89U Crystal Red Metallic is no longer constrained.
08-26-2011, 01:39 PM
#5
Team Owner
Yes it is (at least color appearance). Can't talk to the formula. No one is going to give me that information...LOL. It should be however. The only hold up was the flake supply defecit due to the earthquake/tsunami and the plant has reopened.
08-26-2011, 02:07 PM
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08-26-2011, 02:28 PM
#8
Team Owner
The problem is that DuPont doesn't make the flakes and a German company has the patent on the process to make them. Not 100% sure, but I seem to recall reading that the "flakes" were made from colored glass.
My understanding is the German plant that makes the "flakes" in Japan is up and running, and they are building a second plant in Germany. I'm guessing that the various auto mfg's got pissed when they couldn't get the paint(because of no "flakes") and they had no second tier supplier. Told Merck KGaA to get a second plant or lose the business.
Edit. My bad, they are made from a synthetic Aluminum oxide.
My understanding is the German plant that makes the "flakes" in Japan is up and running, and they are building a second plant in Germany. I'm guessing that the various auto mfg's got pissed when they couldn't get the paint(because of no "flakes") and they had no second tier supplier. Told Merck KGaA to get a second plant or lose the business.
Edit. My bad, they are made from a synthetic Aluminum oxide.
Last edited by JoesC5; 08-26-2011 at 03:15 PM.
08-26-2011, 08:13 PM
#11
Safety Car
Do the flakes glow in the dark now?
08-26-2011, 08:54 PM
#12
Melting Slicks
Cyber Grey's Return Can't Wait
I don't care what they're made of I want to order my GS and I can't wait for CG's return. Going crazy trying to get a definitive answer. Can't believe that I am loosing sleep over a car.
09-20-2011, 08:51 AM
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09-20-2011, 09:29 AM
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hey, im currently pulling my hair out trying to figure out if this is the color I want. Its shipping here from another state. Hope I like it. At 8 it looks purplish, at to it looks burnt red, in the sun it looks cranbury, at dusk it looks dark. Changes as fast as my wife changes her mind.
