1981 argent painted grille

[brad1979]

I am looking for a paint code (or colour match) for the E0TZ-8150-A painted (no chrome) grille, I think it is dark argent and is darker than the '83 up painted grille. Long story short, I bought a NOS grille and it arrived broken worse than the one I have. I think my best option now it to buy the raw repro grille from Carpenter (that I can get locally) and paint it.

[Gary Lewis]

Brad - Ford's master parts catalog doesn't show an E0TZ 8150-A.  The options are shown here: Exterior/Exterior Trim And Moulding and on the Grilles, Moulding, & Headlight Doors tab.

But, Ron/reamer says he found the right PPG paint code for the argent, as explained in this thread.  Hope that helps.

[brad1979]

Thanks for the info Gary, it would be the E1TZ 8150 A. For some reason E0 searches better on the google. The grille is dark argent, quite a bit darker than what Ron was matching. I am going to try getting a color match done but I don’t think there is a flat surface large enough for the machine to work.

[Gary Lewis]

Let us know what you find.  I can't find a "dark argent" paint in the catalog.