Go compare your '04 Arctic to an '03 or '02. PLEASE report back your findings. Color only.

 

Whats the difference in color?

 

We shall see......

 

Eric,
tell us please. i saw a 04 TT (coupe) silver 2 weeks ago & some cabs. didn't see any difference (of course not side by side with my 03)

 

Go back. Find a dealer with an '04 and an '03. Get them side by side and see if you can enLIGHTen us.

 

You gotta be kidding me!!!
COuld it be that paints darken a bit with time?? (I look at old AS boxsters and they look a lot darker than my 03)...
If 04 is different: Shoot!!!
Eric - how much to repaint my car LOL??
Also, ever figured out the paint code for 03 on alu look?? IT IS NOT Arctic S!!

 

Yes we have alumalook matched.....but it's not a fun process.



What we witnessed today was a brand new '04 Turbo Cab in Arctic Silver Metallic, same factory code as before - L92U - but it did NOT match any of our factory sprayouts....not even close.

I am aware that from time to time there are variances, but this was too obvious. It was light enough to nearly match BMW's Titanium. We double checked the sticker - 92U.

I'm wondering if Porsche lightened the formula just a hair or two, possibly to differentiate it even more from Carrera GT Silver on the 40th anniversary, and soon to be CGT.

Just curious.

 

The bumper plugs I got from you match my '04 Carrera in arctic silver just fine. Or at least I think they do--I'll have to check when I get it back from the dealer.

 

that sucks!!! paint should be the same if the code is the same

 

It's not just '04 AS, my '03 GT2 (as well as my friend's GT2) is significantly lighter/brighter than my son's arctic silver '02 Turbo --same paint code.

 

This was the first incident we've seen up close like this, so we're not sure if it's an enigma, or if it is an actual change. Formula changes are tricky, often because the base paints don't change, only the minor tints do. We just did Atlas, and you'd be surprised at what's in it, and what other vehicles already have the same formula on them.

 

Hey Eric,
Wanted to pass this along, guy from my old BMW board is having problems with what I think is your bumper plugs...
http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums...4181042&page=1
Evan

 

This is really interesting...DOes anyone know for sure if AS does darken with time??

 

I have not noticed anything like that on our Arctic cars.

 

Thanks AMG....yes, on cars like those you have to drill the hole out to 1/4"....and we pass along those instructions, but they are often ignored in the excitement!

On darkening over time, no. I don't suspect that is the cause here. Our factory paints hold up very well over long time exposure. What we believe is either the factory has changed the tints just slightly to give Arctic a fresh, brighter look, or it's just a strange coincidence on this one vehicle.

If you placed several Guards Red or Speed Yellow cars together, from the same year, you will see variances on those colors as well.