8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - Anyway to make the paint match after an accident ?

jbsali · 07-17-2008, 02:24 PM

with a lot of body shop here in canada, they use a special kind of paint gun code reader that actually determines the colours/pigments in the paint and give the painter a read out of how much approx. of each colour is in the paint. Then its just a matter of mixing to or three different batches to find out the perfect match. When i had to get my whole side of my 92 civic si repainted, i had a good feeling the paint colour wouldnt be close to a paint job that was over 16 years old. They used the thing at the bodyshop to match the paint... and the two colour were spot on. Just go around to the bodyshops and ask if they have something thatll match the colour you have on your car and NOT the actual colour it came with. It shouldnt be a problem.

07-17-2008, 02:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
jbsali Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lower Mainland/ Greater Vancouver Age: 22 Posts: 4,396 Joel	with a lot of body shop here in canada, they use a special kind of paint gun code reader that actually determines the colours/pigments in the paint and give the painter a read out of how much approx. of each colour is in the paint. Then its just a matter of mixing to or three different batches to find out the perfect match. When i had to get my whole side of my 92 civic si repainted, i had a good feeling the paint colour wouldnt be close to a paint job that was over 16 years old. They used the thing at the bodyshop to match the paint... and the two colour were spot on. Just go around to the bodyshops and ask if they have something thatll match the colour you have on your car and NOT the actual colour it came with. It shouldnt be a problem.