Opinions on this Shade of Green

[70 Challenger Lover]

I'm leaning towards painting my 70 Challenger project some shade of metallic green and I'm torn between FF4 and F8. Today, I was helping a friend with his old Mercury and I noticed he painted the entire engine compartment in a dark green metallic. I thought it looked pretty cool but we couldn't move it into the light so it wasn't a very good test for me. He gave me some leftover paint and I decided to spray a few parts just as a test. I even experimented with light vs. dark primers. It is a custom color he had mixed up to match his roof so it doesn't have a name. It is a single stage poly urethane. Easy enough to spray.

What do you think? It reminds me of F8. The trunk hinges are dark primer. The panel is just some scrap metal that I ran out the gun on. The last pic is the friends Mercury in his garage lighting. I think with good primer, good prep, and effort, it would produce a nice finish.

[70 Challenger Lover]

I should have mentioned the last picture on the Mercury was over a light colored primer.

[anlauto]

Personally I would stick with a factory colour, but it's not my car

[70 Challenger Lover]

I put it on Facebook too and someone posted their F8 car in fresh paint. I was way off. This color is quite different. Seeing the real F8 in good light makes me prefer that to this shade. Well it was worth the effort to rule it out.

I may just go with the FF4. That color is awesome. The only reason I keep steering away from it is because my wife prefers the darker green. I should disregard though as she never wants to drive them and rarely will even get in them!

[1 Wild R/T]

EF8 can look great!  But the original single stage acrylic enamel looks terrible when it dies...

[7E-Bodies]

Here's a pic of the FF4 I had. I now have an F8. F8 kills it in my opinion. No comparison.

[70 Challenger Lover]

Someone on Facebook might have identified the closest Mopar color. KG8 deep Sherwood metallic. Nice color but seeing it on an actual e body, just isn't doing it for me.

[Mr Lee]

The green you sprayed is nice and the car would probably look great with it. Personally, I prefer to see an old mopar with a stock mopar color.  Or at least a color that looks like it fits the era.  Chevy and Ford had some nice greens too.  There are a lot of nice greens out there to choose from .  I like F8 but personally prefer the F4 and I'm glad my car came from the factory F4 cause I love it.  I'm kinda surprised that so many other people do too.  9 out of 10 people that see my car...  first words out of their mouths are "I love the color!".  Not that that should matter, but its cool to hear.  Do whatever butters your toast.



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[Mr Lee]

Wheels also make the car.  In my opinion, wheels are 50-80% of the look of the car.  I just put a set of rallyes on my car just to see what they'd look like.  And it's like a different car.  And size matters.  just my opinion.  : )
Sorry, off topic, but point is to consider everything together.  Paint, wheels, vinyl top, stripes etc. Some combos work better than others.




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[cudamadd]

Just my 2 cents the dark green E8 looks good but needs the white stripes to set it off . So only my opinion the FF4 would be my choice.  And I am a little old school I always think a car should be dressed in its factory colour .

[7E-Bodies]

To echo above statements, factory, factory, factory. JMHO.

Kevin

[Bullitt-]

Lighting & trim make a difference  ...EF8 for '70 https://www.hamtramck-historical.com/colorsExt/colorsExt-EF8.shtml

[chargerdon]

My first new car was a 70 Challenger in F8...  it is a great dark metallic green !!   No doubt my choice still... 

[JS29]

EF8!!! Base/clear, the metallic looks a lot better with BC/CC. 

[7E-Bodies]

My 70 EF8 is one of the rare RTs with the V5F coded, green body side moldings. Not looking forward to what that'll look like, but it may stand out.

Kevin