what is the paint code for the focus rs and what is the name? is it imperial blue?

 

ford racing blue its now called, and is proably a different shade. If you go to your local halfords they can find the paint code for you

 

Paint code for imperial blue is Q2 (XSC2681C)

 

im only asking as i bought my car with the spray job already done. i had to paint the door and when i painted it imperial blue it was the wrong colour. i think it is a different ford blue.

 

there various shades of imperial/ford racing/performance blue. Best thing to do is to go to a motorfactors or ford dealer and they can trace your paint code with a reg plate

 

sorry just seen the pic so i understand what you mean now

only thing to get an exact match is to have the whole car sprayed, although you would only have to be a blow over

 

i cant actually do that as its not the original colour of the car.

 

juffer
From looking at that pic its more than likely imperial blue or it might be pacific blue. Thats just a rough guess

 

I wonder if anyone can help me here?
I had a silly wee bump into a container with my 05 Mondeo 2.2 TDCi ST in Ford Performance Blue.
It cost me a bumper repair and a new wing.
When I went to collect the guy at the bodyshop said that he was sorry - it was a different colour to the rest of the car and he would redo it.
I put it back yesterday morning and asked him to repray the bonnet too. Bad move I fear, as when I went back this evening to collect it he said the paint was defo the right code and he feared it was going to be too dark again! What can I do?????

 

Cant understand how he cant match the colour. Only thing i can think of is the bodyshop your car is in is using a cheap/shite paint scheme. Performance blue is a fairly good colour to match if you use the right product. When they painted the new wing did the bodyshop blend into the door for colour match?

 

Don't think they did blend into the door. They did blend into the bumper but it still looked darker. Don't know where they got the paint the first time but he said yesterday that he's got it from ford this time just in case.

I'll pop in today and see if they are trying to blend it in.

Thanks.

 

a dont see where all these problems come from if ure needing to paint a panel anywhere near the edge u just blend it on to the next panel and u will never get any problems and any sort of body shop should always offer a blend of the next panel or panels to keep them selfs rite and if u only want the whole panel painted edge to edge should tell u they,ll not guarentee the colour first .

by the looks of it the cabriolet has been painted imperial blue but uve just painted it edge to edge u would need to blend it on to the door and wing for them to be spot on

no need for a whole respray whoever said that .

 

I went to have a look today and I think the blending may be the problem but I said this to the guy and he says that what we are looking at is after the blending. Should they be flicking the paint onto the next panel or would it be okay to flick towards the end of the panel he's painting? Every other panel is taped up apart from what he's painting.

The ford man is coming to look at it with chips to make sure it's the right colour...

 

i painted a zetec s edge to edge today ! imperial blue with no probs , some companys will get probs , if there on dopont there clears is acculy quite dark ! but on a blend should still not look THAT dark , only on silvers really ,

as for the cabby, go to a bodyshop as for a quote on the paint ... but ask to look at the imp blue and pro blue chips to check your happy from that ur find out lol ,
imp blue code is h3 ,
pro blue is 52 ?

 

i have the same problem here. bought a fiesta mk3 with this colour, had to paint the roof and the new paint is like yours. 2morrow am going to scan the colour and move on. i'm thinking the colour is the one of the focus rs, can it be? i dont know how to put the picture here coz if i knew i would..

 

hi mate! nice to see a fellow maltese lad! do you go to college by any chance? cause ive seen a mk3 with that paint. anyways for the photos, register on photobucket, upload the photos on the site, and then paste the IMG url on the forum, job done

 

yes 'rahal gdid', thats the one mate

 

[quote=juffer;3037703]im only asking as i bought my car with the spray job already done. i had to paint the door and when i painted it imperial blue it was the wrong colour. i think it is a different ford blue.


Did you do anything? i'm in the same problem. help me guys