So I have fallen in love with the paint in the picture below...but as it turns out the company that makes it only sells paint for model cars in small quantity. If I took a bottle of the paint to a shop can it be duplicated?

 

Yes, any quality body shop can match paint using a laser gun. And then mix it on site.

 

80% matching is as best any scanner will do. Then its up to the tinter to adjust what ever else it may need.

good luck!

is that color to not a Three stage?

 

oooh i like that color. that's gonna come out awesome.

 

EDIT: How did the paint job turn out?

 

+1, I like how it has a shade of red/pearl?
<---n00b that doesnt know much about paint...

 

Hopefully you mod the car to suit that color. It's very eye catching!

Good luck

 

I googled "candy apple pearl red" and found shades that are similar to the OP's pic

 

very easily thats lemans sunset w a red pearl coat three stage on top.
Keep it simple and go with a popular and easy to find base color, OEM.
Then have them match a pearl that will be appropriate for the color family.
Be prepared to pay an extreme amount to have the paint work done if its to be done correctly. ALso, any parts you paint and add later will show more as the pearl coats are very directional when it comes to how they are sprayed, reflectivity etc.

 

Thanks for the help. I know nothing about auto paint so I dont know anything about pearl paint ect. the sight I got that from said it was just a candy bronze with silver matalic base.

Gain thanks for the help I didn't want to walk into the body shop and look like an idiot.

for those of you who like the color I found it at zero paints... the link is below.


http://www.zero-paints.com/photo-gallery/index.php/Customer-Models-using-Zero-Paints?page=6

 

OP, you do realize this will be pretty expensive right?

 

That may be true but one thing you do know is speed shifting: https://my350z.com/forum/engine-and-...-shifting.html)

 

ouch! I knew that was gonna haunt me lol

 

ya it will be expensive ill be heading to Iraq next month so I should have a nice little chunk saved up

 

So I think i found on that is close enough and it will most likely end up being a little cheaper as well House Of Kolor Kandy Tangerine with a silver basecoat.
Thoughts?

 

thats a beautiful color