Paint codes & tailgates skins(& hillbilly music)

[buddynubb]

Hi Guys can anyone tell me which is the best tailgate skin to use?the $ 99 one listed on ebay looks to come from a guy that makes a heap of panels so it should be Ok quality,I have heard some are poor quality in the way they fit???
and does anyone have a paint code for clinker grey thats used in the engine bay?/....and while we are at it...does a paint code exist for the "grey" motor grey or is there a close pressure pack availible??

[Blacky]

I took the flywheel cover off my engine and the paint shop matched it for engine enamel. If you arent too fussy about getting the colour exactly right for your car ( and the colour seemed to change a fair bit between different plants ) then you can hit it with a rattle can of Power Plus engine enamel - colour number PP427.

[Aussie Bob]

Hi Keiran 585-9963 (Clinker Grey)

You would need to add some flattening agent to the paint to dull it off.

Steve

[bootlegger]

If you go to samprinci link restoring his fb ute there is a series of pics repairing the tailgat with a new skin.
I used one of those 99 dollar ones. They are straight and the tailgate has a slight curve in it. It was a lot of work to make it fit if you want it right. Unless you can find a genuine nos one they are all the same. Dave 0413766507

[buddynubb]

Cheers guys,My body guy had a look at it today and is inclined to repair the old one,its not rusty,just an odd dent,& theres no access,$99+freight will buy 4 hours labour.......than hes got to make the new one fit!

[bootlegger]

Its heaps more than fours hours to fit the skin. The upside is once the skin is off you can fix the frame.

[buddynubb]

Yeah cheers bootlegger,the outers fine & the dent would repair,but like you say the inners a little woofy,I checked on samprincis tailgate log,mine pretty similar,my main worry was the quality of fit with repo skin.My panel guy had a nightmare fitting a rares HR tailgate skin,It wasnt even vaguley similar......He just came good from the foetal position!

[bootlegger]

Yeah they don't fit well. I think apart from having to put cut it to get the curve it was also ten mm too long so I had to flatten the bottom out and re fold it. Then I had to make it fit the sides.
I reckon including fixing the frame, in spray putty it was around two full days work and I mean full days.