Matching paint
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Safety Car
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Matching paint
What Corvette colors are easiest to match? Hardest?
The color on my Camaro is very hard to match. GM has several different shades of the same color and you have to mess around to see which one matches closest and then tint it to get it perfect.
I want to avoid buying a car that is a color that's hard to color match. I can paint, wetsand and buff, but I am terrible at tinting paint.
Ok, I'll start off the list of colors that are easy to match...
My personal favorite...
Black.
The color on my Camaro is very hard to match. GM has several different shades of the same color and you have to mess around to see which one matches closest and then tint it to get it perfect.
I want to avoid buying a car that is a color that's hard to color match. I can paint, wetsand and buff, but I am terrible at tinting paint.
Ok, I'll start off the list of colors that are easy to match...
My personal favorite...
Black.
Race Director
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
I have Electron Blue and just had the bumper cover painted and the painter said there were no alternates on Electron Blue. Seems weird but that is what he said.
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Safety Car
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Drifting
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I haven't had luck with GM or DupliColor paint.
There is a place in my area that has a color scanner that they put on the car and can custom make the color to make it match. It'll never be perfect unless you spray with a gun and blend, but it'll be much closer than over the counter stuff.
Good Luck
al
There is a place in my area that has a color scanner that they put on the car and can custom make the color to make it match. It'll never be perfect unless you spray with a gun and blend, but it'll be much closer than over the counter stuff.
Good Luck
al
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Burning Brakes
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Color scanner is a must IMHO. I had the targa top painted to match my sebring silver 98. Had the paint supplier do the scanner thing to my roof bow and the match is absolutly perfect.
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I have a 97 Sebring Silver. Have you had any body parts touched up. I heard that Sebring Silver is the hardest to match because of the metal flake. I have several areas (stone chips) that I would like fixed but figured I would have to spend the money and paint the whole car.
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I have a 97 Sebring Silver. Have you had any body parts touched up. I heard that Sebring Silver is the hardest to match because of the metal flake. I have several areas (stone chips) that I would like fixed but figured I would have to spend the money and paint the whole car.
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any metalic in general is tough to match since the "flakes" lay different depending on the gun setup, and distance sprayed, etc.
you will def. want to stay away from both mag. red colors., and also yellow. they have a tinted mid coat.
white is white, red is red, black is black.
the blues are not bad at all.
pewter is hell to match. even under 1 paint code, it has 7 variances of the same color
you will def. want to stay away from both mag. red colors., and also yellow. they have a tinted mid coat.
white is white, red is red, black is black.
the blues are not bad at all.
pewter is hell to match. even under 1 paint code, it has 7 variances of the same color
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If you use a hood shop matching is no longer a problem. Like stated they scan and mix the paint to match what you have. They can match anything.
if you are doing touch up paint yourself. Red and black are generally easy but even on black all blacks are not the same.
if you are doing touch up paint yourself. Red and black are generally easy but even on black all blacks are not the same.
