Im in process of painting my ek4 sunlight yellow y56 recently I went to the shop and the car was already painted, the only thing that needs is the clear coats to finish.
the problem is that I want my car to look like these


and the color without the clear coat is like this:


really it looks like a mini cab called tico in here that are used as taxis in high traffic areas.



why is there so much difference in the pics of yellow eks with the same color code???

 

maybe it's the lighting

 

Mabey one of the colors got mixed with something else

 

i dont think there the same colors because the 2nd one ive seen on clubcivic.com and its a way different color

 

the paint was PPG sunlight yellow y56 it was matched with the software and the also they have the booklet of honda colors, they tested the color and was the exact color I thought that maybe painted in the car would look like the pics but got dissaponted

 

Get it clear coated. then complain if it's not the rite color

 

I kinda dig the color.

 

Those colors look different because one is underground with florescent lights, and the other is in direct sunlight.

 

Is it too early to make an "0wn3d!!!!111" picture?

 

Oh, forgot to mention.

The JTUNED car is professionally photographed that's been edited in post.

The other one looks like it was shot with a 2mp PnC camera and uploaded to a photobucket account.

 

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the problem is that I want my car to look like these


and the color without the clear coat is like this:


really it looks like a mini cab called tico in here that are used as taxis in high traffic areas.



why is there so much difference in the pics of yellow eks with the same color code???</TD></TR></TABLE>


i think its hella clean.... dont worry its sumthing different!!! nice!!

 

hahahaha when I went to peru I lol'd at the ticos. They're ******* awesome though... they fit like 8 people into those little 3 cylinders.

 

Getting a sample of the stock color from a stock Phoenix Yellow / Sunlight Yellow Civic would probably help match it up well.

And the second car looks to be LHD. I see parking stickers or something on the lower corner of the windshield on the opposite side though, so I'm not sure why that would be. Can't tell what the plate is for.

So it's not JDM. It's probably USDM. The likely combo for it being LHD and actually being Y-56 is it'd be a European car that isn't from the UK or Ireland. The style really looks like US though, plus that photo has been around awhile, so I'd expect it is US (Europe is a little behind on the JDM style deal).

 

Man, i got a mustang yellow 98 hatch. Its the color that i think you were lookin for. PM me if you want a pic. Did you purchase the paint then take it to the painter? Cuz, if you didn't they mixed the paint using the brand they work with. Whenever i need to fix or repaint anything i take the fuel door down to the paint store and they mix me my yellow from the Ford yellow so i can spray. There are many tones of yellow you might have been off on what you were asking for. I don't know.

 

my car was oem dark blue I want to paint it y56, so I went to a paint shop and they have a ppg software and also the booklet of honda oem colors, they match the color with the software and compared to the booklet, even they paint a sheet of metal to compare both colors and they match. I really dont know why in some pics the y56 looks very yellow and in others orange!!, in the shop the tell me that they can make the color more clear with another coat of yellow, thats why I tell them to stop the clear coat paint.

 

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And the second car looks to be LHD. I see parking stickers or something on the lower corner of the windshield on the opposite side though, so I'm not sure why that would be. Can't tell what the plate is for.

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that or the photo was flipped in pshop. notice the sign says IXAT instead of TAXI

 

kinda off topic but what kind of wheels are those on the first civic?

 

they are work rsz (or something like that) $$$$! rota and drag make replicas very cheap.

 

the way i read that was that it had the base coat on it and they were going to spray the clear coat another day. its been a few months since ive sprayed with ppg but i remember theres either only a 15 or 30 minute flash time (at 70 degrees F. in a heated paint booth) between base coat and clear coat.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjRXyWFLkEY

 

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lol

op, both colors look good, pics of your car would be greatly appreciated!

peru

 

how much per mile?


car looks good man

 

Its just the lighting used. I can show you 10 diffrent pics of my car and the Yellow is diff looking in every one of them.

 

Cab you say? How much is fare from Chicago to Seattle? (just kiddin) Yellow is nice color. Very high profile.

 

does anyone else think its funny how that first picture is soooo old.. and htis guy has 61 posts..

if that is really your car.. clean