Paint colour help.

Sounds like this MR2 has be re-painted and might just be a color the owner preferred.  Any spray painter or paint shop should be able to color match if you take in a small part.  Even if you got the exact paint code, after 20 years you need to allow for paint fade, etc.

Yeah the code apparently doesn't match the car in the tyre well. This is where it is a "the hell..." moment.  I will have the chase up this place in cannington, although since the car cannot be driven I may have to see if they could come around.
 
It's really crap driving a bloody van around.

Reddtarga

You could take in the filler cap cover or popup H/lamp cover as a sample to get it color matched.

 
That is true, as Chase_D said about the place in Cannington. I gave them a call they did say it has to be a dead flat piece to take a sample from.  I will be going to the place today to see if they can paint match, good idea Redtarga for the idea of removing the headlamp cover. I'd imagine that should be flat enough.
 
I'll keep everyone updated and see what happens.

chase_d
When you got the kit put on did you get the whole car painted?

 
Nah, they did a great job paint matching. Sadly they are on holidays so I can't get the paint number etc.
 
This is what they done:
 
Front , side skirts, rear pods
Repair / Repaint rust on right hand side 1/4 panel
Repair / Repaint rust on left hand side 1/4 panel
Repair / Repaint engine cover
Repair / Repaint left hand side engine cover
Repair area where the snorkel was
 

chase_d
I can guarantee you 100% the previous owner who was the first owner from Japan never had car painted. Unless it was painted in Japan?

 
Seems strange, I mean even the Spoiler Shop who done my bodykit, they tried the badge number where the spare wheel is and they said it was completely off. I never got to see what colour it was though.
 

chase_d
edit: got a bumper if you want to borrow, its not pretty or the same colour.

 
 
Thanks, though it's more then just a front bumper. My car requires the border bodykit bumper due to the mountings and my fender's are damaged the panel beater wants the Border kit so he can realign it all back with the front bumper on.
Car cannot be driven as the panel beater and painter need it at their warehouse.
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Update:
Took a sample from the broken side skirt in today, my brother in law locked the MR2 in his shed and was at work. Side skirt worked found out its a Aquamarine.  Chase_D you were close except its not a pearl, doesn't say so on the laser scan sheet.
 
I will be buying a liter of it on Monday.

Code is 742. :-)