JHM & 1HG Cobalt Blue

[Warudakumi]

When I took my flushmount and g-square grille to be painted at a local paint shop, he wanted my VIN # as well to get the correct shading for the paint code. I offered him my paint code from my door jam but he told me to also give him my vin #. According to him, depending on the VIN# when the factory sometimes "runs out of a paint such as Nighthawk black Pearl, the mix scheme of paint whether it is the amount of flakes or more deeper rich color etc. the right amount of paint to mix was accounted for the next line of cars that followed afterwards. So when they paint several more cars, even though the paint code is the same, the paint scheme sorta varied for that particular "batch"

I didn't believe him until he showed me another accord with the original same oem paint as mine. It was a 93 and even though the paint was the same code, it seemed to have more flakes and a more gold shade than my black with less flake.

But yeah...thats what the paint guy told me so don't quote me on it. It sorta makes sense if you pay attention to honda/acuras but I wonder if it applies to other car companies like ford etc.?

I don't know if this is a trademark honda thing.... but the more I started to look at Hondas and Acuras I began to notice different shades as well....especially with GSR supersonic blue. Some I notice look more purple in the sunlight and while others have more of the orange color. Maybe they do this to speed production or keep costs down instead of waiting for more paint materials to come in.

[casterX]

Timmy0tool has a bronze shade tint all around.

yea.. timmy's got the bronze tint, but i guess it's not as good as OEM bronze glass.. maybe it's just me, the camera lighting, some filters or interior reflections, but look at them cars from Thailand. http://www.tunespeed.com/ts2005/inde...243&board=84.0

When I took my flushmount and g-square grille to be painted at a local paint shop, he wanted my VIN # as well to get the correct shading for the paint code. I offered him my paint code from my door jam but he told me to also give him my vin #. According to him, depending on the VIN# when the factory sometimes "runs out of a paint such as Nighthawk black Pearl, the mix scheme of paint whether it is the amount of flakes or more deeper rich color etc. the right amount of paint to mix was accounted for the next line of cars that followed afterwards. So when they paint several more cars, even though the paint code is the same, the paint scheme sorta varied for that particular "batch"

I didn't believe him until he showed me another accord with the original same oem paint as mine. It was a 93 and even though the paint was the same code, it seemed to have more flakes and a more gold shade than my black with less flake.

But yeah...thats what the paint guy told me so don't quote me on it. It sorta makes sense if you pay attention to honda/acuras but I wonder if it applies to other car companies like ford etc.?

I don't know if this is a trademark honda thing.... but the more I started to look at Hondas and Acuras I began to notice different shades as well....especially with GSR supersonic blue. Some I notice look more purple in the sunlight and while others have more of the orange color. Maybe they do this to speed production or keep costs down instead of waiting for more paint materials to come in.

yes, i believe so. and it may be true for all car manufactureres. i did paint cars on the side some years back and from my experience. no matter how i follow the paint codes, it would still be a litte off from the actual car color maybe due to paint process, clear coat used, oxidation, etc.. idk..