Well last night me and my dad went out and looked at a GT hood. I bought it for $100 with everything I need except wiring. Which is good because I don't want the turn signals. What color should we paint the hood? I want either gloss black, or flat black. My dad wants the color of the car which is Candy Apple Red. He also like it the color of the car with 2 black stripes on the hood.

 

well if you do it balck you dont have to worry about blending into the fender and the cowl area etc. because if you dont it will surely be off in color. its entirely up to you do you want a transam look or a standard look?if i did the black id take it to the rear of the car too including the cowl roof and trunk lid

 

You didn't buy a GT hood as there is no such thing.

You bought a turn signal hood.

The turn signal hood was available as part of the exterior decor group, as a stand alone option, or as part of the GT option. However, you could have ordered a GT without the T/S hood.

But back to your question....

If you paint it anything other than the color of the car it will look unfinished. It'll look like half the Hondas' in the HS parking lot with fresh out of the box "bone white" ground effects/body kits installed on them.... IMO, stupid.

You asked for opinions, so don't be mad at me for giving you mine.

Dave

 

I agree with Dave. A black hood on a red car would look like you replaced the hood and didn't finish the job. This is especially true if flat black becuase it would just look like primer. If you do paint it to match you may have to blend like rmodel 65 said; however, it depends. Since the new paint would just be on the hood and end at the panel gaps, a little bit of imperfection in the shade may not be noticable. This all depends on the rest of the car though. If you know the paint code and the paint isn't faded too bad then it could work pretty well. A reputable paint shop should be able to tell you if it needs the blend.

 

well if the paint has been in the sun for any length of time(even a month) its faded, and if its metallic it will be another color when applied, depending on temp, air pressure, speed the painter moves his hand across the panel, distance from the substrate surface, the reducer, the paint that is mixed etc. You might not notice a difference but I will certainly notice it( since i paint for a living) the blend is gonna be a different color but it plays tricks on the eyes to take away from the mismatch

 

Well I had to get the passenger door worked on and they had to repaint it. They tried to match it to the front. But they ended up making it just a little to dark. You notice when you are in a sunny area and looking from the side.



Also the reason I put black down is because I like the 69-70 paint style.

 

Here is a picture of the side. You can tell just enough here.

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Agreed. There will be a some mismatch, but how much is tolerable. Back when I had my last mustang, some boob whacked the passenger door about 2 years after I painted it. I repainted just the door off of the car and it looked fine. Granted it was a single stage red non-metallic, non-candy, non-pearl and I buffed it and the rest of the car out afterward, but I would have challenged anyone to tell the difference. The OP said his car was candyapple red and my non-metallic, non-candy , non-pearl red on that previous mustang was also called candyapple red (not the ford color). I wholeheartedly agree that the pearls, candies and metallics make it much harder to match up and a blend in that case might still be warranted. Just saying it could work without blending depending on some factors.

 

ouch that is off i wouldnt have accepted that

 

Yeah. That's not even close. Is the paint really faded elsewhere, or was it because you didn't know the exact paint code?