I was heading home along the north leg of I-465 last night and got parked behind a Lexus GS300. It was nice...dark plum color with the requisite gold-plate badges and wheels. As we were crawling along I noticed what, on first glance, looked to be a wood grain trim along the rear deck lip. On closer study, however, it actually turned out to be a sort of faux-marble paint treatment...and it covered the entire car! I kid you not!
Now, this might be old news to everyone on the coasts (the Lexus did have Nevada plates) but I'm just a midwestern hick and I've never seen anything like it. The whole car was done in this plum and black faux-marble paint job. I really didn't know how to respond to it. I mean, I had to applaud the painter's craft at achieving a very nice effect. But on the other hand, I wanted to put it in the same category as the VW Beetle I once saw that had astroturf glued to it's entire exterior.
Anyone here ever seen something like this? Or do I have to get out more?

Yeah, I think I've seen that car on the Strip...
along with a few others not worth mentioning!


ADMAN

yup, had it on my 66 continental before i sold it. it is called bowling ball.

ya i've also seen them dual color shyfting paints from blue to red (looks purple most of the time) and from blue to white. friend has it on his mustang... very eye catching

And it looks like marble? I can't picture it..

I think you are talking about Camelion paint. I live in Florida, and thats on a lot of cars here. (don't think I spelled Camelion right)

For the Cobra's, it's called Mystic...I think GM used something similar on the Firebird's called Cameleon....(Did I spell that one right? LOL)

just go some big car shows ... you will see at least one car there everytime with that same paint scheme. I went to one in Elizabethtown, KY and there were 3 of them. 1 Integra, 1 Accord, 1 Eclipse ... all from Lexington, KY if I remember correctly. But I also have seen them in TN, OH, and IN shows.

That Chameleon (sp?) paint was on Tbirds most...

You mean Mystic? I didn't know it was on Thunderbirds, also...Cool man.

not mystic, bowling ball. it looks like marble or a bowling ball or even woodgrain. when i had it on my 66 lincoln, i had it in a deep rust color and everyone thought it was woodgrain b/c it has blackish swirls in the paint.