Pictures?

 

 

Pearl whites are pretty much always off color to each other. The substrate will be the biggest factor, however, there are so many variables as to why they are different shades/tones. LIke others said earlier, do you have any pictures?

 

I can confirm this is a thing. I lucked out with the spoiler, ordered Toyota’s JDM one and had it imported. It cost more but thankfully it matches. My sills are ever so slightly darker but it is about as close as it’ll get. The issue I see is that any paint you may have to touch-up, or another aftermarket piece that you want Halo coloured will almost assuredly not match. This paint is apparently very hard to match since it’s a 3 layer process to apply. Just went through this with touch-up paint and have had a body shop manager tell me this paint is a royal bear to work with. Rather than shooting a small part they have to remove the bumper, shoot a large area and blend it in, for example. Normally a $300 paint job is costing me $700 simply because it’s Halo. The manager also advised me to not buy any touch-up since virtually all of them will stand out and not blend well I just went back and forth since Saturday with a touch-up vendor and finally just gave up and came to terms this morning with the fact that this is one quirk I’ll just have to live with.

Tl;dr: Seems to affect all pearl paints, not something specific to Subaru or Toyota. Either have to pay extra to get shot by a pro or deal with the colour not matching 100%

 

Tl;dr: Seems to affect all pearl paints, not something specific to Subaru or Toyota. Either have to pay extra to get shot by a pro or deal with the colour not matching 100%

You are correct. This isn't a manufacturer specific issue. It is like that for all paints regardless of make. Trying to match pearl colors is something I used to dread doing when I was in refinishing. You will notice when you look at any pearl finishes (white especially) the bumpers are almost always off-color.

 

White and light is always the hardest to match.

 

no - pearl and metallic is.

thats why i ordered a neptune.

however if it was a flat white - i would have gotten white - because its extremely easy to match flat white to flat white.

 

I have an order for a Halo White. Hasn't been placed yet and this was a concern of mine. I was between Halo and Neptune and may be leaning toward making a change to Neptune. The mismatch of painted parts would drive me nuts.

 

well good news is toyota dealers cant/dont order anything so not like its a big deal

 

that's like totally different color.... What about other parts? any noticeable differences?

 

It seems like other parts aren't that bad. This is my last week of school and I have three jobs I literally haven't had time to inspect it.

When I bought it, I of course walked around it, took a short drive (I knew i wanted it). Signed the papers drove to the gym looked at it and saw this ha. So this isn't the normal off color you guys are referring to right? To my eye (my car is still dirty) my skirts and what not all look super close... or close enough I'd say. Washing it in a few minutes hopefully.

 

It definitely is not right. It looks like they forgot to paint them. How could that get by quality control?

 

From what I can see in your picture, that looks like a different white all together. Doesn't even remotely look the same. This isn't a matter of a difference in tone etc, the white is completely different. Did your car come with the spoiler? Or did the dealer add it on?

 

Yeah, every Halo Premium I have seen is all paint matched. That really sucks and would annoy the hell out of me.

 

We need some other Halo white owners to chime in here. You would think they would complain, if it was an issue, but it seems there haven’t been many complaints.

 

My car is white and have none of thes issues. Was that spoiler bought separately?

 

Nope came this way, premium package. You saying that makes me feelnlike dealer should fix it.

I just stopped by they are sending it to the rep

 

Get charged extra for the ‘special color’ and get mismatched parts. Nice.

 

Ya, should fix it, no questions asked

 

Yeah that’s well beyond the pale of inconsistent batching. That looks like straight up white base

 

Yours is completely different, no part of mine is remotely that far off. This was odd enough I pulled it up on a calibrated monitor just to make sure I wasn't seeing things, its considerably brighter than the surrounding area on your boot and bumper. It almost looks like it has little to no metal material that you'd expect to see in a pearl paint.

 

Yea for sure. So off. I will update you with what they decide to do. I can see my skirts being slightly off but understandably so.

On another note, my brake seems a little "clicky" like there's some play at the very top. May just be loose. Haven't been able to investigate further beyond wiggling it. Anyone else have thay at all?


Despite these problems still loving it over my veloster n lol

 

yeah thats hot shit

 

seem like they missed the 2nd step pearl. Its base, pearl, clear coat.

 

Toyota GR86 Halo White Photo Thread

Here's a bunch of photos of the Halo White GR86 at Toyota HQ in Texas.

www.gr86.org

^every single photo of halo white there is a stark difference between body panels and bumpers/plastics. I wish I could unsee it because I would be interested to get white if it didn't have this issue.

 

That looks crazy I'm not sure mine is that bad on the major ones. I wish I would have seen someone mention this I even had a choice between white and black!

Got two allocations in the same day. Should have bought both and sold one lol

 

I guess I got lucky, I think mine all looks uniform. Sorry to hear you are dealing with that.

 

It's what it is with pearls/metallics/candies/etc. If they aren't painted at the same time, with the same exact prep/process between panels, there will be variances. Even still there can be variances if the paint isn't mixed well, or even if the pearl or metallic settles out in the cup while spraying. Let alone operator variance, if done by hand.

At the factory, its almost certain that the body and the bolt on panels are sprayed separately, which is what leads to what people are noticing. Every Halo I've seen has been this way.

Plastic vs metal, aka bumpers vs body, also take paint differently which exacerbates things further.

 

Got my 2023 halo premium 3/31/2023, and the duckbill portion of my spoiler is also a different shade of white. Similar to OP's pictures, my duckbill portion has more of a blue tone, but not quite as extreme as OP's. Thinking about wrapping just that portion in matte black because of the mismatch.

 

unfortunately I am also seeing some mismatch even on factory parts... The rear bumper looks off when compared to the quarter panel. Also the side skirt seems to be off, but not as much.

Not sure if this affects all cars, or am I just looking too much at my car? I havent seen other Halo white GR86 yet to compare...

 

let me tell you patrick, i noticed this aswell on my halo white brz yesterday

 

i dont have many pics of my white one. and honestly didnt own it log enough to even notice. but this one looks semi similar to what you are mentioning. a pic of the oppoiste side looks like it matches so i think its angle/lighting that hides or shows it

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• EmperorJJ1
• May 21, 2023

 

i think it has to do with the materials underneith the paint. aluminum vs frp on the different body parts

 

Any parts/body panels that you can order from the dealership, that come prepainted, are going to be a different color, even from the factory (things like side skirts/rocker panels). Parts that can be purchased prepainted, were already painted well before the rest of the car, on the factory assembly line.
You are correct about the materials under the paint being a huge factor. The most drastic is the plastic front bumper and then the aluminum hood that shares a massive border with it. Shades of pearl white will magnify the discrepancy, as others have stated.