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73 T/A Saddle interior dye
Would you guys have any idea on the correct dye for a 73 saddle interior? I got a can of dye from Ames that's supposedly correct for a 73, but it's really light, almost like a later tan interior.
I grabbed a can of saddle for a 70 hoping it'll be darker, but I haven't sprayed it yet. What say PY?
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"Those poor souls have made the fatal mistake of surrounding us. Now we can fire in any direction" 1970 Trans Am RAIII 4 speed 1971 Trans Am 5.3 LM7 1977 Trans Am W72 Y82 1987 Grand National |
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I’d like to hear as well for my 73 with saddle interior too
First pic is upside down anyone rotate pics for me....
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1973 Firebird Navajo Orange w/shaker,1973 400/461,1972 Intake SD CNC'd,1977 Q-Jet 800 CFM w/ Cliffs Kit,Tanks Inc PA4 255 Walbro intank pump ,-8an feed/return,RobbMc Regulator,RobbMc 40 micron filter,253 CFM 6x-8's w/H.S 1:5 Roller Rockers,SD Stump Puller H/R Cam 230/236 @.050 112 lobe separation 565/.570 lift,Crower Solid Rollers,28150 Hedman Headers,3" exhaust,full tailpipes,350 Turbo,9.5" 3200 Converter,3:42 gear,8.5 posi,C/E slide-alinks,Koni adj frt shocks,Best 12.18@110.55 Lookin for 11's |
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1973 Firebird Navajo Orange w/shaker,1973 400/461,1972 Intake SD CNC'd,1977 Q-Jet 800 CFM w/ Cliffs Kit,Tanks Inc PA4 255 Walbro intank pump ,-8an feed/return,RobbMc Regulator,RobbMc 40 micron filter,253 CFM 6x-8's w/H.S 1:5 Roller Rockers,SD Stump Puller H/R Cam 230/236 @.050 112 lobe separation 565/.570 lift,Crower Solid Rollers,28150 Hedman Headers,3" exhaust,full tailpipes,350 Turbo,9.5" 3200 Converter,3:42 gear,8.5 posi,C/E slide-alinks,Koni adj frt shocks,Best 12.18@110.55 Lookin for 11's |
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John you may look at a SEM chip book they may have it formulated. also try calling SEM I have on my bright blue . They are very accommodating and can give you a dealer of there product in your area. A suppler with a mixing bank can probably match up buy mixing up the color . Most jobbers will work to get a color match . Just like a body shop does to tint a color for body repair.
Another place to look is the corvette suppliers. Corvette America has there own label of interior color for vinyl for the vettes of all years . I mixed up some base for hard parts and just used a low gloss clear . I have a ton of color left over from jobs at shop |
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dld, when did PPG stop offering interior paints?
This link is 5 years old but I'm wondering if they can still mix up good match vinyl paints to their original UCV codes? https://us.ppgrefinish.com/PPG-Refin...ior-No-Problem |
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that onechoice line is like a sideline. similar to Omniis for PPG . say a accessory line . |
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My car is gutted and all seats and trim are on benches... Maybe even a pic of the sprayed dye u got from Ames???? No matter what u get get enough to do ALL the interior cause it’ll never match anything previously.... I’ve kinda asked around on here and there seems to be different shades of saddle year to year as well....
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1973 Firebird Navajo Orange w/shaker,1973 400/461,1972 Intake SD CNC'd,1977 Q-Jet 800 CFM w/ Cliffs Kit,Tanks Inc PA4 255 Walbro intank pump ,-8an feed/return,RobbMc Regulator,RobbMc 40 micron filter,253 CFM 6x-8's w/H.S 1:5 Roller Rockers,SD Stump Puller H/R Cam 230/236 @.050 112 lobe separation 565/.570 lift,Crower Solid Rollers,28150 Hedman Headers,3" exhaust,full tailpipes,350 Turbo,9.5" 3200 Converter,3:42 gear,8.5 posi,C/E slide-alinks,Koni adj frt shocks,Best 12.18@110.55 Lookin for 11's Last edited by cnc; 10-17-2020 at 03:59 PM. |
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The seats are new, redone with nos material that was stitched up by an expert upholsterer. They're beautiful, but make the rest of the interior look old, hence the question of paint/dye. lol
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"Those poor souls have made the fatal mistake of surrounding us. Now we can fire in any direction" 1970 Trans Am RAIII 4 speed 1971 Trans Am 5.3 LM7 1977 Trans Am W72 Y82 1987 Grand National |
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I'll find out tomorrow. Have a new batch of paint coming.
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"Those poor souls have made the fatal mistake of surrounding us. Now we can fire in any direction" 1970 Trans Am RAIII 4 speed 1971 Trans Am 5.3 LM7 1977 Trans Am W72 Y82 1987 Grand National |
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I meant the mottled vinyl.....not paint...
Perhaps Legendary uses the correct vinyl ........PUI was the only vendor of 73 Firebird seat covers....back when I was looking back when... |
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if you buy color you can tint with other shades to get what you like . A body shop painter can help with that . Most guys will enjoy helping
Of course this goes for any color . just making a example |
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Like Sandalwood, Saddle is different colors and shades on different substrates. My cars, the seats were always a bit darker brown than any other part of the interior. Due to this, I never tried to match panels to the seats.
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73 saddle....is all by itself.......
It has more red in it than 72.....and different than 74.....which is lighter I would say a custom SEM mix....might get you close....but factory seats and door panels had a faint black mottling in the vinyl.... Saddle in 73........Red in 75....and blue in 76........were all mottled....and I doubt that it can be duplicated correctly....with a spray.... You can always tell a reproduction 73 saddle interior....because it's NEVER correct... I did this one about 20 years ago.......Upper door panels are original....and had the drivers seat repaired with 2 other donor seats covers.......I matched the replacement carpet to the original.....The orange is a nice contrast to saddle seats,etc... AFAIK......Vinyl DYE....does not exist.....SEM is actual vinyl PAINT. |
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thank you. there is no real dye for plastic & vinyl parts, its a nit pick i know, but im not sure where/why people started calling paint dye.
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Vinyl dye...and "big block" Pontiac....my 2 favorite oxy-morons...
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72projectbird, that's a bummer. My dash was sprayed black years ago. It looks terrible now, peeling in places, and worse in others. I was planning on having it re-done by someone like Just Dashes and counting on them to get the color right. My Console was missing entirely so I bought a used one that I believe came from a '73 Dark Saddle interior (I trusted the Seller but most of the the high priced parts I bought were not much better than junk, the Console was rougher than the one I saw in pix he posted, so in the end, I'd never buy from that outfit again). But if it is a correct '73 and if the Console color is supposed to match the Dash color, I'd agree the M35 looks way more like a later Tan color than '73 Dark Saddle. I'd judge the color of my Console to be the same color as the one I see in the pic cnc posted earlier. Gotta be a solution, I've seen plenty of nicely restored '73 and '75 'birds with the Dark Saddle interior, including some high dollar SD TAs that looked to be pretty correct looking to my eye. |
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Yeah it's way lighter than it should be. Sucks cuz I spent almost $75 in paint from Ames and they're not even close. I found a color by SEM that looks close online, so I'm trying that now.
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"Those poor souls have made the fatal mistake of surrounding us. Now we can fire in any direction" 1970 Trans Am RAIII 4 speed 1971 Trans Am 5.3 LM7 1977 Trans Am W72 Y82 1987 Grand National |
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