uthatch

I was making aerosol cans yesterday (full disclosure: I won't mention my company's name because I'm not trying to plug, but I'm in the paint business and can make aerosols, touch-up's, etc of any color) of my Matador Red IS to paint some license plate hole plugs and was very surprised to find that it's a 3-stage color.

So I went to Lexus.com to see if there is an additional charge maybe built into the base price of the car, but there's not. Some goes for the Starfire too...three stage, but no extra charge.

Usually any 3-stage color is extra charge on any car. So either Lexus is giving everyone a great deal on theses colors or thy're ripping off everyone that buys black, gray, silver, etc!

Another interesting point is the quaility of the paint jobs on these cars. Lexus, by far, has the nicest stock paintjob I've seen on any car; barring Maybach's, RR's, and ultra high-end cars. For mass produced vehicles, the paint is remarkably smooth and low in orange peel.

kilo6_one

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great i feel ripped off with my onyx black.........

4TehNguyen

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sorry no BMW metallic paint charge here, just wait and see the LS460 paint, its actually wetsanded as a production car

uthatch

Yeah, exactly. I drove and saw the LS at Taste of Lexus a few weeks back and yes, the paint is remarkable.

CRB

Exactly they are overcharging the customers without the three stage paints vis-a-vis the rest of the car manufacterers.

TorontoIS

I guess I should be happy about ordering Matador Red then!

socalJD

Can you elaborate on this - which colors are the base paint (non 3-stage) or is it easier to identify all the 3-stage colors. TIA.

uthatch

The only two I know for sure are Starfire and Matador Red. If someone posts all the codes for the two years, I'll check them and post whether they are 3-stage or two.

Magellan

You will love it. As discussed in another thread, it is quite impressive in sunlight. A word of caution may be appropriate, however, as it could be a cop magnet.

TorontoIS

Yes that might be the only problem with the car. With 306 hp on tap it will be hard to stay below the speed limit.

SolaraToIS

Here's an example of a red it turns in the evening light.
It gets a lot of compliments for sure

Magellan

To add my two cents, here’s mine in sunlight. But photos are still not as good as the live view.

4TehNguyen

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so i got my moneys worth getting crystal white

IS_Mine

Well for giggles TP is

1G1.

Check it out.

cmalley

Anyone know the code for Obsidian?