Daytona detailing questions

[WINGMAN]

   My Daytona is going to the body shop soon  after years apart. Were the trunk lid strikers panted body color or left natural steel. What sheen of black on the 8 3/4 housings and K frames. Thanks all.   (Wingman)   Jay.

[Tuco]

I'm certainly no expert but I have found in my years of restoration that almost all frame and under hood metal that was black was a matte or satin black.  Semigloss. Eastwood sells a ceramic under hood satin black that is excellent.

Not sure about the strikers.

[hemigeno]

Daytona decklid strikers were (partially) painted... the OE treatment left plenty of shadowing both on the decklid and the striker itself.  See below from my resto thread:

[hemigeno]

Jim / maxwellwedge can provide more details on the sheens of paint, but elsewhere he stated:

K-Frames were around a 15-20% (give or take) flattened black. They were originally dipped. Torsion bars were a full gloss (Dipped as well). Radiators were around 10-12%.

Elsewhere, Jim also said:

K-Frames - Anywhere from 12-25% is fair game.

The 8-3/4" housings were also semi-gloss black, and you'll probably be safe anywhere in the range(s) noted above... just don't paint the center section!