I sometimes regret buying this color over red; which they had at the dealer right by it. BUT! I had to have that delicious RIO yellow.

 

is spa yellow hard to match?? i just got hit 2 days ago and its at grand sport auto body now. its a 01 with 63k i bought it with 50k in november and it was garage kept up until 50k

 

they said it earlier and style or shade of yellow is hard to match. good luck.

 

I've done a lot of research and from what I hear SPA yellow is a little easier than RIO. Im not sure if it has pearls like RIO or not. RIO has lots of pearls and is a 3 stage paint, on top if it already being a yellow color which makes it very difficult.

But having said that, its probably almost just as hard as RIO to paint match. And also take into consideration that the car is almost 10 yrs old too.

 

Yeah. I'll know next Wednesday what it comes or looking like.

 

I have an 01 Spa which was resprayed sometime before I bought it.
I took it to the garage I go to to have it inspected before I got it (they are an auto body shop)... After 2 seconds the guy told me that its a very difficult color to match because of all the stages, pearl, etc.
I think I read somewhere that since Spa was so difficult to match, Honda changed to Rio in the later years so it would be easier to blend. Not sure how true that all is, but I'm sweating right now cuz I have an AP2 bumper waiting for paint and I'm horribly nervous as to how its going to turn out damn Spa!!

 

Rio has a pearl coat and metallics that Spa doesn't. While Spa is definitely not the easiest to match, the extra layers in the Rio Yellow Pearl paint really complicate things over and above Spa.

My paint shop was able to match my Rio paint perfectly without blending. I'd like to think that your paint shop will do as well with your Spa.

 

I really hope they match it good, I would LOVE to get the whole car resprayed Rio, but the paint's in good shape otherwise and I can't see spending that much money for a different shade of the same color, lol. (even though I love Rio so much more!)

congrats on finding a good shop, tho. That's awesome

 

I read this thread and feel rather smug about New Formula Red. My car was rear-ended in 2003, and the rear bumper had to be repainted. The repaint is absolutely undetectable from original. It was identical at the time, and even now, seven years later, you can't tell. Of course, red is just red - a good magnet for State Troopers, but otherwise just a common and unimpressive sports car color.