Rust!!
#31
Lexus Fanatic
Absolutely not. There is no metallic in obsidian whatsoever, it is a pure gloss black.
#33
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by 2v1g
Is Mine after market paint? I see it as gloss black till I get close up under sunlight.
It could also have some overspray on it or other bonded contaminants that make it look metallic while it really isn't.
#34
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
Be rest assured that obsidian black IS NOT Metallic. That's what makes it one of the blackest paints in the automotive industry. I read somewhere that it's 97% black.
#36
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by 2v1g
Do our LS have self healing clear coat?
#37
Hood is indeed aluminum.
Self-healing clear coat supposedly became standard in MY2010, though there is no mention of it in the "official" product information PDFs that you can load from pressroom.lexus.com.
Lastly, while I am writing, I might as well repeat that there is NO metallic in Obsidian. And, FWIW, at one point I had an Obsidian (code 212) sedan next to a Black Onyx (code 202) Lexus truck in the garage (the latter of which I still have), and they were virtually indistinguishable from one another and very, very black.
Self-healing clear coat supposedly became standard in MY2010, though there is no mention of it in the "official" product information PDFs that you can load from pressroom.lexus.com.
Lastly, while I am writing, I might as well repeat that there is NO metallic in Obsidian. And, FWIW, at one point I had an Obsidian (code 212) sedan next to a Black Onyx (code 202) Lexus truck in the garage (the latter of which I still have), and they were virtually indistinguishable from one another and very, very black.
#40
Lexus Fanatic
That car is not obsidian...
#41
http://www.lexus.com/documents/broch...S-Brochure.pdf
I looked at 2011 LS broche, there is black opal mica besides obsidian black. I think mine might be the black opal mica color and that color has the sparkles. Now I remember my black car looked more shiny than other 2010 black LS460 I shopped this summer.
I looked at 2011 LS broche, there is black opal mica besides obsidian black. I think mine might be the black opal mica color and that color has the sparkles. Now I remember my black car looked more shiny than other 2010 black LS460 I shopped this summer.
#42
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by 2v1g
http://www.lexus.com/documents/broch...S-Brochure.pdf
I looked at 2011 LS broche, there is black opal mica besides obsidian black. I think mine might be the black opal mica color and that color has the sparkles. Now I remember my black car looked more shiny than other 2010 black LS460 I shopped this summer.
I looked at 2011 LS broche, there is black opal mica besides obsidian black. I think mine might be the black opal mica color and that color has the sparkles. Now I remember my black car looked more shiny than other 2010 black LS460 I shopped this summer.
#43
Lexus Fanatic
#44
I really like my black mica, it really add some fun to the black and less easy to show scratches comparing to the pure black. Without direct sun, they looks very close.
My black opal mica
the obsidian black 2010 LS I didn't buy because of very stiff air suspension
My black opal mica
the obsidian black 2010 LS I didn't buy because of very stiff air suspension
#45
Lexus Fanatic
Look at the picture I posted above. Unless your car has a dark blue metallic it's not black opal mica either.
Do you know what the paint code is? I'm curious now.
What it looks like is stargazer black which never came on the LS as far as I know
Do you know what the paint code is? I'm curious now.
What it looks like is stargazer black which never came on the LS as far as I know
Last edited by SW17LS; 10-05-16 at 08:11 AM.