Paint code to match paint to white plastic

[GiantKiller]

I'm going to paint all the black pieces to match the white plastic panels. I need paint code to match the white plastic.

[Karl Roth]

Originally Posted by GiantKiller

I'm going to paint all the black pieces to match the white plastic panels. I need paint code to match the white plastic.

the white body panels are molded in that color if I am not mistaken if you are after that dipped in a vat look just paint it all. good luck.
karl

[Old smart]

The color code (paint code) MAY be on the identification plate on the driver's side "B" pillar, right below the "Made in France" - it is on the Euro smarts. Then again, the MIC plastic panels may not have a paint code as they are not painted like the metallics.

[Fredvon4]

Most good auto paint suppliers can do the same thing as Sears, Lowe's, Home-depot and others do with the computer paint analysis software.

Take your front panel (easiest to detach) in to the auto paint store with this capability to have the white color matched (call around to see who has this capability first) ...

Do not bother getting Sears or Lowe's etc.. to do it, as the house base colors and the auto paint base colors are all different

Failing getting a color code, or having any auto paint suppliers in your area that can computer select the color......... find a crash repair center and find the one or two auto painters in your area that has been doing it for decades...you would be amazed at how many of them can tell exactly what brands and mixes will be so close you can not tell the repair was made.... these are the old birds that have learned how to adjust for fade and deterioration even when they have the factory color code...

Be sure to tell them what color the White is going on top of....!!!

[brian r]

Originally Posted by Fredvon4

Take your front panel (easiest to detach) in to the auto paint store with this capability to have the white color matched (call around to see who has this capability first) ..

You should also have someone at the auto-paint store come out to the car for a look. Anything plastic that you paint will need adhesion-agents in a primer, and some kind of flex agent in the color coat (plastics have different coefficients of expansion than metal, and different plastics often need to be painted differently from each other). If not you could have a real mess on your hands when the paint starts coming off.

[SmartAzz]

Originally Posted by brian r

You should also have someone at the auto-paint store come out to the car for a look. Anything plastic that you paint will need adhesion-agents in a primer, and some kind of flex agent in the color coat (plastics have different coefficients of expansion than metal, and different plastics often need to be painted differently from each other). If not you could have a real mess on your hands when the paint starts coming off.

He speaks the truth - plus the textured plastic usually needs some sanding/prep to smooth it out.

[Fredvon4]

The above is good advice even for the Black Tridion... to make an all white smart you are going to paint white over the Powder coated Tridion and some of the Black plastic parts of the roof.... so be sure to take the car tot he paint guys or the paint supplier and tell them exactly what all the components are and what they currently are coated with....

[smart-IN]

White...
the code is CA8L and/or EAZ - the colorname is "Liquid Paper"...

Yellow...
the code is CA6L and/or EAL - the colorname is "Light Lemon"...

[dw103]

anyone know the code for the Yellow?

[smart-IN]

got an misstake in my last posting - corrected it... ;)