SVX paint

[briankk]

My parts car, a '94 SVS lsi, came in 4 parts, the rolling chassis, the engine, and 2 transmissions, one said to be dead, the other said to work, PO bought it from ebay or craigslist of somewhere.

 

It turned out that the parts car was likely in better condition the the one I was working on, I had a local shop put it back togather with the "good" transmission, which actually turned out to be a good transmission.  The exterior of the car is Subaru paint number 372, Barcelona Red, and has a lot of paint chipping on the front bumper and nose, and three large primer spots, both front fenders and the quarter panel behind the drivers door.

 

I bought some Barcelona Red touch up paint, painted a piece of cardboard, took my paint sample to 3 or 4 different paint stores, and came up with Krylon Dual Superbond, 8805 Gloss Cherry Red, as an acceptable temporay fix for primer spots, just paint 'em over with the Krylon.  Krylon is cheap and nasty, and up close you can tell somethings going on, but it sure does a job of hiding primer spots.  It's not an exact match, but it's close enough...

 

I'll be using the touch up paint on the bumper and front end.

[matt167]

I'm lucky, my white 2001 Forester is nearly an exact match to rustoleum pro white. Either gallon, quarts or spray can match.