LexusShell MetallicTouch Up Paint — Paint Code 3Q4
Shell Metallic is Lexus paint code 3Q4. Lexus used 3Q4 on the IS300, ES330, ES300 from 2001 to 2006. 3Q4 is a metallic, high gloss finish. Shell Metallic is sold as Alabaster Metallic in other markets.
The kit is mixed to the 3Q4 formula — the same code printed on your vehicle’s paint label — not colour-matched by eye. On panels that still carry their factory paint, that reproduces the original tone.
Where it will not match
Panels bleached by years of sun sit lighter than the factory formula. The kit reproduces the original colour, not the faded one.
A panel that has already been resprayed is no longer the factory colour, so the code will not describe it.
Metallic and pearl finishes are harder to blend across a large area than solid colours — they are at their best on chips and thin scratches.
Damage larger than a few centimetres, or down to bare metal over a wide area, is body-shop work.