PPG distributors normally have the Prophet II color spectro to analyze colors without a paint code.
paint match
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: deptford New Jersey
paint match
My stingray has a later year bumper that looks great but I want to replace it with and original.The car was repaintedand is in perfect condition but I dont know if its the original color or if its even corvette medium blue. I sure would hate to have to paint the whole car.
Can a paint shoppe determine the color?
Can a paint shoppe determine the color?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2000
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From: Lansdale 19446 PA
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I took my car to a auto paint shop to get touch up paint - dang stone chips! The owner had a device that looked like a Polaroid camera that he placed on the fender. Spectrometer????? Using the info from that device, he was able to make a pint of paint that matched my car exactly. Any good paint shop should be able to do that too.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Graceland in a Not Correctly Restored Stingray
Having seen it done on my former Quasar Med Metallic Blue C4, I can attest that it's possible to match even medium blue dead on, but locating an excellent shop is a must. If you take the time to fill out your profile, one of us might know just where to point you.
(bumper only)
(bumper only)
Pro
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: plymouth mass
I just went through this color matching thing when I replaced my bumper cover. The body shop sent me to a PPG paint jobber that had a special camera. He took a number of pics of the headlight door. He fed the info into a computer. The computer spit out a recipe for the paint. The body shop used the recipe to match the paint perfectly. Mind you my car has twenty-five year old paint on it too.
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2002
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From: Montgomery NY
those cameras work well most of the time . But not so hot on an older paint job that has any trace of thinning ,thing is so sensitive it can see primer right through a paint job that is old and thin from years of buffing and waxing
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