NewB Question?

[LonestarROB]

FYI, I purchased some SEM Dark Graphite paint from local dealer. It matched pretty close according to their chart but it didn't match once I tried it. Too light.

EDIT: The above are SEM color charts for Ford.

[x2mosg]

Dark Warm Steel (5719) in the upper chart, warm steel (5729)lower, or medium flint (5694)lower, look to be the closest to mine. Like I said, when I put the VIN in the Ford parts webpage, it said it was Warm Steel.

What year is your truck? Mine's an '05 FX4 with black (ebony) guts. Maybe a difference in year model that makes for a different color name.

Try this link and put in your VIN just to see what it tells you. You'll go into another screen, choose BODY on the left side in the box, then instrument panel or something similar. View a part which takes you to a diagram, then you can click on various part #'s to see the description and color.

Ford Parts | Buy Motorcraft & Genuine Ford Parts Online | FordParts.com

Let me know what you get from that. That may be a problem for you. The dealer may be looking at the color for the wrong part. Surely if we both tackle this thing we can figure it out.

[Longshot270]

I think there is a thread on here somewhere about painting the pods but I dont remember where it is. It should come up pretty easy though. If you guys dont find it I'll look for it later.

[LonestarROB]

Mine is a 2008 STX.

Entered my VIN and it says Dark Flint, Medium Flint, and Black. Which is same as what the Ford dealer had told me. Although the Dark Flint I got doesn't match. But it is from a second hand dealer because Ford also told me they didn't make those colors anymore.

Longshot, can you post that link?

EDIT: Here's my truck interior.

[x2mosg]

I don't have pics of my guts, but mine is black where yours is light grey. The rest looks the same except the flow-through console. And I think the a/c vents in mine are chrome, but to be honest i'm not sure, guess I should pay more attention. Duh!!

This is what I get with my VIN. This is the top section of hte console, with the drink holders in the back and the hinged lid attaches to it. The "Warm Steel" is the color.

Part Number
Part Description
Price
Your Price
Availability
Quantity

<04567
Console Cover Panel
All Flow Thru Floor Consoles ; Warm Steel Finish $147.95 Add to cart


I found a couple of posts earlier, but didn't have time to get them linked in here. I'll try to do that now.

David

[x2mosg]

This post has a little, but not much help:
http://forum.gopowerhungry.com/gryph...yphon-pod.html

Some more information here:
http://forum.gopowerhungry.com/gryph...int-pod-2.html

Little more here:
http://forum.gopowerhungry.com/gryph...estions-2.html

I'm bout to go to Advance Auto to see if they can offer any help. Good bunch of folks at my local store. I'll report back later.

David

[x2mosg]

For chits and giggles I looked again on fordparts.com and found this PDF file. Might be of some help to us all.

http://www.fordparts.com/FileUploads...file/paint.pdf

David