Originally Posted by
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Has any one had to repaint a complete panel on their Crossfire, being Graphite Metallic in color? I repaired a small dent in my quarter panel and used a base coat clear coat painting process. The body work and paint turned out great, however it didn't match. I know that this is a common issue with many metallic paints and that they can even very between brands of paint. I was hoping someone out there could shed some light on this issue.
Don't know which model year your Crossfire is, but Graphite Gray Metallic was only used on 2004 & 2005 models. Beginning in 2006 and thru the remainder of production, the Gray shade was Machine Gray Metallic.
The two colors are distinctively different! And I've had paint color websites tell me the colors were the same formulation. That's not an accurate statement. One of these websites is Dr. Colorchip. We had quite an argument over this issue. When I finally placed my order, the color I received was Graphite Gray Metallic. Called him back and told him if I used his paint and it didn't match, he was going to pay to have my whole car re-painted. Told me to send the color back and he didn't want to do business with me in the future on the Crossfire. What an ignorant mule!