I got orange for my Ginger from here and matched well. Someone pointed out the paint colour is on the sticker behind the drivers door.
I bought a new MX5 in 2019. It had the thinnest coat of paint of any car I've ever owned, so I hope my Hampster Grey Trophy is better!I'm afraid it will likely be one of many to come. I was jet washing my black car the other day and a stone chip on the drivers side front wheel arch trebled in size before my eyes, went from barely noticeable to VERY noticeable
Really, really thin and not very well adhered paint on this car it would seem, passenger side is fine as it doesn't get the flying stones from passing cars .
I can see a driver's side respray with some decent paint thickness being required if I end up keeping it a few more years.
Given it a bit more of a look, its on the bumper (plastic..phew!) so its possibly a hefty chip created by a stone or something.
Our red has suffered more in 24000 miles than any previous car we've owned in its lifetime and we used to buy a few years old and keep till they cause trouble!
I have a pair of stone chip dints in the bonnet where the metal bent too. Not much paint lost there, almost like it bounced.That's my observation at 32k miles, pretty battle scarred compared to other cars I've owned.
I also think that the metal thickness of the non - structural body panels is less than average, the front of the bonnet and driver's door have slight dents under a couple of large stone strikes.
Black is terrible for showing the slightest imperfection, but still
