Lucky SC

hey i have an SC400 and i was driving behind a black RX330 and was like WOW! that is a beautiful coat.

i'm about to upgrade my body styling so i figure i'd paint the whole thing then most likely.

were there different blacks made for the RX330 or just one?
if anyone could give me the paint code i'd appreciate it

rxdriver

In 2004, Black Onyx is code 202.

Lucky SC

thankyou, if anyone else knows if it changed for other years for the 330 plz let me know

32kcolors

Isn't the Black 1996 SC400 also Black Onyx code 202? New black paint can look quite different from faded paint of the same color.

Lucky SC

yup i just looked at a paint chart for my car for all the years. and it is black onyx for all years.

i guess lexus uses the same black for all their cars.

and boy it was such a difference from new to my fading color, thanks for the help guys

jjbodean

they just recently went to 212 (obsidian) for most models, but still use 202 on a few of them. the breakdown:

212 - ES, GS, IS, LS, SC

202 - GX, LX, RX

e-man

Is 212 metallic? As I recall, 202 is not.

flipside909

202 Black Sand Pearl has a little bit of flake in the paint. It's not obvious from far away. But up close with a spot light, there is a little bit of pearlessence.

212 Obsidian is the apparently the blackest black that Toyota/Lexus has produced. It is a deep black.

Argentum

Black Sand Pearl is color code "209". It's not the same as the Black Diamond Pearl (211), which was used on the '05 SC 430 Pebble Beach Edition, the '06 ES 330 Black Diamond Edition, as well as a new Toyota FJs. 209 has a little more "metallic content" in it than the 211, from my view.

Neither Black Onyx (202) nor Obsidian (212) are metallic colors.

We get complaints about Lexus's black "202" paint from more people than I'd care to mention. Hopefully, the new Obsidian color will change that perception...we'll see. Switching to the 209/211 would probably help that, but I suppose Lexus wants it that way for some reason.