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Originally posted by ree:
I tried taking pictures, but they are far from conclusive due to lighting issues.
The bottle color clearly looks darker than the paint. When I dabbed some on a chipped area and it looked way darker too.
But when I went to take pictures, I painted a white index card to hold next to the paint. I was able to smooth it out in a really thin coat as I wasn't trying to restrict myself to a tiny, well defined area and, I'll be damned, it looked really close the exterior color. But still a tiny bit darker...maybe.
Personally, I think it looks a lot more like the dark gray dash surround, but under incandesant lights at night with the shiney sparkles in it, I just can't tell.
One thing to note is that 382E doesn't show in Duplicolor's 2003 GM color matching charts and their charts don't include Hummer. The paint I was told to get was based on the 2002 GM tables. So maybe they don't have a proper 2003 Hummer match.
Since it seems to be such as hassle to apply smoothly, and because it still doesn't look like a perfect patch, and because it doesn't include the clearcoat...I'll be visiting a dealer this week getting their paint.
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Sorry, had lost this thread...
Firstly, touch up paints very rarely match exactly when they are metallics. The metallic content tends to either stay at the bottom or float to the top either making the result too dark or light.
Don't exchange years. Many times, the tints that make up "X" color are changed year to year even though it's the same paint code. Not guaranteed but still possible.
You're best bet is to do as you're doing. Stop at a dealership and pick some up. They probably have it in stock... it'll be about 5 bucks.
HTH's,
Mark