[Tigers] Forest Green

[Chris Thompson]

If you are looking for touch-up paint, most body shops have had for some 
time scanners they can put on your paint and generate what they need to 
match what you've currently got.  About 15 years ago, I had a body shop 
do this and the match was perfect to my eye.  And I live in a *very* 
rural area with little resources.  So that's the way I would go...

B382000331

On 12/22/2019 11:07 PM, Ron Fraser wrote:
>
> Chris
>
>                 A very good point.
>
> Different manufactures have slightly different hues and even different 
> car companies have different hues for British Racing Green.
>
> Having a current color code # gives you a good starting point, one 
> which the paint shop can manipulate to the color on the car if needed.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> *From:* Chris Thompson <chris at cthompson.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 22, 2019 10:54 PM
> *To:* Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>; jimmc13 at socket.net
> *Cc:* tigers at Autox.Team.Net
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Forest Green
>
> A couple years ago at the TE/AE United, I entered my car in the stock 
> concours category just to get some tips on originality for my car.  
> There were three of us there with Code 86 cars, and we were all very 
> different colors. In the stock category! And while I was pinged a 
> whole point for missing a wiring clip, none of us were pinged for 
> having the wrong color.  So I'm not sure you'll get a straight answer 
> on the true 86 hue.
>
> Chris Thompson
>
> B382000331
>
> On 12/22/2019 1:20 PM, Ron Fraser via Tigers wrote:
>
>     Jim
>
>                     Thank you for your reply, great info this is a #
>     my local paint shop can recognize.
>
>     Forest Green - 86 – GS280
>
>     Here is one I received a long time ago for Commodore Blue which
>     the local paint shop said they could make
>
>     Commodore Blue – 106 – BS616A  H
>
>     Thanks again
>
>     Ron
>
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