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Old 05-09-12, 03:10 PM
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Default Thinking about new paint, championship white?

Hi everyone, I just bought this 1998 GS300 white w/ black interior

The car is in need of a desperate paint job, questions is should I paint it the same color or paint it Championship white or a total different color? pleae help as I want to send it off to the body shop next week.

I have had other Lexus cars in the past but it has been a couple of years since I have had one so im excited to be back


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I like the color of champ white, but I think there are better white colors out there w nice pearl imo. Good luck
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I like champ white but I think a nice pearl white with a blue pearl clear would be gorgeous
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^^^ agree
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Originally Posted by 850Lexus
I like champ white but I think a nice pearl white with a blue pearl clear would be gorgeous
x2 on that
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If your gonna go with a plain white I'd say go alpine white like the e46 m3. Otherwise I agree with the other guys
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how bout that glacier white from the 2IS??
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champ white? why would you paint your Lexus champ white.. its a nice color but for Honda's where it belongs.. And no I'm not hating on Honda's because I used to own a champ white jdm front integra.
Definitely do something with a pearl!
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if your gonna go custom might as well change it up

Lamborghini satin white and alpine white from bmw is two very nice colors
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Try the 3G glacier frost mica. I've always wanted to see that on a 2GS.
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Originally Posted by dro916
Try the 3G glacier frost mica. I've always wanted to see that on a 2GS.
Took the freaking words right out of my mouth!!! I'm thinking about painting my car that EXACT color! It's beautiful...you can see all of the colors of pearl once the car is clean, especially when the light hits the bumper area.
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Hmmmm thanks for the input everyone I did look up that Alpine White and I like it keep the suggestions coming please I gotta narrow this down lol
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parchment pearl white, or starfire pearl
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Keep it stock with some green/golden pearl. The bodyshop I work at occasionally painted a silver GS, with that in the clear and it looks dope in the light. One angle looks dark gold, another green, or silver in the dark. A nice little detail, without having to re-do a full on paint job starting from the base coat since you already have a good canvas.
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Originally Posted by 01LEXPL
Keep it stock with some green/golden pearl. The bodyshop I work at occasionally painted a silver GS, with that in the clear and it looks dope in the light. One angle looks dark gold, another green, or silver in the dark. A nice little detail, without having to re-do a full on paint job starting from the base coat since you already have a good canvas.
The paint looks better in the pictures, the car has dings and scratches every where thats why i want to redo the paint Ive been looking for this car for awhile i wanted something beat up so that I could say everything was done on it


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