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Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:07 pm
by Stin1
DC2Iggy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 4:31 pm
USDM and JDM NH-0 are definitely different shades of white. JDM is more creamy. I experienced this myself this fall when I tried to get some touch up paint for my JDMR.
USDM paint swatch on JDM CW.
Had to go back and get the gas door matched.
Left: JDM. Right: USDM
I thought it was maybe the faded paint so I decided to check the match under the hood and door jambs and it was the same throughout.
Thanks for that. Is the us white in your picture the oem supplied version or a paint supply mix ?
Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:42 pm
by Type R
DC2Iggy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 4:31 pm
USDM and JDM NH-0 are definitely different shades of white. JDM is more creamy. I experienced this myself this fall when I tried to get some touch up paint for my JDMR.
USDM paint swatch on JDM CW.
Had to go back and get the gas door matched.
Left: JDM. Right: USDM
I thought it was maybe the faded paint so I decided to check the match under the hood and door jambs and it was the same throughout.
This is not correct. Your panel is either not original paint or you are using not OEM touch up paint or the paint you are using is old
Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:16 pm
by DC2Iggy
Stin1 wrote:
Thanks for that. Is the us white in your picture the oem supplied version or a paint supply mix ?
Both were paint supply mix. If I find some oem supplied paint i’ll test it out and see if there is a difference.
I have a friend who works as a painter at Honda and even he’s noticed the difference when trying to paint champ white.
Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:17 pm
by DC2Iggy
Type R wrote:DC2Iggy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 4:31 pm
USDM and JDM NH-0 are definitely different shades of white. JDM is more creamy. I experienced this myself this fall when I tried to get some touch up paint for my JDMR.
USDM paint swatch on JDM CW.
Had to go back and get the gas door matched.
Left: JDM. Right: USDM
I thought it was maybe the faded paint so I decided to check the match under the hood and door jambs and it was the same throughout.
This is not correct. Your panel is either not original paint or you are using not OEM touch up paint or the paint you are using is old
I can’t imagine all the panels being painted, including jambs and underside of hood but I can take some pics later and post them up.
Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:37 am
by Dave7CDMTYPER
Wow I never knew jdm cw paint was different.
Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:04 am
by coolhandluke
Dave7CDMTYPER wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:37 am
Wow I never knew jdm cw paint was different.
USDM and JDM cars all came from Japan. I would caution against comparing the paint off a primed metal panel from the factory versus a fresh batch on cardboard. I agree, the colors seem different, but I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that paint colors were different across markets.
Precise matches when painting/repainting cars is always a challenge. The exact mix can differ slightly causing mismatching. Example, if one removes body panels when painting and doesn't paint the doors with the body and bumpers, there can be a mismatch even within the same batch.
Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:58 pm
by Stin1
Acura checked the superceded part numbers and it didn't crossover to any current part in their database. That says to me the current USDM CTR may have a different shade. The gas door posted is very similar to that ctr I posted. There was a few other cars at that show and the jdm ones that appeared to have not been repainted had that hue. Like nicotine stained if that makes any sense. My pictures are oddly posting. On my phone the CTR more creamy and dark , on the website my bumper looks to be more creamy.
Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:00 pm
by coolhandluke
Stin1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:58 pm
Acura checked the superceded part numbers and it didn't crossover to any current part in their database. That says to me the current USDM CTR may have a different shade...
The colors didn't seem different when I saw the two side by side (DC2/FK8) at Type R Expo, but we are talking single stage vs. multi-stage. I confirmed the paint codes for the FK8:
wrote:
CIVIC TYPE-R HATCHBACK COLORS
Aegean Blue Metallic (B593M)
Championship White (NH0)
Crystal Black Pearl (NH731P)
Polished Metal Metallic (NH737M)
Rallye Red (R513)
Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:34 pm
by Dave7CDMTYPER
coolhandluke wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:04 am
Dave7CDMTYPER wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:37 am
Wow I never knew jdm cw paint was different.
USDM and JDM cars all came from Japan. I would caution against comparing the paint off a primed metal panel from the factory versus a fresh batch on cardboard. I agree, the colors seem different, but I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that paint colors were different across markets.
Precise matches when painting/repainting cars is always a challenge. The exact mix can differ slightly causing mismatching. Example, if one removes body panels when painting and doesn't paint the doors with the body and bumpers, there can be a mismatch even within the same batch.
That makes sense to me. NH0 is NH0, no matter geography.
Re: Championship white/ NH-0 OEM touch up bottle
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:36 pm
by 9701TypeR
I bought a bottle of NH0 touch up from Honda over the summer. Haven’t tried it yet but the only thing I can say is that it’s a laquer paint. And that’s not what’s used to paint cars these days so will be interesting to see how close it is.
