Originally Posted by Ali SC3

white pearl is one of the best colors to have, but one of the worst to maintain. often times instead of doing a repair on these they just repaint the whole car, alot of shops will tell you its easier because unless they spend a lot of time on it, the panels just wont match perfect. at the very least they recommend doing that entire panel and hoping its close enough but they will never guarantee that it will match 100%. Its basically the same issue with any of the Lexus paint codes that have the word "pearl" in them, its like $$ signs to the paint and body shops.