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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsParamagnetic Paint
not that new, but first I've heard of it
Normally, when you want to change the paint color on your car, you're facing lots of disassembly, extensive prep work, and expensive time in a spray booth followed by seemingly endless hand blocking. Instead of the conventional method, a new technology might be on the way to make a color change as easy as twisting a knob. It's actually quite similar to the magic General Motors has wrought with their magnetorheological dampers. The variable-color paint works this way: prior to paint, the body gets a special polymer coating that's got paramagnetic iron oxide particles in it. When a current passes through this coating, the ferrous particles change their alignment, which alters the way they reflect light, effectively changing the car's color. The default color when the car's not running is white, which hints at a future of exceptionally bland parking lots if this technology takes off.
[Source: Motor Authority]
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/08/dont-dig-your-paint-change-it-with-the-touch-of-a-button/
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Paramagnetic Paint (Original Post)
G_j
Jan 2014
OP
"You know - just follow the car that's changing color - that's probably the one."
el_bryanto
Jan 2014
#4
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)1. Super cool!
RadleyJ
(37 posts)2. What a great getawy car!
All units be on the look out for a blue... no yellow...
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)4. "You know - just follow the car that's changing color - that's probably the one."
It is pretty cool though.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)3. That's just too damn cool....
I love it!
MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)5. That's some serious James Bond shit right there
Sign me up!
wonder what it cost to have ones car painted with this paint.
Probably damn near as much as our new car cost