1968 300 tail light panel - silver argent?

[WissaMan]

The earlier 68 300's that had the silver painted tail light panel -- was that painted with the silver argent? The one I'm working on was repainted by someone with just a run of the silver paint and I'd like to get it more like original.

 

[Big_John]

Look down by the corporate colors on this paint chart and it says "lower deck panel on Chrysler argent silver"

1968 Chrysler

 

[WissaMan]

Thanks for the info. It even has a paint code which I never knew about. I took the tail lights out and could see that whoever painted it did not remove them, instead just masked them, so there is a different shade which was hidden. It does not look like the silver argent paint I bought to touch up the grill (I think it was from Herb, but can't remember exactly) which was more sparkly with bigger looking flakes. It is light but dull, not sparkly.

Research tells me there is no perfect substitute for the original but I find a lot of opinions and discussions on what comes close (including a DIY mix). I've seen the Krylon dull aluminum mentioned as a pretty good match so I'm going to give that a test.

 

[Big_John]

Thanks for the info. It even has a paint code which I never knew about. I took the tail lights out and could see that whoever painted it did not remove them, instead just masked them, so there is a different shade which was hidden. It does not look like the silver argent paint I bought to touch up the grill (I think it was from Herb, but can't remember exactly) which was more sparkly with bigger looking flakes. It is light but dull, not sparkly.

Research tells me there is no perfect substitute for the original but I find a lot of opinions and discussions on what comes close (including a DIY mix). I've seen the Krylon dull aluminum mentioned as a pretty good match so I'm going to give that a test.

That seems to be an issue with the argent paint. No two vendors seem to be alike and it's tough to know even what is close to correct. Then I'm not even sure what is correct as the colors fade and I really think there were inconstancies in what got sprayed on the assembly lines.

For my '70 300 and the Rally wheels on my '65 Barracuda, I used the Mopar spray bomb. My thoughts are to use one brand and stick with it so at least the argent matches on the same car.

 

[WissaMan]

I don't doubt that the paint and also the metallic flakes in the paint do fade/tarnish/etc. over time. Yeah, that's probably the best bet -- to just try and stay consistent.

What is the Mopar spray bomb??

 

[Big_John]

What is the Mopar spray bomb??

Mopar P4529876 Wheel Paint​

I was buying this from Amazon, but I see it's out of stock there and at Summit. Probably available somewhere else, but hopefully it's still going to be available in the future.

 

[live4theking]

Ever since the 2020 I haven't been able to buy a spray bomb of Kubota Orange from Tractor Supply so I hope this won't be the same type of situation. Every other tractor color but Kubota.

 

[GJS]

It costs but I went through KolorKorrect for most of the paints that were not like, external color or bought in bulk. They provided the argent I’ll be using on my 67 Monaco grille and a bunch of other things. I did my research and gave them numbers but they seem prepped to handle more open questions. I’d check with them.

Kolor Korrect-Your Source For Classic Car Paint

 

[WissaMan]

I found it on Moparpartsgiant.com for $10 a can for 2 cans. But w/ $10 shipping :/

 

[WissaMan]

Nevermind that....they emailed me saying the order was canceled because it is out of stock with no ETA

I notice that on SummitRacing they suggest as a subsitute Mopar Performance Paint P4529876AB, but it is also NLA.

I found the original on A-1 racing Products so ordered it there. We'll see if it comes in or if I get another cancelation...

 

[WissaMan]

NLA from A-1 Racing Products either so I guess I'm going to be looking for another product. I'm going to give the Kyrlon aluminum a try and see how it looks. If it looks pretty good I'll post some pics

 

[Big_John]

Rust-oleum Metallic Finish aluminum # 7715 is supposed to be good too, but I've never tried it.

Somewhere, I remember reading a comparison on the silver "argent" finishes using different brands of spray paint. I can't find it now.

 

[cbarge]

When I redud my 68 New Yorker, and the frobt of the BoaB, I used argent silver wheel paijt.
Iused both the Mopar schtuff abd Duplicolor
Both works!