Liquid yellow differences

[Knuckles]

I know they changed the paint code from j37 to whatever it is, but I was under the impression that this was just a coding alteration.

Yesterday I saw a 265 in LY and it looked a lot... Warmer/deeper/more 'mustard' than the liquid yellow found on the 182s, r27s, 200s, r26s and 250s. I've not seen the LY used on twingos.

Does anyone have any info/conformation on this or was it just my eyes?

 

[Matt W]

It's renault. Each batch is probably knocked up by jean-Paul whilst smoking a cigarette.

 

[gwalker98uk]

I think it's your eyes, in my experience the colour can change drastically depending on the light conditions at the time.

 

[Knuckles]

I've never seen my car look as deep as this Meg did.

 

[-Jamie-]

Its the same, I have seen a R27, 200, and a 265 parked together and there was no difference between them.

It just depends on how the light falls on it tbh, It can look a totally different colour

 

[Knuckles]

Its the same, I have seen a R27, 200, and a 265 parked together and there was no difference between them.

It just depends on how the light falls on it tbh, It can look a totally different colour

A brand new, facelift 265?

When I get mine back I think I'll take it down to renault to compare lol

 

[peedee]

As already said, I think its purely on the light. I can look at mine at an angle, walk a metre to the left and the color looks different.

 

[JCC]

It's not unlikely that a complex colour such as LY could vary massively between cars. In fact I could quite easily believe it, especially if they're years apart, painted in different locations by different machines at a different time of year.

I can't see it being deliberately changed by Renault though.

 

[Adam93]

A V6 owner told me that the paint for them was mixed by hand and not machine so all the LY V6's are slightly different. Not sure if that's a myth though.

 

[Knuckles]

It's not unlikely that a complex colour such as LY could vary massively between cars. In fact I could quite easily believe it, especially if they're years apart, painted in different locations by different machines at a different time of year.

I can't see it being deliberately changed by Renault though.

I wouldn't have thought they'd just change it willy nilly, I was just curious as to whether the colour mix was altered when the colour code was changed.

 

[JCC]

I wouldn't have thought they'd just change it willy nilly, I was just curious as to whether the colour mix was altered when the colour code was changed.

That's another element to it, it's possible certain tinters used to make up the car could have been changed/replaced over the years to comply with new regulations etc which can give variations. It is a 10 year old colour now after all.

 

[Knuckles]

That's another element to it, it's possible certain tinters used to make up the car could have been changed/replaced over the years to comply with new regulations etc which can give variations. It is a 10 year old colour now after all.

That makes sense actually, cheers.

I heard some daft bint saying 'ah id like one, but the colour is a bit of a fad at the moment' when talking about my car.

I was all "b**ch please! This colour has been around since 2004! It long predates yellow cars as a fashion!"

 

[Adam93]

@Knuckles some of your one liners are so amusing.... ha ha... :smile:

 

[volymmannen]

There were R5 painted by renault in the same color,but not called LY, but looks the same