LexusSilver MetallicTouch Up Paint — Paint Code 178
Silver Metallic is Lexus paint code 178. Lexus used 178 on the GS300, ES300 from 1992 to 2002. 178 is a metallic, high gloss finish. Of the 63 Lexus silver colours ordered from us, 35 have been ordered more often than Silver Metallic.
The kit is mixed to the 178 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.