I just had an original pair of hood catches (female parts attached to firewall) re-plated this past week. They came back to me zinc silver, which was quite different than the cad (gray) color of the catches on my car. Didn't realize there was a "plating" choice and clearly should have opted for cad to match my latches (male part on the hood).
Here is my question, were these two parts always "plated" (I realize cad isn't a plating) the same on a given car or where they ever mixed with zinc on one and cad on the other? Not two catches or two latches being different, but the pair of catches and pair of latches being different?
By the way, which preference do you have? I actually like the cad (gray better). To me the zinc looks like a bad chrome job!
Thanks.
Kirk
Here is my question, were these two parts always "plated" (I realize cad isn't a plating) the same on a given car or where they ever mixed with zinc on one and cad on the other? Not two catches or two latches being different, but the pair of catches and pair of latches being different?
By the way, which preference do you have? I actually like the cad (gray better). To me the zinc looks like a bad chrome job!
Thanks.
Kirk
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