Back from the paint shop.
The prices made my eyes water...........
They could not find the Honda paint code (R-9C-S) in their system, so used a scanner type device to look at tank. With all the colors in Candy Alpha Red, they only could get about a 52% match.
We took the color on a chip to compare to the tank, it was a little too dark.
I gave them the Toyota/Lexus paint color code of 3Q2 that was mentioned here earlier by Flyin900, it was just as close, but just a hair lighter.
The price to have a pint mixed up of 3Q2 was about $150 (R-M) paint. This 3Q2 was close enough for me, and has about 8 different colors in it.
Not sure which direction I'm headed to yet, but he said they were so busy it could be fall/winter time before he could do the painting for me.
So, I may investigate other paint systems and see if I can do it myself on just the side covers.
Price above did not include the adhesion promoter and clear, so easily $300 just for materials.
