I am working on my most recent salvage car, it has a unknown gray wrap on it.
Can anyone help me guess which color.
There seems to be a lot of different shades of gray (enter 50 shades of gray joke here)
it is much darker than the pretty light cement gray of my truck.
Second question is how much wrap to order, I need to do one fender, the hood, and the bumper.
If it's of any use to you, I'd start with colors that claim to be equivalent to Audi's Nardo Gray-- that seems to be the go-to for gray wraps.
I too was suggesting Audi's Nardo Gray
Your title likely had the name of the previous owner. I would internet search the person down and ask them.
Looks like Oracal 751, color 071 to me, but it's tough to tell on a computer. You can order samples for cheap and see if they match.
You can get a swatch book for free from 3M. Not sure about Oracal.
Or ask a local sign shop.
They all have swatch books, check your local sign shop (banshee graphics or sign shack)
Check ebay / metrorestyling for sample books. 3M & Avery are the first two I'd check as they're pretty common.
Looks similar to Avery's Gloss Dark Grey I've used on my R35.. but all of those Nardo look alikes are similar but not the same. You'll need to compare against actual samples to verify.
In reply to John Welsh :
Good idea. I checked title and previous owner is listed as IAAI
Thanks for all the good info. I will try to find some sample books.
Somebeach (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to John Welsh :
Good idea. I checked title and previous owner is listed as IAAI
Interesting.
Sample of previous titles I've bought off IAA.
Above is the title as it was handed to me, before I put it in my name. I bought it from State Farm via IAA and State Farm got it as a theft recovery during Paula's ownership.
Further more, I had the glove compartment off to replace the cabin filter. Hidden behind the glove compartment was an old oil change receipt complete with all Paula's info including her cell phone. I called her and got the rest of the story of the theft.
Local vinyl shop? Take the gas flap door off and bring it there, likely they can match it.
In reply to Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter) :
Good idea of just taking in the gas cap.
In reply to John Welsh :
I had thought that too, maybe changed their process up
Or maybe I should have snapped a picture of the original MI title I got for it before I went in and got my title.
Yes, I presume the title your showing above has your name on it. What was needed was the title before you registered it and got your name on there. If you bought it out of Michigan, that could be the difference too. Different states seem to do different things.
As an additional note, I am pretty diligent of taking pictures of paperwork. I'd hate to loose the one and only piece of paperwork that I have before I register it. With a picture, I at least might have some ability to get a replacement title or at least know what document ID number to start with.
Have you tried just googleing the vin number? I have tracked down previous owners with just that info...sometimes.
You'll need to log in to post.
