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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 09:56 PM
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Looking for interior paint

Hi there I plan on repainting my interior. Does anyone know which paint best matches the blue color for my 83 f150
 
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 10:12 PM
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Dash and panels or Body?

For the dash and panels I took off my dash to use the back for a color sample, went down to the local SEM dealer and he freaking nailed it!

Unfortunately I've only done a test panel and not the truck, life (or lack thereof) got in the way!

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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 10:15 PM
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Try this: Interior Paint - ???Gary's Garagemahal. Oh, and you'll need to decode your certification label here: http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/cert...ion-label.html, although there was only one blue that year.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 10:27 PM
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I used 15043 Shadow Blue SEM on my kick panels on my '82. Was the closest color could find for my blue interior.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 10:32 PM
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Not to doubt your intelligence, but are you sure your dash/truck is an 83? The lighter shade of blue and later woodgrain trim suggests it's an 1985/6
 
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DeereFord300
Not to doubt your intelligence, but are you sure your dash/truck is an 83? The lighter shade of blue and later woodgrain trim suggests it's an 1985/6
Amen. Missed that. Time to decode the certification label.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 10:44 PM
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Amen. Missed that. Time to decode the certification label.
I just replaced the dash panels and door panels the ones I got are light blue. I want my interior to be Light blue . Do you know what paint matches?
 
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The only way to know what color they are supposed to be is to know what truck they came from. As shown on my web site, there were 4 different blues used in the 7 years.

However, even if you knew what color the panels were, they aren't that color any more. So a match to the original color will not be a perfect match today. Your best bet is to paint all the interior plastic with the color you want it to be.
 
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