I had a question that maybe someone here could help me with.

Does anyone know what the paint process is for Ultra White? Is it a 3 stage or 4 stage?

Reason for asking is because I dropped my car off today to get work done and want to make sure that they get it right the first time.

 

I got got into a fender bender with my ultra white rcf, I think they said it was a 3 layer. I'm pretty sure. I remember they tried painting it 4 separate times trying to get the right look.

 

Awesome thanks. I wasn't sure, the body guy kept saying it was a 3 stage but in my head I could have sworn it was a 4 stage.

 

I'm pretty sure, it was 3, but im not 100% anyway good luck with everything and report back! mine is a slight slight slight more yellow tint than the OEM, but only in bright sunlight can you tell, and I mean ever so slightly. but if you have a trained eye you can tell. anyway good luck.

 

Well that sucks for me. I work as a vehicle inspector so most likely I will see it all. The bodyshop I took it to here is a higher end shop and I made sure that I told them that:
1) I was a vehicle inspector
2) I hate seeing edges and paint lines
3) NO TRASH in the paint because I will see it

I am pretty confident that they will get it right being that they are known for working on higher end exotics, but we will see.

 

It's a three stage paint process...base, pearl, clear. Even shops that specialize in pearl can have issues matching this color. I would just let the shop know
where you stand, and you won't be happy with a two tone car. Hope all goes well! Good luck~

 

I went to a Toyota shop, but were verified to the paint. when I brought my rcf there , the guys all stopped and looked at each other and were like "ok guys this isn't another Camry we are working on, this is a serious car" , my rcf was like the first one they got experience on. no joke it took em like 3 weeks for the paint, almost a month, but I told them "get it as best as you can" and they did their darn best and I was happy with the outcome. sounds like you are going to a legit exotic car shop, so I wouldn't have to much worries about that. I had to go where my insurance let me I think you are more experienced and know what you are doing!

 

"I​​​​​​I had to go where my insurance let me"

The above statement is not TOTALLY TRUE.

In most states (if not ALL of USA) THIS IS ILLEGAL. As far as I know the insurance company CAN NOT DICTATE WHERE YOU TAKE YOUR CAR TO FOR INSURANCE BODY WORK. The insurance company MIGHT tell you if their APPROVED/RECOMMENDED shops (this is just a way of saying: Yeah, that's where we get cut rate work done for US).

You may find one of their APPROVED/RECOMMENDED shops acceptable. But I would take it to a body shop of my choice.

 

dang , they still did a 8/10 job, but oh well now.