Color for RR grille?

billzilla · Post by **billzilla** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:17 pm

What's the appropriate paint color for the grille, and does the whole thing get painted? Is there a leading edge in argent?

I know scads of people do Sat to RR conversions - anyone do a GTX? Is it easier without all the RR decals and such?

Post by **Eric** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:34 pm

paint for the road runner and GTX grill should look like my sig. pic. Satellites had all silver grills. I'd say it would be more difficult to clone a GTX, as finding the correct rocker moldings isn't easy and can be costly, then there's the chrome tail light bezels, the GTX grill emblem, and the correct GTX emblem for the dash. None of these items to my knowledge are available as reproductions.

Smellslike1974 · Post by **Smellslike1974** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:56 pm

Eric wrote:paint for the road runner and GTX grill should look like my sig. pic. Satellites had all silver grills. .

Not mine,It came black

landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:35 am

argent in 71-2......73 and 4 i think i've seen some argent ones, but mostly always black

the chrome taillight bezels are hard to come by...i have one and everytime i find one on ebay or whatever i don't have the cash to burn on one, but when i've got the money, i spend it on something else

anyway a roadrunner repop would be easier, but i think you could make a satty look like a x but not fool a mopar guy...maybe do a GTX decal on the dash....i've seen some emblems on ebay for the 71 Xs, but not sure of quality or anything like that, and if you're basically going for looks and not a "restoration" it doesn't really matter (in my opinion)

theres my .02

71440 gtx · Post by **71440 gtx** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:20 am

Eric wrote:paint for the road runner and GTX grill should look like my sig. pic. Satellites had all silver grills. I'd say it would be more difficult to clone a GTX, as finding the correct rocker moldings isn't easy and can be costly, then there's the chrome tail light bezels, the GTX grill emblem, and the correct GTX emblem for the dash. None of these items to my knowledge are available as reproductions.

yes there are none

71440 gtx · Post by **71440 gtx** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:27 am

[quote="landon1"]argent in 71-2......73 and 4 i think i've seen some argent ones, but mostly always black

the chrome taillight bezels are hard to come by...i have one and everytime i find one on ebay or whatever i don't have the cash to burn on one, but when i've got the money, i spend it on something else

me too

Moparlar · Post by **Moparlar** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:21 am

Has anyone had any of those bezels rechromed. I have about 6-7 of them and was thinking of trying to get the worse ones redone to see how it comes out.

Larry

Smellslike1974 · Post by **Smellslike1974** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:42 am

Moparlar wrote:Has anyone had any of those bezels rechromed. I have about 6-7 of them and was thinking of trying to get the worse ones redone to see how it comes out.

Larry

Are they that expensive?
Luckly mine are in great shape,and as we speak wrapped in plastic stored in the rafters of my building

(Wait that was too much information

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but seriously has anyone seen ones that were painted to match the car?Does it look good?

71440 gtx · Post by **71440 gtx** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:29 pm

The chrome bezels for a 71 , there is a left and a right. They're only on gtx and ssp's. Boy they are hard to find.

landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:13 pm

on a 74.....bezels........lemme think....there was a bright yellow one runnin around with a blower that had black painted bezels on a body-color painted bumper.....idk how it'd look all the same color.

you have 6 or 7 71 taillight bezels? damnn you're lucky

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