Lotus car paint 

The project to renovate the paint on a part of the bodywork is possible for anyone, even if you are an individual and even if you do not have a gun. It is perfectly possible to achieve an impeccable finish with the color codes of other European cars, in this case the color codes of Lotus cars. As long as you study the instructions carefully and follow each step to the letter. It is our role at Stardustcolors to help you succeed in your project. We provide a full application guide in the product page below and our technical department is here to answer any questions you may have. Regarding Lotus color codes, we have a dedicated colorimetry service (colors@stardustcolors.com) which can respond 7 days a week to your messages. For example, we can verify the existence or availability of a Lotus color code.

All you have to do to order your Lotus paint is to choose the packaging, i.e. either the aerosol or the paint pot, in the product page below titled “varnishing paint”.
All you have to do is tell us by email, directly after ordering, your paint reference. It is indeed up to you to give us this reference, because it is impossible for us to carry out research, either by brand, or by model, or by year.
We will tell you in the following paragraphs where these famous references of the color of your Lotus car are located.
If your order is then placed before 2:30 p.m., the painting will be prepared immediately and dispatched, for next day delivery to your home.

Lotus car color codes

The modern colors that coat our vehicles have been mainly pearlescent or metallic colors for about twenty years. This upset the paint system for bodywork, because before, plain and opaque colors were different: at the time, it was acrylic polyurethane lacquers that were used. Their fairly simple application consisted of two coats of this glossy and resistant finishing lacquer, which was a two-component product.
Today, composition with mother-of-pearl or aluminum particles makes this technique impossible. In bodywork, today, 98% of paints are base coats or two-coat paints, depending on the term used.
Bi-coat actually means two steps: the application of the paint according to the Lotus brand color code for example, followed by the next step, the transparent and glossy finishing varnish. Varnish bases have no abrasion or fuel resistance. They must imperatively be protected by a varnish. It has many advantages which are mainly very easy to apply (within the reach of anyone), great resistance to running and ultra-fast drying. Their raison d'être is above all to allow the perfect application of its modern paints (most Lotus color codes) with pearlescent and metallic effects, thanks to the formation of an ultra-thin layer which dries very quickly, which allows the pigments to position and be frozen in an optimal way.
To sum up, if you plan to apply a Lotus color code paint and you are not a bodybuilder, do not worry, everything is explained in the product page. There is only one thing to remember for this type of paint: Lotus basecoat paints are applied from left to right then from right to left, in a few extra thin coats. These coats dry almost immediately, which makes it possible to follow up “paint veils” quickly and without dripping. Apply as many coats as necessary until the bottom is covered.

The history of the manufacturer Lotus

The car manufacturer LOTUS is an English company based in Norfolk, founded by Coli Chapman. Lotus Car Limited is known for manufacturing racing vehicles or sporty passenger cars. The English manufacturer has always owned a team and participated in Formula 1 races, in which it has won the Grand Prix seven times.
After the death of the founder, the Lotus brand underwent a certain tumultuous period, financially, to finally be bought by General Motors, until the takeover by the Chinese Geely. Lotus is one of the first manufacturers to have had the audacity to manufacture complete fiberglass bodies, with the aim of optimizing the weight-to-performance ratio of its racing vehicles.
There is nothing comparable with other global car manufacturers, as far as sales are concerned. When we talk about hundreds of thousands of vehicles produced for the world's major car brands, Lotus produces just one thousandth of them, that is to say about 1000 vehicles per year.

Where to find the color code of your Lotus car ?

For LOTUS brand vehicles, the plate mentioning the color code (vinplate) is located :
- Inside the engine compartment.

You can take help from the images provided below which illustrates the location. The color code is always composed of three characters (letters or numbers). When you cannot find the color code for your racing cars, it is fortunately extremely easy to find the information on specialized forums on the Internet. It will of course be useless to look for a color code on the vehicle's gray card, because it does not appear there.
Ditto for the name of the color, it is never marked on the bodywork, nor even on the vehicle's identification documents.

Without the color code, we cannot paint. It is often tricky to research color matching software with just model or year information, as many colors are shared across models over many years.

The iconic colors of Lotus cars

We are proud to be able to offer almost all the colors created by the English brand since its foundation.
Our database for Lotus color codes is particularly well supplied. Here are some examples of the color references of Lotus vehicles, with the traditional color code, followed by the name of the color, followed by the year of operation :

8974 LIGHT GRAY LOTUS 2000 - 2002
A03 DIAMANTSILBER LOTUS 1983 - 1987
A06 BAHAMABLAU LOTUS 1983 - 1989
A22 LEMON YELLOW/YELLOW 2 LOTUS 1976 – 1991

There are about sixty colors, and we invite you to contact us if you have any doubts about your paint order project

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