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Deadguy Member
Joined: Jun 09, 2011 Posts: 776 Location: Bellmore, NY
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:15 pm Post subject: Some repop parts |
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from Midwest Military, don't match the paint on my vehicle. I've gotten other parts from various suppliers, and the olive green on them matches my jeep. Does anyone know where I can get the correct touch up paint from?
Title edited by management to properly reflect what item was actually color incorrect from the vendor. In this case it was not cans of spray paint that were not the correct color. It was the finish of the repop parts that were not the exact matching color |
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16263 Location: Wisconsin
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Deadguy Member
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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I'll have to contact Bill, the guy who sold through Eric Hanson to me, to find that out. Needless to say, we're not really on good terms. |
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Bretto Member
Joined: Nov 24, 2010 Posts: 1390 Location: Orem, UT
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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I think you just got lucky with the parts matching. I doubt they match 100% though. If you were to obtain the actual paint they sprayed the the part and sprayed it directly on your tub, I bet it wouldn't match. They may be real close and look to match because you have separation in the pieces. You'll only get a match when the paint comes from the same batch or you get a paint sample match. Who knows what your paint is and where your paint came from. Maybe prev owner may know? _________________ Brett
'51 M38
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wesk Site Administrator
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G740 Member
Joined: Jan 27, 2006 Posts: 499
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:31 pm Post subject: Paint and parts |
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The gentleman did not get paint from MWM. He got the parts there. There are several shades of OD that vendors use to paint their parts. I have little say so in what color they choose.
You are lucky that other parts have matched.
John |
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Deadguy Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Alright John, no offense to Midwest Military. Perhaps I shouldn't have used the terminology "correct touch up paint". I just meant correct to what I have on there now, not correct for that model of vehicle. |
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wesk Site Administrator
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Deadguy Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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No, I bought the jeep already fully painted. I then was ordering stuff from Midwest Military, and assumed, based off the year and model of my vehicle, that the Repop part's color would be the same color.
Edited by management to remove references to rattle cans. |
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53a1 Member
Joined: Jun 25, 2008 Posts: 583 Location: Kern Co.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:57 am Post subject: |
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You are better off to assume that no NOS parts or pre painted parts are going to match.
Do yourself a favor and just order some rattle cans from RAPCO and keep them handy for when you need to paint your small parts. I have been ordering cans from RAPCO for a few years now and the color still matches perfect to what I previously painted.
Another thing you can assume is the MWM parts will fit and be of high quality and that is saying a lot considering all the slave labor third world crap on the market.
So, order your cans and when you get your parts from John, acitone wipe, prime paint... Done. _________________ '53 M38A1 X2 |
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RICKG Member
Joined: Aug 31, 2010 Posts: 1741 Location: SO IDAHO
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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53a1 wrote: | You are better off to assume that no NOS parts or pre painted parts are going to match.
| True statement.. _________________ keep 'em rollin'
RICKG MC 51986 DOD 01-52, '50 CJ3a |
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RICKG Member
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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53a1 wrote: | Another thing you can assume is the MWM parts will fit and be of high quality and that is saying a lot considering all the slave labor third world crap on the market.
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another true statememt.. _________________ keep 'em rollin'
RICKG MC 51986 DOD 01-52, '50 CJ3a |
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alpino Member
Joined: Apr 09, 2011 Posts: 27 Location: Bozeman, Montana
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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For some reason my reflectors were taken off my M38 but the holes were left. At NAPA I found the correct color & size reflectors in bare metal. I painted them the same OD color as my jeep. They cost $1.50 each, and I want to say the reflector pieces were removable from the bracket. _________________
M38 1951
M100 trailer 1951 GPW 1945 LPCs 1980 to 2007
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