[tkb289]

To Paint or Not To Paint ... that is the question ...

My 289 ERA will headed to paint sometime in the near future and I considering not having the fender louvers painted.

In looking at some previous posts on the subject, I believe the original cars had the louvers painted the body color.

I have seen some cars on this forum that do not have the louvers painted. Since I am not going for a totally period correct look, is this one of the areas where it's up to person preference?

To my eye, depending on the color of the car, roll bar and side pipes, the unpainted louvers can add a bit of visual highlight ... particularly on a dark car with black roll bar and black exhaust.

Anyone have any idea as to what the mix of painted versus unpainted louvers is for cars being built over the past few years ?

Any thoughts ???

Thanks.

- Tim