Tesla adds two new Model Y colors - Midnight Cherry & Quicksilver

[SteelClouds]

Long they have the paint codes, you can make any color by the paint specialist.

Sure... you can get the "color" but what you cant get in a can is the application. These paints are multicoat color coats.. think Candy colors.. you get the color and depth by layers of paint. And these are not solid colors, they are a flake or pearlescent so now you need to deal with density ( layers), size of reflective material, how it lays ( wetness of paint and airpressure) and speed of application. It will take a talented painter to match these colors and I wont be surprised if blending is off the table. You cant blend a repair when the borders get darker because you sprayed paint for the repiar.. used to call that a "bullseye" .. happened all the time when flake came out.. more so with the candy pearls from the factory. So its not just the paint code..

 

[SpicyPaneer]

Sure... you can get the "color" but what you cant get in a can is the application. These paints are multicoat color coats.. think Candy colors.. you get the color and depth by layers of paint. And these are not solid colors, they are a flake or pearlescent so now you need to deal with density ( layers), size of reflective material, how it lays ( wetness of paint and airpressure) and speed of application. It will take a talented painter to match these colors and I wont be surprised if blending is off the table. You cant blend a repair when the borders get darker because you sprayed paint for the repiar.. used to call that a "bullseye" .. happened all the time when flake came out.. more so with the candy pearls from the factory. So its not just the paint code..

A reputable shop will match the color, it will cost you but they will match it. They mix the paint and they come is tubes like you buy paint or Lowe’s or Home Depot. Why worry about paint chips when you can avoid all that if you own the car and plane to keep it. Get paint protection film, it’s a expensive, but worth it if your worries about the soft paint and rock chips.

 

[prettig]

In Europe they started delivery with Quicksilver (Cherry red.......so far none delivered). And it is indeed a very nice color.... it changes depending on the light.

 

[GreenHokie]

Quicksilver is by far my favorite color. I have been trying to hold off on buying a new MYP in hopes they will soon offer that color here in the U.S. However, Tesla’s recent $13K price drop on the MYP, plus the recently revised IRS guideline which now makes all variants of the MY (including MYP) eligible for the full $7500 EV tax credit, was simply too hard to pass up. So, I ended up putting in my custom order for a new MYP a few days ago. I “settled” for the current multi-coat red color. Oh well, life is about compromises…

 

[brinox]

In Europe they started delivery with Quicksilver (Cherry red.......so far none delivered). And it is indeed a very nice color.... it changes depending on the light.

Rear bumper cover appears to have paint shade mismatch issues like the white option... Still don't get how Tesla has not solved that problem after YEARS

 

[prettig]

Rear bumper cover appears to have paint shade mismatch issues like the white option... Still don't get how Tesla has not solved that problem after YEARS

No it's actually almost perfectly painted (we detailed the car, almost no polishing needed), it's the light........color just shifts. At night it looks darker if I turn the car 180 degrees it looks different.

Our first 2019 Tesla's did need some corrections, this one almost nothing (basically it has been waxed).

 

[RubberToe]

Please raise your hand if you are going to be ordering this beauty 1 second after it becomes available in the US:

RT

 

[brinox]

I really really want this color Model Y, but I've put over 7k on matte PPF on my current red MYP. It also has USS. hard to justify the trade in

 

[S...]

Please raise your hand if you are going to be ordering this beauty 1 second after it becomes available in the US:

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RT

I orderd the midnight cherry red MYLR in the Netherlands.... but it is so differend than the collor on the website. This collor is not in the showrooms yet not even a test, So i orderd it from a picture...

I realy hope it is like the collor below and not the one above.... I think these are 2 whole differend collors. (sorry for my englisch)

 

[RubberToe]

@S... I think it probably is the same color, but looks different depending on the lighting conditions. The above picture was taken on a cloudy day, while the lower one looks to have been more in direct sunlight. I think one of the selling points for the new colors is that they do this. When do you expect delivery of your Model Y? Please post pictures once you get it please.

RT

 

[E90alex]

Sure... you can get the "color" but what you cant get in a can is the application. These paints are multicoat color coats.. think Candy colors.. you get the color and depth by layers of paint. And these are not solid colors, they are a flake or pearlescent so now you need to deal with density ( layers), size of reflective material, how it lays ( wetness of paint and airpressure) and speed of application. It will take a talented painter to match these colors and I wont be surprised if blending is off the table. You cant blend a repair when the borders get darker because you sprayed paint for the repiar.. used to call that a "bullseye" .. happened all the time when flake came out.. more so with the candy pearls from the factory. So its not just the paint code..

Tesla would love to have you believe they created some novel proprietary paint process that no one can duplicate.

Fact is other automakers, especially the Germans, have had complicated multilayer paints for decades and body shops have been able to repair them no problem. Of course it may take a more skilled painter than a basic flat color but should not be an issue for repairs.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

From the pic, it looks a lot like Signature Red.

 

[SteelClouds]

act is other automakers, especially the Germans, have had complicated multilayer paints for decades and body shops have been able to repair them no problem. Of course it may take a more skilled painter than a basic flat color but should not be an issue for repairs.

I can name shops that struggle every single day with German paint.. and Japanese.. and US. Its been complicated for decades and has gotten worse with the very newest paints which are painted by immersion/robots etc.. and a human trying to duplicate it with hand tools and inferior products because the "good stuff" isnt legal for use in that state or you dont have the equipment to put the paint like the factory did. I see crappy matches every single day on cars.. all kinds of cars.
The paint vendors spend tons of money on trying to find ways to replicate factory paint techniques away from the factory because it's hard. Often times it takes different materials and very specific skills on the painter's part to get close enough where you and i dont see it. The newest multilayer paints are very, very challenging to replicate outside the factory. If they were easy to do, the factory would have done it already and they are the experts with the very best equipment.
hell, even my touch up paint for my " white" tesla is 3 parts.. a white base coat.. and clear carrier with pearl and a clear over coat. And the color will shift depending on how many coats of white vs pearl you use. My oldest's Fiat was tough and it was a plain red but it required a very specific primer color so the "red" which shift the right way. took me two times to get that right.. PIA.
These colors are not easy. they wont be cheap and unless the painter is gifted, you will see the repair every time. Assuming you know what you are looking at . But I still want a cherry red M3

 

[S...]

@S... I think it probably is the same color, but looks different depending on the lighting conditions. The above picture was taken on a cloudy day, while the lower one looks to have been more in direct sunlight. I think one of the selling points for the new colors is that they do this. When do you expect delivery of your Model Y? Please post pictures once you get it please.

RT

I orderd mine in januari 2023. Delevery in Jun-jul when i orderd it. (other collors where feb-mar). Just this week it shifted to jul-aug. So long waiting times. Maybe they produce the other collors first. The Quicksilver orders from feb-mar are delayed ass well to apr-jun (what i read from this form on model Y delevery in the netherlands and belgium)

I will post some pictures when i have mine. But i think i will not be the first one to get it.

 

[RubberToe]

Gonna be out in the wild very soon...

Tesla Model Ys in Midnight Cherry Red ready for delivery in Europe

Tesla Gigafactory Berlin started delivering Midnight Cherry Red Model Y vehicles in Europe. Last week, Tesla rolled out Ultra Red

www.teslarati.com

 

[E90alex]

Gonna be out in the wild very soon...

Tesla Model Ys in Midnight Cherry Red ready for delivery in Europe

Tesla Gigafactory Berlin started delivering Midnight Cherry Red Model Y vehicles in Europe. Last week, Tesla rolled out Ultra Red

www.teslarati.com

Yeesh that is not a flattering photo of the color. Way too dark and flat looking when not in direct sunlight.

 

[S...]

Yeesh that is not a flattering photo of the color. Way too dark and flat looking when not in direct sunlight.

Here some more photo's in the sunlight

 

[RubberToe]

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Here some more photo's in the sunlight

The car looks different in every one of those pictures, even within the same picture depending on the angle! Great work @S... . My love of this color is increasing by the minute!

RT

 

[S...]

Misschien hadden sommige deze al gevonden op twitter maar dan toch nog ff hier plaatsen.

 

[fredzos]

all my cars have been black since i can remember, but that cherry red is something else.

never been a fan of red cars myself, but if this was available in the u.s., definitely would've gone for it.