TopGearLA

Hey all, just sorta scratched my stock front stock lip (spoiler/airdam) and i noticed it doesnt match the rest of the car color. I have only 1400 miles on the car... and never noticed it until now. My car color is Glacier Frost Mica, and I never noticed anyone on the board mention it. The stock lip looks like its maybe white at most... I may get the OEM gfx air damn as a result but I was wondering if anyone else noticed this, especially on GFM painted cars? Anyone think i have a case to have lexus replace it with an actual Matching lip?

Rash

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I got my car with GFX kit from the dealer, and everything was matched.

lexboi250

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GFM is the hardest color to match, i have that color too. It's impossible to match it perfectly.

Rash

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I painted my Carson Tuned grill, didn't seem a good match, it has more creamy yellow. I'm re-painting it again, hope it goes well this time.

axis77

i had the same issue, as well dealer told me that wings and lips will never look exactly like car....if you stare at my front lip it doesnt look the same as well......

TopGearLA

well im not even talking bout repainting or even the GFX lip, im speaking of the stock front underspoiler.... its not even trying to match, its just painted pretty much whitish, theres not incandescent reflection or anything.

fasteddy91

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is it possible you have a starfire pearl or crystal white on there? can you post some pics please.

Rash

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any pictures?

lexboi250

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even if you take a look at your factory front bumper, and compare with your hood and fender, it doesn't match 100%. because paint on plastic and metal will never match perfectly, even when it comes fresh out of lexus assembly plant.

istundra

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Actually... i've had several panels repainted on my GFM. Everything matches perfectly. It depends on the skill of the painter.

Btw, if you need the OEM Front Lip (non-GFX), I have one FS in GFM color. PM me if interested.

lexboi250

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hmm.. did you look at it at different angles and under different lighting conditions? the actual lexus body shop told me that it won't match perfectly

ek9vboi

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I know what your talking about. When you work around paints or hang around ANY body shop, you can see the difference, even if its a little off.

Some people just don't have an eye like others.

plusone

usually plastic dries diffrently then the car body itself. very normal as you can tell on other cars the bumper tend to be a WHOLE diffrent color but used the same paint code.

fasteddy91

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There is a possibilty the dealer damaged the stock lip and replaced it with an incorrect color.

Evitzee

The plastic parts are painted at different times from a different vendor, they never match exactly. That is just the way it is. Unless you have a very sympathetic dealer you won't get very far. After all, you didn't notice it for awhile. So the match must have been 'ok'. It is very common that the painted parts don't match exactly. Most people never notice.