Need Millenium Yellow Paint Advice!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Huntington IN
Need Millenium Yellow Paint Advice!
I just had a Carravaggio spoiler and carnards painted and placed on the car with great results. At the same time, an RKSport was put on the car.
The color match sucks on the hood! It is several shades darker. The painter is re-doing it, but I was wonder if anyone has had a good color match. Is the paint brand sensitive?
I am trying to not blend it into the panels, just in case I put the stock hood back.
Getting ready for Spring!
The color match sucks on the hood! It is several shades darker. The painter is re-doing it, but I was wonder if anyone has had a good color match. Is the paint brand sensitive?
I am trying to not blend it into the panels, just in case I put the stock hood back.
Getting ready for Spring!
Le Mans Master
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While I'm not a paint expert by any stretch, I do know that Mag Red II and Mil Yellow are both special paint applications. They have a base coat, mid-coat, and a clear coat. That's why it's an $750 option when you're buying new.
Make sure the painter is using the right GM paint as well. The code is 79U.
Hope this helps a little.
Make sure the painter is using the right GM paint as well. The code is 79U.
Hope this helps a little.
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by ArmyVette
While I'm not a paint expert by any stretch, I do know that Mag Red II and Mil Yellow are both special paint applications. They have a base coat, mid-coat, and a clear coat. That's why it's an $750 option when you're buying new.
Make sure the painter is using the right GM paint as well. The code is 79U.
Hope this helps a little.
Make sure the painter is using the right GM paint as well. The code is 79U.
Hope this helps a little.
Le Mans Master
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You're gonna love this -- I actually found the suppliers list with their phone numbers!! 
Here's the link: GM Paint Suppliers
Here's the link: GM Paint Suppliers
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St. Jude Donor '17
I was told by my painter that GM did not sell thier paint. Whatever you use will not be identical to what they used. I had the same hesitation about the blending - but it really is the best way to make SURE you get a perfect job. Yellow is particularly nasty as mentioned above.
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Originally Posted by Ragtop_Rob
I was told by my painter that GM did not sell thier paint. Whatever you use will not be identical to what they used. I had the same hesitation about the blending - but it really is the best way to make SURE you get a perfect job. Yellow is particularly nasty as mentioned above.
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I'm having a spoiler and some engine pieces painted, the painter is on his third try. The First was the wrong color, the second was the wrong tint. I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this time. He was told the the M. Yellow paint had 3 tints. I have had my baby next to other M. Yellow vettes and it is definitently a different tint. Good luck on getting the correct color match! Here is the color code that is suppose to match...DBC 55 93 K yellow tint. Maybe hat will help, I personally have no idea what it means.
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Had the entire rear facia repainted on my 00 Coupe with a perfect match. Painter did a test piece before shooting the car. One of the match problems is that the factory clear coat is tinted, which some shops don't know.
Fred
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Hey Matt, let's see a pic or two of the car with the canards on. Did you use the screws up underneath?
I'd like to see it.
Glenn
I'd like to see it.
Glenn
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Burning Brakes
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Hey, Glenn! Almost Indy 500 time!
Can you believe I am just now getting the canards on! Winter settled in and I just keep putting it off.
They installed them without the screws first, but after some thought, we just went ahead and used the screws. The look good. I almost felt guilty painting over Electron Blue (almost!)
Wish I could take pics, its been at the body shop for two weeks!!
After the post here and my subsequent calls, we are meeting with the Dupont rep and are going to shoot some test panel tomorrow!
We will see!
Can you believe I am just now getting the canards on! Winter settled in and I just keep putting it off.
They installed them without the screws first, but after some thought, we just went ahead and used the screws. The look good. I almost felt guilty painting over Electron Blue (almost!)
Wish I could take pics, its been at the body shop for two weeks!!
After the post here and my subsequent calls, we are meeting with the Dupont rep and are going to shoot some test panel tomorrow!
We will see!
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Email me a pic whenever you get around to taking some.
One of the tricks to Millenium Yellow and Mag Red is the tinted clear coat.
As for Indy, I'll be there. Flying in on Saturday morning and leaving Monday. Staying in the Castleton Area of Indy, (Northeast corner of 465). At the Marriott on Allisonville Rd.
One of the tricks to Millenium Yellow and Mag Red is the tinted clear coat.
As for Indy, I'll be there. Flying in on Saturday morning and leaving Monday. Staying in the Castleton Area of Indy, (Northeast corner of 465). At the Marriott on Allisonville Rd.
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Originally Posted by FKING1
One of the match problems is that the factory clear coat is tinted, which some shops don't know.
Fred
Fred
The factory applied it starting with a tint base coat (white in color), a translucent color coat (yellow), and finally a clear coat. A 3-stage system. The thickness of the yellow coat applied will vary the color, which is why some note a discrepency even when comparing factory original paint jobs. The thicker the yellow was laid on, the darker it appears. This also makes it tough to match.
The color code for MY is WA423G (79U is just the RPO #, and no help to the painter).
The problem with matching it is the aftermarket paint systems attempt to duplicate it in a 2-stage process. As you found out, it doesn't work too well.
However, a "trick" to matching MY, is to add a very small amount of yellow color to the clear, to basically make it a tinted clear coat. It's not the way the factory painted it, but it does seem to work for matching the original finish, and that's all that matters.
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Id love to see some pics when you get a chance to snap some. Im a fellow MY vette owner, and Im thinking about getting the Carravaggio spoiler, so Id love to see your pics.
Good luck with matching the paint, let us know how it goes.
Good luck with matching the paint, let us know how it goes.
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Burning Brakes
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Argh! Dupont rep shot some test panels. Heck, it's the same color that didn't match before!
If anyone can refer me to their painter that was successful in match the paint, I would like to have the name and number and maybe I could figure what our place is doing wrong!
The painter I am using does the hoods in supercharger applications for a local tuner and I know they are good, but we seem to missing something.
They are trying to shot in two stages over a sealer. I though that might be the problem, but the tests were on grey primer and came out the same School Bus Yellow.
If anyone can refer me to their painter that was successful in match the paint, I would like to have the name and number and maybe I could figure what our place is doing wrong!
The painter I am using does the hoods in supercharger applications for a local tuner and I know they are good, but we seem to missing something.
They are trying to shot in two stages over a sealer. I though that might be the problem, but the tests were on grey primer and came out the same School Bus Yellow.