mkimber

I'm on the second bottle of Night Blue Metallic of touch up paint from Paintscratch.com. The first batch was too dark. The second batch, supposedly mixed against a factory chip, also appears to be too dark on the test paper. They have the right paint code (L39C) and my VIN, so I'm not sure what else I can do on my end. Anyone else have any experience with this, good or bad?

I know they can get it right. Paintscratch.com sent me perfect matches for the Carmine Red on the '87 Carrera and Artic Silver for the Outlaw.

tigerrat

I used them for my midnight blue and it was pretty good both times. Are you putting the clear coat on it? I found it lightens it as well as providing the gloss. Ken

mvtm

I have the same code,from what i've been told unlike some Porsche paints,L39C is water based.Thats all i know.Anyways i hope you can find the right match as i have the same paint.It is always good to know.

mkimber

I'll let you guys know how it looks after I put on the clear coat. I would have not thought the clear coast would have made that much of a difference, but it's the best suggestion I've heard yet. Thanks.

TAI2

My car is black, but I have had good luck with Dr. ColorChip. I purchased silver form them as well for my wifes car - no issues with matching and silver is tough.

MarkD

It's pretty normal (in my experience) to have them take a couple of shots at it. Funny, they got midnight blue the first time on my 964.
Blue Turquoise took them 4 tries! Tough color though...
They are really good about making slight changes based on your description.

If you were to go to a body shop and have them shoot a bumper they would have the same challenge. You almost always have to match paint to existing.