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355 Clutch Pumpkin Color?

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  1. WATSON

    WATSON Two Time F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    Simple question.

    Going to have mine refinished shortly and need to know what color it is.

    Thought it was silver, but pulling it out it looks almost like a 'champagne' color.

    Anyone have a paint code?
     
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    PM Elliott (MAD828). He'll know.
     
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    Of course Elliot would know. Duh...I should have thought of that.

    ..and right on cue! Thanks. Looks great.

    Mine is definitely painted because, well, it's peeling. hahaha
    I have had the car since 2010 and never really bothered to clean it as it looked pretty good.

    That looks great as well.

    I have no idea what vapor honing is, but it looks like I am about to find out. :)
     
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    This may be a questions Elliot might be able to answer…

    I’ve noticed that many UK cars have a clutch cover heat shield whereas Aus delivered cars do not. Was this a factory option?
     
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    Never made their way on Australia delivered F355, most of the ROW cars had them though a few iterations as well. For whatever reason our cars didn’t come from the factory with it.
     
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    Because it is never hot in Australia, so no heat shields needed? :D
     
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    US cars didn't come with them either.
    It was more cooling duct that it was a heat shield.
     
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    Thats the Challenge car part. It was for sure more effective. The street car part only covered the lower part where there was no heat but a lot of fresh air but as I remember it it was shaped to catch some air from under the car.
     
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    Heat reflective material is on the clutch cover for when the Challenge muffler is mounted for tracks with noise restrictions...


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    In such a case, the clutch cover also acts as a heat shield.
     
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    There are 3 different clutch coolers in total. 2 street versions. 1 challenge version.
     
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