Corvette Paint?
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Burning Brakes
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Corvette Paint?
I have a 2000 arctic white vette , very good shiny paint on it, i just had a spare glass top painted to match the car, i got dupont paint and clear , we just put the top on to see how it looks but its a little whiter ( bluer than my car) is it hard to get these to match perfect? he used a grey sealer and he is a pro. he just says some clears will yellow over time or maybe the factory paint isnt dupont, any thoughts on this matter?
Terry
Terry
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I don't think your car has a clear coat. If you look at the different colors for 2000 GM only mentions clear coat on the Mel. yellow and the mag.red. I always take something off the car like the gas door lid and have it color matched at the paint supply store.
I have a 2000 silver and I am doing some repair to the bumper cover and when I sanded it the substrate (primer) was dark gray. You may want to check and see what color primer was used at the factory, it will make a difference in the color match.
I have a 2000 silver and I am doing some repair to the bumper cover and when I sanded it the substrate (primer) was dark gray. You may want to check and see what color primer was used at the factory, it will make a difference in the color match.
Le Mans Master
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Your car is clear coated.
The best way I've found to match paint is to take a piece to the store and have them scan it, even a color as simple as White has many different shades.
Also, sometimes different colors use different base coats, for instance if you spray a part gray and then the top color blue you might wind up with a different shade then if your base coat were black with a blue topcoat.
The best way I've found to match paint is to take a piece to the store and have them scan it, even a color as simple as White has many different shades.
Also, sometimes different colors use different base coats, for instance if you spray a part gray and then the top color blue you might wind up with a different shade then if your base coat were black with a blue topcoat.
Safety Car
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I don't think your car has a clear coat. If you look at the different colors for 2000 GM only mentions clear coat on the Mel. yellow and the mag.red. I always take something off the car like the gas door lid and have it color matched at the paint supply store.
I have a 2000 silver and I am doing some repair to the bumper cover and when I sanded it the substrate (primer) was dark gray. You may want to check and see what color primer was used at the factory, it will make a difference in the color match.
I have a 2000 silver and I am doing some repair to the bumper cover and when I sanded it the substrate (primer) was dark gray. You may want to check and see what color primer was used at the factory, it will make a difference in the color match.
Most body shops today use a computer based color matching system that scans your current vehicle's color and then mixes the paint to match. This avoids issues such as original paint vendor (DuPont, PPG, whichever) and the change to the color that inevitably happens over time.
If you had a "pro" do the paint, I'm surprised they didn't use a computerized paint matching system.
Melting Slicks
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I think you need and are due a repaint.
Charlie
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Melting Slicks
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This might help, It wil ltell you what the exact color is for what year Corvette you own.
http://www.corvettepaintcodes.com/
http://www.corvettepaintcodes.com/
Drifting
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I have a 2000 arctic white vette , very good shiny paint on it, i just had a spare glass top painted to match the car, i got dupont paint and clear , we just put the top on to see how it looks but its a little whiter ( bluer than my car) is it hard to get these to match perfect? he used a grey sealer and he is a pro. he just says some clears will yellow over time or maybe the factory paint isnt dupont, any thoughts on this matter?
Terry
Terry
A good panel repair painter will add a bit of toner to his paint until he gets a match with the aged color he is matching.
Painting is an art, not a science. The computer matching imho is just a ball park guess. a good eye and experiance can always beat the computer on matching color.
A good panel repair painter will add a bit of toner to his paint until he gets a match with the aged color he is matching.
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magnetic red had tinted clear coat which makes it difficult to match and each car has to be matched there isn't a standard formula All Corvettes have a clear coat, but the MY and MR "clear" coats actually are tinted to enhance the "depth" of the paint.
Most body shops today use a computer based color matching system that scans your current vehicle's color and then mixes the paint to match. This avoids issues such as original paint vendor (DuPont, PPG, whichever) and the change to the color that inevitably happens over time.
If you had a "pro" do the paint, I'm surprised they didn't use a computerized paint matching system.
Most body shops today use a computer based color matching system that scans your current vehicle's color and then mixes the paint to match. This avoids issues such as original paint vendor (DuPont, PPG, whichever) and the change to the color that inevitably happens over time.
If you had a "pro" do the paint, I'm surprised they didn't use a computerized paint matching system.