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Need help finding auto paint

Post by Digger1 »

Yesterday, I took a trip to Portland and went to the craft store who I knew sold Tamiya spray paint. They had plenty cans of white pearl but at $5.50 a can, I decided to go to the auto parts store to see if I could find something larger and/or cheaper. I went to an auto parts store and asked the guy behind the counter for a pearlescent white paint in a rattle can. He asked my what the make and model and the year of the car but I told him it wasn't for a car. He said he couldn't help because that's what he needs to get a color. I don't know what cars have white pearl paint jobs.

I tried looking in the book they have attached to the shelf for the Cadillac Escalade which I'm pretty sure comes in a pearl white but there wasn't anything there.

Anyone have an ordering number for the paint? I could really use some.
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Post by HWR MKII »

tell him to look up the paint code for a 1992-93 Nissan 300Z. They came in white pearl. My parents had one :twisted:
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Post by sbaxter »

My 2002 Nissan Altima SE was also pearlescent white.

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Post by big-dog »

The Olds Aurora was available in pearl white. If it's for an Enterprise I'd look for the pearl White of a 1999 Aurora. That's what I'm gonna use. Has that gold/yellow cast (all pearl white's have some colour cast to them) seen on the Ent.
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