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Tornado red bumper colour

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bonelorry:
It tends to be the plastics such as the bumpers, Boot spoiler, Wing Mirrors and door mouldings that are a slightly different shade of red.

Look at Milano Red Honda Civic Type R's, The Colour match on the bumpers is shocking and thats from the factory!

MC71:
There have been 13 differnent shades/batches of Tornado red over the years of its production, all with the same paint code. Yeap....i said 13.

When I had my R32 arse painted to match my car the body shop I use stuggled to get it right but in the end they got it VERY close but I can still see the differnece.

RedGolfDom:

--- Quote from: MC71 on September 25, 2015, 10:59:36 am ---There have been 13 differnent shades/batches of Tornado red over the years of its production, all with the same paint code. Yeap....i said 13.

When I had my R32 arse painted to match my car the body shop I use stuggled to get it right but in the end they got it VERY close but I can still see the differnece.

--- End quote ---

Yeah I had the exact same issue, I think it's because I look for it more too but a normal person probably wouldn't notice that much

Ditto:
Strange about the 13 shades. Are they slightly different codes, otherwise it must be a nightmare to ever get a perfect match? I guess not if you had a problem too. Do dealers have a different method via the VIN to get the mix correct? Here's hoping with the wing replacement

MC71:
^^^^ Paint codes all the same and can be found under boot carpet along with other interesting unrelated info and yeap its a nightmare to match, if you are lucky they will blend it all in across other panels and it won't show (much).

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