Red trim on GTI grill

[abreut]

I have a mk1 gti and the previous owner put some un-trimmed grill on it. I want to restore it back to the red gti trim, anyone have any ideas on what shade of red or maybe where they have bought a can of red spray paint that looked pretty close to the right colour?

[WABIT]

toolbox red... fire engine red... anything that bright hope that gives an idea

p.s remember when it dries it goes a shade darker.. i learnt that the hard way

wabit

[Oneofthegreats]

Mars Red is what your looking for.

Can't remember the VW color code, but I'm sure someone here will.

Edit Just found it Mars Red L31B

[abreut]

OK thanks for that. Yeah it does look like the mars red come to think of it, I used to have a golf that colour.

I wonder if Bunnings has anything close. I've seen the pics of your grill Wabit, where did you get that paint from? It looks pretty close.

[joshyd-mk2gti]

i want to do the same. are you just going to mask up the thin line and spray it?

[Oneofthegreats]

If it's for a mk1, you can remove the trim surround's to paint it.

I can't tell you about mk2's, but I think you might have to mask it up

[syncro]

It's Mars red until about 1987, then it was Tornado Red.

[abreut]

Thats a good picture. The mk1 red does look like toolbox red.

I'm just going to remove the trim and paint it off the car.

[anarchycamp]

I resprayed mine...their is a thread about it here. I got paints from bunnings, i can find out the colour if you want...i think the main issue with things like this is the fact that you get a paint that has a certain amout of flex in it.

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...ead.php?t=5619

Turned out ok I reckon...did some plastic repairs as well.

[86gti]

If it's for a mk1, you can remove the trim surround's to paint it.

I can't tell you about mk2's, but I think you might have to mask it up

not all mk1s have the trim around it. ones with chrome trim will pull off so you can spray it tho.