Touchupdirect paint, Does it really match? Options

[perkyshadow]

Hey guys!

I've got the super rare 6p3 green on my new ragtop. I have to paint a couple of items like the Tom's lip, the Curren rear splitters, the OEM sideskirts, and my carbon fiber hood. After some searching and reading up on whatever forums I could find, it looks like the guys at touchupdirect.com usually do a good job at matching colors. If they don't have a perfect match, it looks like they work with customers to fix the issue. So I already ordered my paint. I'll let you guys know how it goes. If we can save the hundreds or thousands of dollars in paying a shop to respray a car by using a rattle can, it just might be worth it. Plus, I figure the green will be a harder color to match anyway.

I'll let you guys know how it turns out! Gonna start small and go from there!

[storm26]

When I painted my rear bumper, the paintshop took my fuel gas doors and matched the colour to them, because within years paint does faint a little and its not the exact original paint code anymore. You know what I mean

[cheela]

I got mine from a local paint shop.
gave them the color and a few hours later, it's mixed and ready to spray.

I have the same 6p3 green and painted my lip and sides as well.
not sure about painting the hood with spray can but it's been done before. good luck with it.

[perkyshadow]

What.... I totally didn't see that you've got 6p3, too! I can most definitely confirm that it was a perfect match! I'm not the best painter. And my hood is suffering from carbon decay. But the color is perfect! How much did you spend on paint, Cheela?

[cheela]

haha. yup. I think it was like $20 for the can and that was enough to paint my lip and sides.
clear coat was more expensive.

[underground_desi...]

Hey guys!

I've got the super rare 6p3 green on my new ragtop. I have to paint a couple of items like the Tom's lip, the Curren rear splitters, the OEM sideskirts, and my carbon fiber hood. After some searching and reading up on whatever forums I could find, it looks like the guys at touchupdirect.com usually do a good job at matching colors. If they don't have a perfect match, it looks like they work with customers to fix the issue. So I already ordered my paint. I'll let you guys know how it goes. If we can save the hundreds or thousands of dollars in paying a shop to respray a car by using a rattle can, it just might be worth it. Plus, I figure the green will be a harder color to match anyway.

I'll let you guys know how it turns out! Gonna start small and go from there!

Spraying the whole hood with cans is a bad idea.
Not a single chance . It will look awful!
Matching the color is more complicated than we think.
1) If your car has been painted again, 99% it wont match with the factory color code.
2) Every car color company makes the same colors with small (or big) diferences.
3) If you give the same spay gun with the same paint inside it to 10 diferent people the result will vary from hand to hand and tecknik from tecknik.
4) Green color is not a hard color to match. The pearls are the ones that make things harder. Some of them react unexpectidly under diferrent light situations.
5) The background color and the material of the part is also important for the result
One thing is true. Even proffesionals are having a hard time matcing colors.
My opinion is that you probably will spent money and time....
but at least you will do it yourself and that makes you more happy than just pay for it!

When I painted my rear bumper, the paintshop took my fuel gas doors and matched the colour to them, because within years paint does faint a little and its not the exact original paint code anymore. You know what I mean

Yes. Fuel gas door is the easiest part you can sent for color matching.
but paint does not faint within years. The clear does. But the color remains the same for all 2 stage paint jobs !