[cyow5]

If you are having a shop do it, then you should just have that shop get up with either Lotus NA or Lotus UK. If you pass them misinformation, then you'll be stuck with it. If they get it wrong on their own, then you'll be fine. Delayed a bit, but fine.

Speaking from experience from when my car was repainted to be Chrome Orange. That is a multistep paint, and apparently it turns salmon-y if you don't use the right base coat. However, the shop then corrected it on their own dime since they knew they screwed it up. Had I just forgotten to tell them all the steps, then I would've paid for two repaints instead of one.

 

[cyow5]

i see. i also read some threads on chrome orange and i think chrome orange is even more complicated... there were 2 codes or something like that...

Correct. And the shop ordered just the orange code the first time instead of both. I don't know the process for krypton, but my understanding is pretty garbled since there is pretty often confusion of krypton, isotope, and even the year. I've had enough bad experiences with shops that I lean towards CYA (cover your a$$), especially with something as pricey and sensitive as paint.

With that being said, I hate it when people don't answer the question, so I do sincerely apologize for not answering the original request for just a paint code. You asked for paint, not my opinion, so feel free to ignore me!