Paint trim ?'s

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  1. Scotty P

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    I have narrowed my search of painters so the MAV will be in the shop within the next 2 weeks. Couple of ?'s though. I went through a lot of pictures in the gallery but still was wondering:

    1) What are people doing with the headlight trim? Blacked out, silver or I even saw some body color

    2) What about the valance behind the bumper(front) Original silver or body color?

    3) A few of the painters are anxious to remove the front windshield as they say the rubber gasket is hard to find. True?

    Thanks all, getting excited now.... Scott
     
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    Match the headlight trim to the grill or polish them completely

    My rock guard is body color but it was silver from the factory

    Windshield seal is readily available on E-bay, Autokrafters, Steele Rubber and others
     
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    My opinion is if the grill is blacked out, the stone guard and headlight doors look best of blacked out too. If the grill is argent, I like the stone guard to be body color. The headlight door can either be argent or body color. I painted my 77 body color and I really liked it but its a matter of personel taste.
     
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    Argent = paint color? Not sure I have seen that before. I kinda like it. Thanks for the ideas, keep em coming
     
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    M.A.V. Yep,my real initials.

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    Argent is the stock silver color.

    The windshield weather stripping is available from Auto Krafters and a few other places.
     
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