My Cobra is back home

petek · #1 (**permalink**) 05-10-2002, 09:49 PM

My Cobra is back home... unpainted

but with the front end aligned

The folks doing the body work and paint were running a couple of weeks behind (which I knew as they told me at the outset). They were going to start on the Cobra Monday, but with my daughter's graduation and a whole bunch of relatives coming into town... well, I figured at least one of them would want a ride. So the Cobra is home for a week. (This will also give me a chance to play around with the fuel map for the projection system too!)

WOW what a difference a front end alignment (and Flaming River rack) make. Steering effort is fairly light, pretty darn direct, and I noticed no bump steer ... at speeds as great as 35 mph

D@mn this thing is fun to drive and what a reaction from folks!

The painter is having a bit of a problem finding the correct paint (Viper blue). The information I gave them was:
Viper Blue Pearl Metallic
Code SBE - Chrysler Corp.
Year 1996 / 97
Metallic / iridescent content > 5 grams / liter
Valueshade #5
2 part system base / clearcoat polyurethane

Anybody got a PPG number for the color?

Double Venom · #2 (**permalink**) 05-11-2002, 06:14 AM

Petek,
This is an over the counter paint code! He's having problems finding it? Hmmmm, that's scary.

I've got "gallons" of it in the shop! Don't know the PPG code, but when I get to the shop this morning and give you the Dupont code. He can then very easily cross it over to PPG.

DV -- 300 Cobras are NOT enough! And I've got a new toy!!!

Double Venom · #3 (**permalink**) 05-11-2002, 08:23 AM

Petek,
Give this to your painter, PPG can cross reference immdeiately.

Dupont code '96 Viper: B-9638

DV -- we are getting so close - Have you registered?

niles · #4 (**permalink**) 05-11-2002, 09:12 AM

Does anybody have a picture they can post of 96 Viper blue?
thanks
gn

petek · #5 (**permalink**) 05-11-2002, 09:58 PM

Thanks DV. I agree that the painter not being able to find the paint is scary ... but frankly I don't think he's really checked into it yet (i.e. toss it off to the customer so he'll have something to do while they get caught up). I've seen their work, know the owner, and the whole shop seems to have taken the Cobra under their wing.

Thanks again for the paint code, I'll drop it off with them on Monday ... hopefully they'll be caught up with their normal work by the time I take the Cobra back to them.