Question about A4

[NickJ]

Afternoon All,
  Just a quick question/request. Does anyone have a completed 68/69/70 that's wearing A4 silver?  That's my paint code but she's so faded and worn out I really have no idea what she should look like. Thanks! 

Nick
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[TUFCAT]

Type A4 into the search window and you'll see many threads about the color - most threads have pictures. I can think of at least three members who have A4 Charger's off the top of my head..... Stripedelete and Spike come to mind right away.  

[NickJ]

Found em.. Thank you.  Didn't even think about searching A4..

Nick

[TUFCAT]

Found em.. Thank you.  Didn't even think about searching A4..

Nick

[Beep Beep Dave]

A4 really looks good on a 69 Charger. Is your car have a vinyl roof? I think it looks best with a black vinyl roof, black R/T stripe and performance hood paint.

Good luck with your resto.

Dave

[Ghoste]

I can never decide if I like it best with some black, all the black you mention Dave or just all silver.  It's a striking color when its polished and waxed for sure.  (not that my bias for it has been much of a secret )

[twenty mike mike]

I don't know if you found this, but A4 is really green. 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,105147.0.html

Contrary to reports, stripedelete's car is AA1, and based on this discussion, I've decided to go with that, when and if my car gets repainted.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,111774.0.html

[TUFCAT]

I don't know if you found this, but A4 is really green.  

I saw a bunch of 1969 A4's at Carlisle this year and none were green.    

I will say this about A4....it takes on the color tones of whatever is near it, or parked next to it.   At Carlisle I saw three beautifully restored A4 cars (I think 2 out of 3 were lift off hood cars)  One with silver interior, one red, and even a blue (rare)!

In all cases the cars looked different.  Park it next to a green car, it looks green.  Park it next to a brown car or gold car - its really different.  This color is like a chameleon.  Lighting has an effect....especially mornings and evenings.  Blue sky/red sky also changes it.

Its a dull/muted silver color especially in low light - but not green like the link shows.    There must have been a problem with that formulation or something.  

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,105147.0.html

[hemi-hampton]

Type A4 into the search window and you'll see many threads about the color - most threads have pictures. I can think of at least three members who have A4 Charger's off the top of my head..... Stripedelete and Spike come to mind right away.  

Whatever happened to Spike? Did he disappear? LEON.

[twenty mike mike]

I don't know if you found this, but A4 is really green.  

I saw a bunch of 1969 A4's at Carlisle this year and none were green.    

I will say this about A4....it takes on the color tones of whatever is near it, or parked next to it.   At Carlisle I saw three beautifully restored A4 cars (I think 2 out of 3 were lift off hood cars)  One with silver interior, one red, and even a blue (rare)!

In all cases the cars looked different.  Park it next to a green car, it looks green.  Park it next to a brown car or gold car - its really different.  This color is like a chameleon/  Lighting has an effect....especially mornings and evenings.  Blue sky/red sky also changes it.

Its dull/muted silver color especially in low light - but not green like the link shows.    There must have been a problem with that formulation or something.  

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,105147.0.html

Are you positive that they have their original A4 paint, or repainted to A4 spec? Maybe the green fades after 45 years.

As I said in my linked post, I thought the formulation might have been wrong after I sprayed the paint I got from TCP Global, but when I took the gas cap off, the original color underneath matched the new paint perfectly...green. That was quite a surprise. On my monitor, the paint in the engine compartment and the trunk gutters looks just as it does in real life...green. I also painted the dutchman panel with it, which has prompted people at displays to remark how green it looks, without any prompting from me. The sky wasn't green on those days for the A4 to take on its color. 

It's green. 

[stripedelete]

I don't know if you found this, but A4 is really green. 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,105147.0.html

Contrary to reports, stripedelete's car is AA1, and based on this discussion, I've decided to go with that, when and if my car gets repainted.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,111774.0.html

Well,,,,,,, that's true it's not A4.   I did a test panel in A4 and it was very green.  It was supposed to be AA1,,,,, but,,,, I'm pretty sure something didn't quite come out right there either.

It seems to be somewhere in between.  It photographs a lot like A4 with the green tint in outside light and pewter with inside light, but, in person it's really not either.  The good thing is that,  in person,  it's nicer than either color. Yeah me!  (the toast landed jelly up!)


There are silvers that will carry magnum 500's, black vinyl, AND, a black stripe, however, IMO, A4 and AA1 are not those silvers.  There's too much black in them already.  You need a much brighter silver for all three.

Happy to supply code/formula if you want to shoot a panel.
 

[twenty mike mike]

I don't know if you found this, but A4 is really green. 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,105147.0.html

Contrary to reports, stripedelete's car is AA1, and based on this discussion, I've decided to go with that, when and if my car gets repainted.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,111774.0.html

Well,,,,,,, that's true it's not A4.   I did a test panel in A4 and it was very green.  It was supposed to be AA1,,,,, but,,,, I'm pretty sure something didn't quite come out right there either.

It seems to be somewhere in between.  It photographs a lot like A4 with the green tint in outside light and pewter with inside light, but, in person it's really not either.  The good thing is that,  in person,  it's nicer than either color. Yeah me!  (the toast landed jelly up!)


There are silvers that will carry magnum 500's, black vinyl, AND, a black stripe, however, IMO, A4 and AA1 are not those silvers.  There's too much black in them already.  You need a much brighter silver for all three.

Happy to supply code/formula if you want to shoot a panel.
 

I probably read too much into Bill's reply about the color difference between AA1 and A4. 

I won't have a stripe on mine, so no problem there.

Thanks, I'd like to see the formula. After I sprayed some of the A4, and before I removed the gas cap, I asked the paint shop to show me the formula to see if it included green. They acted as though I were asking to handle the crown jewels, as if they have a lock on that information, or something. They finally relented, though. Strange, since other paint I've purchased from them has had the formula right on the tag they stick on the can. 

The green hue comes from the combination of blue and yellow.