To all yellow Evo owners
Dec 1, 2003, 10:52 AM
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To all yellow Evo owners
Is it just me or does everyone else have this too. My car seems to have a 2 tone color. The bumpers and side skirt has a darker yellow then the rest of the car. Am I the only one with this issue or is it normal? May be it's from that dust tape they use on it when it was shipped over.
Dec 1, 2003, 10:56 AM
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painting on plastic and metal or aluminum may be why. it has happen to me many times and to others as well. Dont know if this is whats going on with urs, just a thought
Dec 1, 2003, 11:07 AM
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i notice the same thing on my yellow. kinda pisses me off at times... also I think they either used a **** load less paint on unibody or something is wrong because when I open my door, the sideskirt is much darker then the unibody/frame.
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Dec 1, 2003, 04:06 PM
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ya, i noticed it the first time i was washing my car... i was so pissed that i was gonna go back to the dealership and make them repaint it.
But if you really looked close at all the evo's exterior colors, they all mis-match... it's just that yellow stands out the most. Which really bugs me sometimes
But if you really looked close at all the evo's exterior colors, they all mis-match... it's just that yellow stands out the most. Which really bugs me sometimes
Dec 1, 2003, 04:32 PM
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ya, i noticed it the first time i was washing my car... i was so pissed that i was gonna go back to the dealership and make them repaint it.
ya, i noticed it the first time i was washing my car... i was so pissed that i was gonna go back to the dealership and make them repaint it.
Dec 1, 2003, 05:14 PM
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Originally posted by GPTourer
Good luck. Every car in the world with steel body panels and plastic bumper covers is like this. There's no way to match it. Aluminum, steel, fiberglass, plastic - they all have different relfective qualities when it comes to light reflection (or refraction, whatever) and the paint never matched from day one, nor will it ever.
Good luck. Every car in the world with steel body panels and plastic bumper covers is like this. There's no way to match it. Aluminum, steel, fiberglass, plastic - they all have different relfective qualities when it comes to light reflection (or refraction, whatever) and the paint never matched from day one, nor will it ever.
dude i said i WAS going to, but i didn't... because i noticed the colors did not match on all the evos. It just really stands out on yellow
Dec 2, 2003, 07:49 AM
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This color difference is evident on all Evo's, and just about every Japanese car with plastic bumpers to some extent. On top of what has been stated in posts above, the paint they put on the flexible plastic is sometimes a little different than the paint they put on the metal surfaces....they sometimes add an ingredient that allows the paint to flex with the plastic surfaces.
SC~ who noticed it a lot more on his Type R than his Yellow Evo.
SC~ who noticed it a lot more on his Type R than his Yellow Evo.
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Dec 2, 2003, 11:51 AM
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I think it is because they paint these at different times and then add them onto the car. It is very hard to paint everything at the same time and keep it with the car in the factory before installing it. That is some of the reason BMWs and such are so pricey. My red evo is the same way. The mirrors are pink!!