IOM Mismatch Paint Theory

[futureZ]

Originally Posted by 69beast

I saw this car up close and personal, it wasn't mine but it's the color I ordered. If you are looking at it in good sun light you are definately gong to see different shades of orange. That's part of why I love this color. I spent over an hour looking at ever angle possible. The color changes before your eyes. I fell further in love with it. It goes from dark orange to a golden orange. If people take this for mismatched color then possible they haven't seen what pearl does to a color. Pictures don't do this color justice. Look at this picture I enclosed. The right side is out of direct sun light the left is in direct sunlight. car definately looks like 2 different colors. Ya have to see it to love it.

So would this be considered the first "two tone"

[Whitten]

I have been paying close attention to this everytime I look at one. Last night at the Fbodygathering 13 I got a chance to look at almost every single color and noticed it on more than just IOM.

After carefully looking at the cars I noticed that all of them no mater what the color tend to do this at just the right angel. (standing at a 45 degree angle to the front of the car from a about 10 feet away.

I concluded after looking at all of the cars especially the ones with pearl in it or even the metallic cars that you are going to see a mismatch do to an optical illusion because of the angle that the front valence sits at. All you are seeing is a difference in refraction not paint.

[King Mouse]

On the plastic pieces, the metal flake is more to the top making it look lighter. I would guess that these pieces were painted with a smaller fluid tip. I don't assume that I am right but that would just be my guess.

[GrnMchin]

Originally Posted by King Mouse

Reasons:

• Plastic substrate vs metal
  
• Painted in different places at different times
  
• Different sized fluid tips will make the same paint, on certain pearls and metallic, look different
  
• The angles at which the parts were sprayed was different

I have an IOM2SS and I would guess, after looking at my car, that one or all of the above criteria were met.

The fact of the matter like stated above is there are a ton of variables. Friend of mine who is a painter and works with one of the top premier paint shops in WA said all of the reasons above plus

1) base coat tints and thickness are the applied evenly or not at all. Also applies to top coats

2) consistency between paint batches

3) air pressure

The different options on paints, tinting coats both base and clears, how they are applied can be vast. Long story short this is all theory and could be any one of the reason stated or just how the paint appears in the light. Just my 2 cents I have yet to see IOM in person and hope to soon. Also the color I ordered and will reserve my opinion till a later date.

[Ltdodge]

I think it may be the vendor or something. look at this picture of a summit white camaro and you can also see the difference..



here is Blue

[69beast]

definately see it on the white. That's different than the IOM I showed a post of. I eally didn't se it on the blue

[detroitboy]

Well...the rear bumpers seem to match OK. So do you think it might be a problem with the different suppliers who provide the painted front bumper parts to the manufacturer?

[SummoneR]

Originally Posted by MikeySoft

Actually its not Pearl, its Mica.

as in formica? LMAO!

I think I see the green in that Chameleon that everyone is talking about in the ABM... I guess IOM has a green hue as well interesting.

[GTAHVIT]

We've already had this conversation.


Closed.

[shockandawe]

Glad I did't get this color!

[Red Hot SS]

I clicked this only to say...My Theory: GM screwed up.

But then I read the thread and have decided you are 100% right.

Good job, way to clear up this issue