HELP!! Paint shop CANT match the paint!!
11-04-01, 12:31 PM
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HELP!! Paint shop CANT match the paint!!
Man o man....
My car is going on the 4th week in the shop now!
I am having the Win Racing kit installed....the install part went ok.....had a few problems here and there....but heres the main prob....they CANT match the platinum edtion paint....it's been painted 4 times and not even close....Even the paint rep came to there shop and used there 20K paint match machine....not even nearly close....It's all the same, silver.....but not the gold to silver paint stock...even the stock paint code C10....is silver not gold to silver.....ANy help guys? I Want my car back!
My car is going on the 4th week in the shop now!
I am having the Win Racing kit installed....the install part went ok.....had a few problems here and there....but heres the main prob....they CANT match the platinum edtion paint....it's been painted 4 times and not even close....Even the paint rep came to there shop and used there 20K paint match machine....not even nearly close....It's all the same, silver.....but not the gold to silver paint stock...even the stock paint code C10....is silver not gold to silver.....ANy help guys? I Want my car back!
11-04-01, 01:05 PM
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Yeah, it's 1C0 and it's not like the regular silver.....it's kinda goldish in the dark, silver in the light....only other lexus I've seen it on was another 2000 GS Platinum....It is deffenantly not Silver...
11-04-01, 01:11 PM
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Yeah, it's 1C0 and it's not like the regular silver.....it's kinda goldish in the dark, silver in the light....only other lexus I've seen it on was another 2000 GS Platinum....It is deffenantly not Silver...
Yeah, it's 1C0 and it's not like the regular silver.....it's kinda goldish in the dark, silver in the light....only other lexus I've seen it on was another 2000 GS Platinum....It is deffenantly not Silver...
11-04-01, 01:19 PM
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but it's not the regular silver....my car doesnt' look like your color from your pics....plus I dunneo maybe it's not 1C0....thats just what the shop said.
11-04-01, 01:23 PM
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Originally posted by CSHFLW
but it's not the regular silver....my car doesnt' look like your color from your pics....plus I dunneo maybe it's not 1C0....thats just what the shop said.
but it's not the regular silver....my car doesnt' look like your color from your pics....plus I dunneo maybe it's not 1C0....thats just what the shop said.
LexDriver18 has Platinum GS4 and when I parked my car next to his our silvers look exactly the same. I think it should be the same one. Look into the door to get the color code.
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11-04-01, 05:05 PM
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i think its the same color just the lighting makes it seem different, try using that color code it should match man, lexus isn't trying to do any crazy stuff with you dont worry
11-04-01, 05:07 PM
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Originally posted by Intellexual
That color looks the same as Globe's to me...Millenium silver is the only silver offered on the 2000+ model years...
That color looks the same as Globe's to me...Millenium silver is the only silver offered on the 2000+ model years...
So i'm sure it's the same 1C0 (it's probably not 1C0 for 98 and 99). I would say the paint matching process is bad.
11-04-01, 05:26 PM
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I dunneo.....this shop turns out all the top notch cars in the area.....
Plus when I first went in and saw it, they had it painted 1C0...and it was silver....not the goldish silver that my car is....it was two different colors....
Plus when I first went in and saw it, they had it painted 1C0...and it was silver....not the goldish silver that my car is....it was two different colors....
11-04-01, 05:29 PM
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Originally posted by CSHFLW
I dunneo.....this shop turns out all the top notch cars in the area.....
Plus when I first went in and saw it, they had it painted 1C0...and it was silver....not the goldish silver that my car is....it was two different colors....
I dunneo.....this shop turns out all the top notch cars in the area.....
Plus when I first went in and saw it, they had it painted 1C0...and it was silver....not the goldish silver that my car is....it was two different colors....
they probably said they'll paint it 1C0 silver, but then later on just told the guy to spray it "Lexus GS silver" and the paint guy thought they're all the same so he just matched it with the older 98 99 GSs.
I can't imagine a top notch shop with top notch cars not be able to match colors. You should double check.
11-04-01, 05:41 PM
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He even showed me the book with all the year 2000 Lexus colors.....1C0 and put it next to the car....It looked like a match....but when they sprayed it 1C0, the fiber glass was silver not my color. and they have mixed 1C0 with 10 other colors to try to get it to match but no luck....they should me a piece of fiber glass they had painted with all the colors they have tryed and none of them worked....
11-04-01, 05:47 PM
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Originally posted by CSHFLW
He even showed me the book with all the year 2000 Lexus colors.....1C0 and put it next to the car....It looked like a match....but when they sprayed it 1C0, the fiber glass was silver not my color. and they have mixed 1C0 with 10 other colors to try to get it to match but no luck....they should me a piece of fiber glass they had painted with all the colors they have tryed and none of them worked....
He even showed me the book with all the year 2000 Lexus colors.....1C0 and put it next to the car....It looked like a match....but when they sprayed it 1C0, the fiber glass was silver not my color. and they have mixed 1C0 with 10 other colors to try to get it to match but no luck....they should me a piece of fiber glass they had painted with all the colors they have tryed and none of them worked....
When I went to anyother shop to do my front lip spoiler they copied the 1c0 from the side again like before, and the next day I have a perfectly-matched front lip.
Maybe try another shop? 1C0 should work with no need to mix with other colors.