Painting Lip trouble - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

t0eknee · 04-19-2008, 03:00 AM

GOOD NEWS and BAD NEWS.
So today was finally the day i get to paint my lip, but the bad news is that the shop gave me the wrong paint color. i gave them my vin and they asked if it was a camry, color grey, kinda bluish. i said it's magnetic grey. they said "OKAY." brought it home and BOOM it came out a bluish grey. i read the paint can and it said 163 and it was suppose to be 1G3..............life is gay, imma slice my wrist up....

here are some pictures of my terrible bad luck life

My friend's tC.

**PRINCESS PEACH** · 04-19-2008, 03:05 AM

DAAAAAAAAAMN!!!!

TOEKNEE! Just sand it down and repaint. No biggie I hope?

t0eknee · 04-19-2008, 03:11 AM

oh yeah, peach, i was wondering if ur sideskirts are laid overlapping ur oem or did u completely take the old out and in with the new?

**PRINCESS PEACH** · 04-19-2008, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by t0eknee

oh yeah, peach, i was wondering if ur sideskirts are laid overlapping ur oem or did u completely take the old out and in with the new?

?!?!?! You must take off your OEM sideskirts. There is no way it can fit on top.

In with the new, out with the old.

**PRINCESS PEACH** · 04-19-2008, 03:27 AM

cmon toenee! Get your kit painted, installed, den SLAMMED on coils! We can be twins! I remember when I looked at your car and was like, DAMN. I want my car exactly like that!

Netforcer · 04-19-2008, 07:16 AM

wrist slicing for wrong paint? whoa... my car used to look like the last pic last summer

t0eknee · 04-19-2008, 01:25 PM

im buying the RIGHT paint 2day. so ill post pictures of the process and slap it back on sunday cause i want the clear coat to dry overnight.

I wish i can be twins with u peach, lol. but i just got let go for my security job. i had midterms and they wanted me to take classes on only certain days of my midterms. such a bummer. But i need to dump it on something soon!! plus a lip spoiler

who wants to give a FAT discount for a low income, unemployed student??

Trojan · 04-19-2008, 01:43 PM

when i took my lip kit to the shop they noticed that my camry faded a bit (i park outside) so the oem paint color didn't match perfectly. so they had to paint match. is this the case with your camry?

njerald · 04-19-2008, 03:17 PM

That's why you give paint color code, not color.

t0eknee · 04-19-2008, 07:25 PM

so i finished painting, its drying right now. but theres a problem. my radiator is leaking. i heard it hissing, so i drove it to the dealer and they said to come back 2morow when the technicians are there and not to drove it around. theres a small dent in the radiator, hopefully they can repair it cause replacing it cost over a thousand dollars... there goes my modding money.

white07cam · 04-19-2008, 08:16 PM

warranty?

alexdadoof · 04-19-2008, 08:35 PM

yeah just take it to a dealership bro.

njerald · 04-19-2008, 08:48 PM

Unless he dented/damaged it..........

Trojan · 04-19-2008, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by njerald

Unless he dented/damaged it..........

+1

alexdadoof · 04-19-2008, 11:07 PM

Thats gotta be some hardcore offroading or just nasty pothole ridden street driving
to dent ur radiator.

gosh
haha

i probably couldn't do that if i tried.
=] Love my car too much haha

let us know what you do.
u should try the dealership first though. that way if they take it in, u wont have to dish out a few hundred.