Mopar Paint Question

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:48 pm

I own a PS2 Silver Neon SRT-4.
The dodge dealer wants close to $25 for a small canister of it. Is there a an equivalent that is cheaper and more readily available?

I plan to paint my fog surrounds and mirrors.

Anyone have part numbers etc etc?

Post by **racer12306** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:50 pm

My luck with duplicolor has been pretty good.

There may also be online distributors for paint as well. Or check with kornholio, see if he is still selling paint.

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:01 pm

racer12306 wrote:My luck with duplicolor has been pretty good.

There may also be online distributors for paint as well. Or check with kornholio, see if he is still selling paint.

yeah, I wanted something I could just go after work and pick up (and not get ass raped at the dealer).

If anyone knows the equivalent of something at a common store let me know.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:00 pm

Shit the spray cans at the dealer around here are $8/each.

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:05 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Shit the spray cans at the dealer around here are $8/each.

Well freak'n hook me up!

Post by **Diablo0** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:11 pm

Just head to the dealer and ask them. They usually have some in stock for the common colors and if not they'll order it. But yeah, they're little aerosol cans maybe 5-6" tall... not nearly enough to do a bumper or anything but just enough to do some small parts and things of that nature. Unless Chrysler raised their price on them they're ~$8-10. BRR or DanteNeon may be able to give you an exact price...

I've also heard you can go to NAPA and order aerosol cans through them as well... never tried it though so I don't know if you can or not.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri May 29, 2009 4:00 pm

Yeah they wanted $13.44 a can of Ps2 silver at the local dealership here.

I went to Autozone and got a small can of the DupliColor. $6~ For some reasont hey did not have the PS2 in the can.
Got Radiant Silver Metallic. Looks just the same and came out great for the most part. (Foglight bezels)

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Fri May 29, 2009 11:58 pm

www.paintscratch.com

mastershake · Post by **mastershake** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:44 pm

glasswars wrote:www.paintscratch.com

+1

Paint match, from my experience, was pretty damn close. But the quality was fantastic!! I'm nto sure abotu all their product, but when i got my paint from them is was only the base coat (not shiny), so you are gonan need some high quality clear to go over it. They sell complete kits with the clear coat and the whole 9 yards. Which you may want to get sinc you are painting on the bumper area where it see's alot of abuse from the elements. Don't cheap out on paint for your exterior.

OB · Post by OB » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:04 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Shit the spray cans at the dealer around here are $8/each.

Yeah here too, I paid less than $10 IIRC. Call a different dealer. They should all sell them for MSRP.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:19 pm

Yeah whichever dealer you called was marking up MSRP.....

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:03 am

Radiant Silver Metallic is a Nissan color w/ is PS2. It's exactly the same. And if it isn't who cares. I drive a neon.

Thanks for the heads up everyone. Fk dealerships.

mastershake · Post by **mastershake** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:14 am

PhillyLS1 wrote:Radiant Silver Metallic is a Nissan color w/ is PS2. It's exactly the same. And if it isn't who cares. I drive a neon.

Thanks for the heads up everyone. Fk dealerships.

FWIW Nissan paint is crap!!! Hopefully this is just the same color not the same quality as what Nissan puts on the cars at the factory.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:44 am

I was planning on color matching my mirrors too but ran out of aerosols from the dealer. Before I buy more, I was just curious if anyone knows how much a body shop might charge to paint these?

Sorry to threadjack, I just figured it was relevant and possible helpful so I posted here.

mastershake · Post by **mastershake** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:56 am

Do you need a clear coat to go over the Mopar paint?? Or is it a all in one formula?

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:57 am

primer/base coat/clear coat

mastershake · Post by **mastershake** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:19 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:primer/base coat/clear coat

So the can you get from the dealer is just the base coat?

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:22 pm

correct. I bought 2 cans of base coat, and a can of clear coat from the dealer.

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:32 pm

I'm using rattle can and it blends fine (i mean, c'mon its a neon). Nissan paint and Dodge paint are the same lol they use the same supplier lol.

I'll post pics when I'm done

mastershake · Post by **mastershake** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:53 pm

PhillyLS1 wrote: Nissan paint and Dodge paint are the same lol they use the same supplier lol.

I know, i was just making a general comment about the $hittyness of Nissan paint. So you can't go anywhere but up. lol

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:30 am

sidepipe87 wrote:I was planning on color matching my mirrors too but ran out of aerosols from the dealer. Before I buy more, I was just curious if anyone knows how much a body shop might charge to paint these?

Sorry to threadjack, I just figured it was relevant and possible helpful so I posted here.

Any more than $75 (if you take them off first) and you should run.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:24 pm

^Thanks LSP. Just what I was looking to hear!