sprint airbox colour?

[RON13R]

i want to paint my sprint airbox,any idea what paint was used originally?

[SprintMWU773V]

BMC "Dove Grey" is a very close match. I have painted one like this and it is spot on. Some late cars had black boxes so you take your pick I guess.

[Dolly racer 33]

Fiat or Alfa Grigio Juniper or Juniper grey is almost spot on.

[alolympic]

In my limited understanding, it is also better to have the airbox a lighter colour rather than black isn't it? purely so it reflects rather than absorbs heat. Probably negligible but it all helps.

[Autonet7]

Any idea where to get either of these colours. Halfrauds don't do them.

Main stealer I guess???????

[mahony]

Any idea where to get either of these colours. Halfrauds don't do them.

Main stealer I guess???????

I think halfrauds make up paint if you give them the code (if the code is known).

[SprintMWU773V]

I got mine mixed up as an aerosol at a body shop supplies shop, see your local Yellow Pages. Cheaper than Halfords and he had loads of colour charts to look at too which was quite cool!

[James467]

If you get a good monkey at halfrauds making the paint, its surprisingly good.

Shame they then charge you £10.99 for it.

How about a local motor factors?

[theguv]

If it is any help to anyone, the BMC code for Dove Grey is GR26.

[Autonet7]

Cheers. Will get some mixed.

[Howard81]

Just to add to this thread, I just had a can of "BMC Dove Grey" mixed up by a local car accessory shop in Poole, the modern paint code was BLGR 026 (MIX400A).

I'll post back photos of the airbox before/after so you can see how close it is!