Is all OEM Pearl White the same?
auditodd at attbi.com
auditodd at attbi.com
Tue Dec 17 21:23:05 EST 2002
I'll vouch for the color match issue.
My '93 90s had to have the passenger side repainted, and in sunlight, the
difference is obvious if you are looking for it.
> That's right. The later Pearl's are 'yellower' due to a missing chemical. I
> don't recall the name...but regardless, Pearl from any year is near impossible
> to match on a re-paint.
>
> Pearl from the earlier years is impossible.
>
> BTDT
>
> -Dave
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 89 90q 300km+ Rally Conversion...
> Roll cage shots available at:
> http://home.the-wire.com/~spokes/rollcage/page1.htm
>
>
> Quoting Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com>:
>
> > At 11:24 AM 12/17/2002 -0600, Carlo wrote:
> > >I need to know if there is a difference between a 1990 CQ and 1993 90 CS
> > in
> > >pearl white?
> > >
> > >Thanks Carlo
> >
> > I don't know about the model 90's, but in the larger cars, the "Pearl
> > White" in later models appears more yellow to me. I've read several
> > reports that the stuff used to make "Pearl White" up through 1991 includes
> > something that since then has been banned as too environmentally nasty.
> >
>
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