68 & 69 Fender Gill Blackout

[Greg L.]

I'm probably over thinking this but I figured I better ask anyways. I'm about to paint the rear most gill and was wondering if there are any specific details that I need to consider as far as masking the area off? If someone could post a pic of an original or properly painted one that would be great. As for the sheen I was going to use the same as I used for the black out under the hood and wheel wells. That should be correct, right?

[John C.]

Re: 68 & 69 Fender Gill Blackout

Greg

The link below will take you to a thread with pictures.

https://www.forums.ncrs.org/showthrea...229#post459229

As far as sheen, it has always looked to me to be standard black out paint.

John

[Greg L.]

Re: 68 & 69 Fender Gill Blackout

Thanks John. That's the area that I'm looking for advice on but the detail in the pics isn't quite good enough to see where the black out actually starts and stops and also if the paint edge is sharp from being taped off or fuzzy from a template being held over the lover.

I would assume that from a production stand point that the area wasn't tapped off but that a template or mask was held over the area leaving a fuzzy black boarder. What I'd really like to know is where this boarder should be or if it possibly varied from car to car.

Again, I'm probably over thinking this but if I'm going to do it I want to do it the way it was so if anyone has an original paint car I'd appreciate some nice clear pics of this louver so that I can replicate it on mine.

Thanks

[Greg L.]

Re: 68 & 69 Fender Gill Blackout

I was just wondering if anyone could help me out here or if I should just mask and paint them and call it good.

Is this even something that the judges look for???

[Terry B.]

Re: 68 & 69 Fender Gill Blackout

Hi Greg, Yes, the judges look for the black out. I painted mine by hand. It's not so much how perfectly painted it is, it just needs to be there. Terry