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magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 2713
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 11:43 pm: | |
I'm with David. Paint changes color simply by oxidation and age. I am glad it matched for you guys but that is luck especially since your cars are the years that they are. I have had Ferrari dealers tell me that there are differences in the reds from year to year even though the color is supposed to be the same. They use computer matched paints only. Many good paint stores have computers that can take a pic of your paint and produce it exactly. That's the way I would go and have gone before. Works for me. |
Adam Goldman '86 TR (Icnsltmfg)
Member
Username: Icnsltmfg
Post Number: 328
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 6:22 pm: | |
I agree. The Paint Scratch stuff was 100% dead on. |
Greg Owens (Owens84qv)
Member
Username: Owens84qv
Post Number: 369
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 4:41 pm: | |
James, I've used the paintscratch touch-up paint and the color they sent me was dead-on. Good stuff. |
martin J weiner,M.D. (Mw360)
Member
Username: Mw360
Post Number: 391
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 12:24 pm: | |
Agree with Dave. |
David Jones (Dave)
Junior Member
Username: Dave
Post Number: 127
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 8:43 am: | |
If your looking for paint for a newer car you can order by the paint code...
If you are trying to match paint for an older car, your best bet is to go to an auto paint shop and have them computer match what you have on the car now, It will be a perfect match that way.
They take multi-angle readings from your car to get the paint match as close as possible...
Remember paint, especially Red tends to fade after so many years.
If you order paint from the internet and it does match on a 20 year old car you will be very very lucky.... |
Mr. Doody (Doody)
Junior Member
Username: Doody
Post Number: 181
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 6:37 am: | |
this place looks clueful, though i have no first-hand experience with them:
http://www.paintscratch.com/
doody. |
Michael Yip (Mightyslash)
New member
Username: Mightyslash
Post Number: 36
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 12:58 am: | |
Dealer? Just get the paint code first. |
James H. (Jamesh)
Junior Member
Username: Jamesh
Post Number: 77
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2002 - 12:56 am: | |
Where is the best place to get touch up paint that will match nicely? |