TVR paint questions

[targarama]

Do TVR use water based of solvent based paints?

Would my car (see profile) be 2 or 3 stage paint?

Will be asking the dealer when in for service next week, just thought the PH massive may know the answers.

Thanks.

[Anatol]

My experience with TVR is that they often use whatever they have a tin of lying around (!)

They are notoriously rubbish with their paint coding (often hand-scribed and wrong on the plate), mix very approximate custom colours supposedly to match other manufacturer's stock colours on request, and then make up a random name for the sales invoice, and a random code for the car plating.

All the finishes I've worked with have been clear-over-base.

I don't know if their new finishes are waterbased tints, if they haven't moved across to it, they soon will - but water or solvent based for the tinting system makes virtually no difference to the final finish anyway.

Tol

[Eddie 4.2]

Give the paint code dude and ill tell u.



Ed

[Gaffer]

Anatol said:

My experience with TVR is that they often use whatever they have a tin of lying around (!)

They are notoriously rubbish with their paint coding (often hand-scribed and wrong on the plate), mix very approximate custom colours supposedly to match other manufacturer's stock colours on request, and then make up a random name for the sales invoice, and a random code for the car plating.

All the finishes I've worked with have been clear-over-base.

I don't know if their new finishes are waterbased tints, if they haven't moved across to it, they soon will - but water or solvent based for the tinting system makes virtually no difference to the final finish anyway.

Tol

Aboslute tosh. They dont use just whatever they have lying round.
they do mix colours to customers spec and Gerbil makes up his own colours, some are very similar to other car manufactures colours yes.

So what if they use their own part numbers, a lot of companies do.

All you have to do is phone the Factory (on holiday at the moment) and give the paint code in your handbook to Gerbil or request via your VIN number the paint which is specified on your build sheet (that is kept in the records area).

Not hard really.

Claire

[HarryW]

If you are still using Austec, then I know his paint shop has all of the TVR paint codes and formulas on file .

[targarama]

Eddie 4.2 said:

Give the paint code dude and ill tell u.



Ed

There is no code on the panel in the engine bay - just the VIN, and TVR 117 (or something like that) for the 'model'. The paint is Red Glow Pearlescentm allegedly only available from TVR (my bodyshop called Dupont and ICI and we browsed various catalogs).

[Gaffer]

Have a look in your handbook - may be listed in there.

I think Gerb is on holiday and the factory are closed next week as well, they are open the following week if you can hang on till then..?

Claire

[targarama]

Its not in the handbook.

Not a problem, this isn't urgent. I'm just getting a nose job/front light reseal next month. I know the factory is closed - I'll have my dealer order a litre of paint once TVR get back from their holidays.