix some door dings. The dumb ass used cheap Sherwin Williams clear coat which has a yellow cast to it. Now in direct sun my car has 3 different colors on it. I am pissed. Found out from a friend at the paint store that he should have used PPG Deltron clear. He did use PPG Deltron base though.

I found a guy that is really good and is going to fix the car, repaint quarters, hood and spoiler to get it all matching again, may have to do some blending though.

At least now I know Im not the only one. I freaked out a little when I first Noticed the hood and thought my car had been wrecked. But I am another HOSS with a MUCH darked hood and spolier. Now I dont know if I want to repaint it.

It bugged me at first but so many people told me not to touch it, otherwise you have to blend it into the fenders, bumpers. IMO not worth it unless you want to repaint the whole car.

I don't know what it was like back in the day when these car first came out, but now a days ford has separate plants paint there bumpers, door handles, moldings, mirrors and scoops all. Alot of things can change a color. Air pressure, amount of coats, brand of gun, coats of clear etc.

I am plenty capable of doing my own paint work and have done better work in the past then the jack ass I let paint my quarter panels. I may buy a quart of PPG Deltron base/clear and repaint my spoiler to see if I can get it any closer. If it still does not match then oh well, but I think it will look better than it does now. If its better or matches then I will paint the hood and quarters and maybe blend the doors and bumper.

Here are some pics of mine, although it doesn't show up very well there is a definite difference in color from the hood/spoiler and the rest of the car when seeing it in person.

Here are some pics of mine, although it doesn't show up very well there is a definite difference in color from the hood/spoiler and the rest of the car when seeing it in person.

Good looking car, I can barely see it.

I have this problem, am i the only one who has slight bubbling on the spoiler?

well i just dusted mine off so i'm going to look lol

I have this problem, am i the only one who has slight bubbling on the spoiler?
do they look like little air bubbles???? if so my 2000 was starting to do that also :(

yepp! thats what they look like. :(

nope my paint looks good surprisingly . . . but then again it's been in a garage for the last few years lol

yepp! thats what they look like. :(
i think it's the clear coat starting to go. looks horrible doesn't it? :( :( :( :(

yepp. :( i always forget about them when i dry my car and think its water drops left over lol
i guess ill just wait till they pop and the clear starts to peel.

yup starts with the little spots and gets bigger. happened to my hood and spoiler. they didn't match the car to begin with and then all the clear peeled off.... got them painted last year and they actually match the car. SLP's paint is about like GM's 99+ sail panels that bubble from the glue...

My ground effects kit on my z28 are a little darker it's probably bc painting things at different times and environments along with not from the exact paint can make small differences not an expert just my 2cents

Yep this is normal. The actual color on my hood and spoiler match my body almost perfectly. But the paint on the hood and spoiler have virtually zero orangepeel, whereas the rest of the body does slightly.

Most cars from the factory have differences like that. Especially on the bumpers, take a look at some cars and youll see.

Now on the hood? Thats a different story

If you guys fix the issue the value drops! lol jk