kanyedian

Reminds me a bit of this color on the Nissan Versa Note

speedgod^s13

I'm definitely going to have to look at a paint chip for this color. I know computer monitors show colors inaccurately but in some pictures, it's such a nice bright yellow, and in others, it's so pale.

speedgod^s13

Yes, they are. Not quite the yellow I'm looking for, though.

corkscrew

Shot in the dark here. Got a shell recently, has this color single stage on it. Looks like an extremely dark grey, maybe black, with bronze-like metallic/pearl in it. Can anyone get a close guess? Need to get some Kouki skirts matched

boligrafo123

Love that flake

kyle1a2

Stuck inside with all the health issues going around so I splashed some paint on my fenders. B119 British racing green

Rustys14

How long do you guys usually wait for your paint to cure before re-installing your trim/aero? I just got my car back from paint last Thursday and forgot to ask the painter when I was picking it up. In the past I've always done it right away, but have always gotten a bit of pull off from any double sided tape that I use so I want to do it right this time and avoid that issue.

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burnsauto

30 days, the paint is fully cured (that's why they tell you not to wax it for a month when you get it back from a bodyshop)

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Rustys14

Good deal, thanks for the info. The suspense is going to kill me haha. At least there's plenty of things for me to tinker with on the mechanical side while I wait.

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burnsauto

i mean, you can assemble it before then, but that's the max cure time. you can give it a few days, and you should be fine as long as the paint job was prepped correctly. just be careful and take your time.

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hiimelvin

Anyone have an idea on this paint? Or anything close to it? Thanks in advance.

BryanSayWhat

100% not an expert, but reminds me of the Infinity Smoky Quartz (that color changes a lot in different light):

hiimelvin

Close enough for me, thanks!

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burnsauto

"my fender is a different color"

"Yeah, but it's close enough.."

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BryanSayWhat

I'm pretty sure he wasn't trying to match an existing panel...

burnsauto

sarcasm never does translate well over text, I guess.

I'm a repair tech in the collision industry, so close enough isn't something we get to say to customers very often. It just made me smile a little bit thinking about that scenario.

Back on topic though...

This color came into the shop a few weeks ago, I'm always a fan of subtle cars with a little bit of flair. Galactic Aqua Mica, Paint code 221. It's hard finding a good photo of it, it's a tough color to capture.

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BryanSayWhat

Completely understandable in that scenario. lol

I have nightmares over the thought of paint matching. I've been thinking of picking up some new rear valances, but apparently the PO of my car went with a custom black, so I'm not even sure how that would go.

burnsauto

I've done paint matching for years, you develop and eye for it over time, but some of it depends on how well your eyes are with color. Even subtle color blindness with certain hues can really make things difficult.

Most paint jobbers (paint suppliers) will have a spectrophotometer, so you can take it to them and see what it comes up with. If the body shop is large enough they will have on already there. Unless the color had some crazy flake or pearl thrown into it, odds are that "custom black" is just something the painter knew off the top of his head. 8555 GM black, or 202 Toyota (which coincidently is almost exactly like M. Benz black) are two that are used so often when guys want black that I wouldn't be surprised if that what it would up being.

Another color that just left our shop, Still Night Blue Pearl. Almost like the blue the latest gen civics come in, but with more purple in it. Paint code B575P.

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DatCamber

Would love to know this as well.

burnsauto

its not a dead on match, but bmw's mojave brown metallic is close (a bit red compared to that s14's green tones. paint code is 331.

edit, did some more digging. If you're looking for a brown with more green in it, try nissans CS3. they used it on early 2000's altimas .

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BryanSayWhat

This is good to know.

I tried to get the paint code from the shop that painted my car, but the guy who painted it told me "it wasn't anything from an existing paint code". As for the paint it just looks like a deep gloss black.

DEGUZZI

Subaru's British Racing Green on the new 86s was a color was just really nice to stare at lol



Color code: DAN

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