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Old 04-11-10, 11:21 AM
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I have a 06 Lexus and I am looking for a good company that makes great color matched touch up paint! Its Blue onyx pearl (8P8 color code) and I have to have exact match. Any suggestions from yall? Im not sure duplicolor makes anything


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If you're looking to fix minor scratches and road rash, I highly recommend Dr. Colorchip (www.drcolorchip.com). I have an 07 in Black Sapphire Pearl and you can't tell it's ever been scratched or pitted. If it's something more, you're probably stuck with the Lexus touch up paint from your dealer.

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I have a 06 Lexus and I am looking for a good company that makes great color matched touch up paint! Its Blue onyx pearl (8P8 color code) and I have to have exact match. Any suggestions from yall? Im not sure duplicolor makes anything


Thanks in advance
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Old 04-11-10, 01:45 PM
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Yes, its just little rock chips that I plan on touching up. That should be fine. Thanks
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Originally Posted by LandonZ
I have a 06 Lexus and I am looking for a good company that makes great color matched touch up paint! Its Blue onyx pearl (8P8 color code) and I have to have exact match. Any suggestions from yall? Im not sure duplicolor makes anything


Thanks in advance
Landon
You'll never find the exact match since your car is 4 years old, and so is the paint, and the touch up you're getting is brand new. The best bet is go with the factory paint from the dealer. Otherwise, you can go to a body shop, have them blend you something exactly for you. This will ensure exact matching as they're going by your CURRENT paint color, rather than the paint color that was on your car when new. Years of UV exposure, will change the color of paint slightly.
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Originally Posted by hlevin
If you're looking to fix minor scratches and road rash, I highly recommend Dr. Colorchip (www.drcolorchip.com). I have an 07 in Black Sapphire Pearl and you can't tell it's ever been scratched or pitted. If it's something more, you're probably stuck with the Lexus touch up paint from your dealer.
man that stuff is so expensive :/

when the bottle says repairs up to a dozen chips.. 2 dozen n so on

does it really repair UP to that much?? or can you actually do more
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I've read some reviews and some people said that they had leftover paint. I ordered the road rash kit in case I'll be needing it in the future.
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I just got drcolorchip this week. I used the paint and solvent on 3 chips so far and I would say I used up about 1/500th of the paint. I got the $39 kit.
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You really don't use a lot. In fact, if you use too much, it's a pain to get off (or at least you use more solvent). Don't do too many at a time, or you'll forget where they are. I find one on the car a day after I touched up and boy, it took a lot of elbow grease to get it off.
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anyone got actual pics of DR chip in action?? pics of your carsss
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