Bonnet vent paint colour?

[steveatesh]

The driver side vent in the bonnet has lost its finish and is noticeably darker than the other one. The local dealer said people just spray them with a tin of paint from Halfords but couldn’t elaborate on specific colours.

I believe mine were “magnesium” when new at the end of 2009. Anybody done this for advice or can suggest the paint colour?

Thanks in advance

[paulrog1]

I felt like doing something different so I sprayed them both satin black.

Looks good IMHO

[Super Sonic]

Pick a colour you like and spray them both so they match.

[tom-4hcey]

I had all my mesh powder coated black to freshen it up a bit

[steveatesh]

paulrog1 said:

I felt like doing something different so I sprayed them both satin black.

Looks good IMHO

Cheers, does the job need any type of special undercoat like an etching undercoat, any old grey undercoat or none please?

[Nigel_O]

steveatesh said:

Cheers, does the job need any type of special undercoat like an etching undercoat, any old grey undercoat or none please?

No - I did mine in black, the realized it looked better in anthracite, so I did them again. Rattle-cans from Halfords

[stevenichols]

Another vote for Satin Black. Did mine two years ago and still look like new, Roughen the paint first to provide a key, two coats of grey primer and then two coats of black. Allow it to harden and then bolt the grills back in - one of the easier jobs to do on an Aston!

Now I'm wondering if they should match the side strakes, in which case silver may be the way to go.

[Nigel_O]

stevenichols said:

Another vote for Satin Black. Did mine two years ago and still look like new, Roughen the paint first to provide a key, two coats of grey primer and then two coats of black. Allow it to harden and then bolt the grills back in - one of the easier jobs to do on an Aston!

Now I'm wondering if they should match the side strakes, in which case silver may be the way to go.

That’s exactly what I did - sprayed them black, then realised the grilles behind the side strakes were silver / gunmetal grey, so I re-painted the bonnet grilles to match