drago

Hi guys!

Does anyone know which paint manufacturer Mazda use when producing RX-8's in japan??

Only reason i ask is because i am having a debadged boot lid resprayed in sunlight silver, and i want to get the paint to match as close as possible to the original paintwork.
So by knowing the brand of paint mazda use i can get my bodyshop to source the correct paint.

cheers in advance

drago

anyone???

ЯX-8

Your bodyshop should get the color code number from the dealership himself.

MazdaManiac

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Manufacturer makes no difference. (You won't be able to buy the paint directly from Kansai, anyway, though it is a PPG product.)
All reputable paints will have a match (PPG is my favorite, followed by DuPont), but it will be up to the skill of the painter to match the grain of the metallic flake, which is quite a task.

Kris

The 3 Hardest colors to match on the 8 are White water pearl / Velocity Red and Canary yellow. I have a WWP car and the body shop managed to match my kit and spoiler no problem.. I would say any decent body shop wont have any issues matching your Silver.

drago

cheers for the replies

MazdaManiac- So PPG are the paint manufacturer who mazda use??

MazdaManiac

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Kansai. It is a PPG product.

Umbra

Have a source to back that up? My wife works for PPG in their development group and she doesn't think it's a PPG color.

MazdaManiac

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Does she know about the partnership with Kansai?