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I recently got an insurance repair on my EG5 Hatch 93 on the front fender and door on the driver side. The color looks a bit different than the rest of the car and I don't know if its just because the factory paint is faded or the painter used a wrong color.
On the door jam says BG-28P, which is Tahitian green pearl. I looked a bit around and Im thinking the repair color is maybe BG-29P Aztec green pearl?
I kind of like the color at the repair part, it seem more fresh. Im planning to spray to whole car in spring, so I'm trying to decide which green it should be.
check the paint code in your driver's door panel. was gonna say paradise blue green pearl since I used to own a eg with that color but yours seems lighter, so check your code.
It's probably the right color code, however you have to understand how paint codes work. BG-28P is the standard variant for that color, but there may be 20 different variants of that color, some may have more green, blue, red, yellow, etc. Some may be coarser or finer in terms of the metallic in the paint. A good bodyshop will have all the small test cards from whatever paint manufacturer they use. You have to lay the cards on the car and then use something called a sun gun to compare the test card to an adjacent panel. Usually one of the variants will be a perfect or near perfect match, if not a custom variant will have to be created and sometimes the adjacent panels will need to be blended.
Just as an FYI, these cars (and any car for that matter) are supposed to be all be the standard variant, All subsequent variants are basically just screw ups when mixing the paint at the factory. The formula is documented and a variant is created.
It's probably the right color code, however you have to understand how paint codes work. BG-28P is the standard variant for that color, but there may be 20 different variants of that color, some may have more green, blue, red, yellow, etc. Some may be coarser or finer in terms of the metallic in the paint. A good bodyshop will have all the small test cards from whatever paint manufacturer they use. You have to lay the cards on the car and then use something called a sun gun to compare the test card to an adjacent panel. Usually one of the variants will be a perfect or near perfect match, if not a custom variant will have to be created and sometimes the adjacent panels will need to be blended.
Just as an FYI, these cars (and any car for that matter) are supposed to be all be the standard variant, All subsequent variants are basically just screw ups when mixing the paint at the factory. The formula is documented and a variant is created.
I hope that helps.
Thanks. Thats great info. The repaired part does look like it contains more metallic and also appear more green.
I will respray the whole car to ensure uniform color
If you only had the spray the replacement part then yes its going to look off, if you have the body shop blend in the part with your car it might not look way off.
Which green is my car
