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I had my 3 painted in 1990 with a 1980 Jaguar color called Quartz Blue metallic....I need to repaint a fender but they have switched to low VOC paint up here and they cant seem to get a good match as the color is way off. Was the original paint Dupont Centari????.....was the original paint an enamel?...is it possible there is someplace in the States that can mix the correct formula in the correct enamel paint or similar....that's assuming of course that the paint shop I took it to back in the 90's stuck to the original formula. I do have the correct Code and formula however. Any thoughts?:eagerness:
PS I realize that the new paint will not match the weathered paint but something close would be nice......might have to repaint the whole car????
 
I answered post in Jag. section, but if you have the number the color can be sprayed to match by thinning and shading the mix. Can you buff the old paint and rejuvenate the color. Might ask a custom car painter for suggestions or let him paint it for you. I have color matched 70s paint in the 90s by shading. You actually spray your color on and then stretch the area painted with thinner paint and keep widening with thinner and thinner paint. Makes the eye match it and you are blending the colors together. Find a line where it can separate, waistline, fender etc. to hide the new.
 
Take a panel in and any decent paint supply shop can match it. Be aware that you will never be a perfect match to a 25 year old spray. Even if the car was in the garage the entire 25 years, it will fade during that length of time. You should be able to get close...just not perfect.

A trick, once you have matched as closely as possible, is to use a panel break for the respray. That is, spray the new panel completely to where the door seam, boot seam, etc...is. The eye then assumes the lighting is different past the seam break, so the slight mis-match will be less obvious.
 
I think the pro painters may insist on blending the newly painted fender into the adjacent panels. So, perhaps you'd end up blending into your hood and door, and clear coating the three panels.

Might be more than you want to do, but I think that's the approach, if a very good color match can't be achieved.

pat
 
I think you would have better results for a match following what Pat said. Its faster for a pro to tint as close as possible and blend the color onto adjacent panels with a color blender that will allow the metallic to step into the old paint smoothly. Clear is then applied to the entire side whole panels. That's your best chance for a match . Good luck !
 
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