I've got a buddy (standstrong on SL) and we both have 2006 polar white xA's.

The other day we noticed that my car is a shade darker white than his (his was dirty at the time as well and it was noticeable, mine had been washed the previous day).

This is the only picture I have and it does not show up unfortunately:



My car is the farther one.

Several people were able to confirm though that my car is a slightly more creamy color white than Brian's.

While I like my car and think the paint job is really nice, I am a bit concerned about ordering parts... I would like to get a spoiler within the next month, and a body kit much later down the road. If they get painted in xA polar white am I going to have parts that are slightly lighter than my car?

The only thing I can think of that could be the issue is when I bought my car I bought it from a Toyota dealer (Toyota of Orange), who offered a Toyota paint and interior treatment called "Proguard". It was like $400 (financed into the cost of the car that is), and they said it's a teflon based coating that will protect the paint for the life of the vehicle. The nice thing is that if anything happens to the paint job for the life of the car, they will repaint it (with a couple exceptions of course).

Anyone know what could be going on and if I need to worry about it?

I was thinking of having the Toyota dealer order and install the spoiler just in case it comes out the wrong shade I can ding them on it and have them fix it.

 

How old are the two cars? That might make a difference. Also, the biggest thing that will make a difference is the last time it was claybarred and waxed.........See, contaminants including dust, dirt, sap, and other not so good for your paint stuff. This stuff gets stuck in your clearcoat. Every now and then, your clearcoat needs to be taken off the car, and re-waxed. If this isn't the problem, then it could be just as simple as the light that the car was it. Keep in mind that the paint on scions changes color with the light. Just a thought.

 

They both look to be '06's. But the color shouldn't vary much as it leaves from the factory.

 

in the pic, the 1 on the right looks off white and the 1 on the left is whiter.

 

Brian comes from the dark side you know...............

 

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to answer all your Q's:
Mine (w/o hub caps) is older and whiter.
Mine has also never been claybarred, and hadn't been washed in almost a month
Both cars, as you can see, were in the same light, and the diff. was noticed at least 2 meets in a row at the 2 meets, coincidentally, we switched places, and Steve's was still "cream"ier

his is the darker one tho, so See you wednesday Dave! Don't forget to get there early, but I'll grab you some pizza anyway (Header)

 

When I waxed mine it turned a little yellow.

 

that could be it, if steve waxed his car...

 

I think when toyota going into production for their paint. They aren't always perfect. So whatever off a line might change after servial thousands.... or it differs on a year to year basis