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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 06:02 PM
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Quick question(I've searched). What color are the metal parts of the hood vents(92TA)

They look gold in there... Is that original?
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 06:53 PM
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My 88 has them painted over, but where the paint is flaking off they look aluminum from the top side.
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 07:10 PM
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Re: Quick question(I've searched). What color are the metal parts of the hood vents(9

I've seen some GTAs with gold, all others I've seen were black.
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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Hmmmmm, mine are aluminum... But have a gold tint, definitely not black...
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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Do you mind posting a pic. I've never seen gold one (at least not that I've noticed).
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 09:53 PM
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Do you mind posting a pic. I've never seen gold one (at least not that I've noticed).

Will do it tomorrow. What are the colors of the ones you've seen?
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 10:32 PM
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Just black. These cars are getting rare up here.
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 10:21 AM
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Best one I have right now. Shows how bad I need paint! BUT, when it is painted I want to make sure I finish the vents correctly!
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 01:20 PM
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Re: Quick question(I've searched). What color are the metal parts of the hood vents(9

I'll have to check what color mine are, I'm sure they're silver?
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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mine were silver on my 86 TA
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 10:32 PM
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Re: Quick question(I've searched). What color are the metal parts of the hood vents(9

mine are black, and where the paint is coming off, is silver beneath. if I was to redo them, I'd do it in silver, or gold, or something accenting.
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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OK, I will clean them and paint the oustide black and leave the vents silver(metal). Want it as original as possible in all ways....
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