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Old Mar 3, 2016 | 09:15 PM
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Does anybody know what this color is called? Its a 2006, I have only ever seen 2 of these.

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Old Mar 3, 2016 | 09:18 PM
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My guess would be Atacama Sand Metallic.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2016 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by cmb6s
My guess would be Atacama Sand Metallic.
That's what I thought, but it's not listed in my book for colors. I guess that's it!
 
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Old Mar 3, 2016 | 11:39 PM
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well... it ain't Tangier's Orange, that's for sure. haha.
I'm gonna go orange some day. But not with the G4 paint scheme. Something the same colour, but in a 3M skin and custom graphics.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2016 | 10:30 PM
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as cmb6s mentioned, it is indeed an Atacama Sand
it's a pretty rare color. just saw one more (other then mine) in NY

 
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Old Mar 5, 2016 | 11:22 PM
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Yup guaranteed Atacama Sand - that's the color my '06 RRS was

I always thought it was a beautiful color (VERY rare and one reason I jumped on this RRS LUX w/ OE RSE etc) but in the end, wanting a white LR was actually a primary reason for switching to a Chawton White LR3 (and general space / utility).
 

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Old Mar 5, 2016 | 11:28 PM
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Next question: does Atacama come in a non metallic version? I think I saw one.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2016 | 11:30 PM
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Next question: does Atacama come in a non metallic version? I think I saw one.
Nope definitely not, it's a very complex pearl (3 stage I think) and the paint was only available in high-end systems like PPG, DuPont, etc.

Basically the opposite of a non-metallic lol.
 
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Old Mar 6, 2016 | 08:11 AM
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Nope definitely not, it's a very complex pearl (3 stage I think) and the paint was only available in high-end systems like PPG, DuPont, etc.

Basically the opposite of a non-metallic lol.
Interesting, because there is a light tannish non metallic LR3 driving around. Maybe it's a respray.

Also, looks like you are a fan of the special colors! Kinversand and Atacama. My buddy worked at Land Rover when the Kinversand D2s were on the floor. He said they were a hard sale new, but now they are sought after. We parted one out recently and sold most of the body panels to a guy locally. His paint was shot so he was super stoked. The only thing we have left is the front grill!
 

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Old Mar 6, 2016 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by abran
Interesting, because there is a light tannish non metallic LR3 driving around. Maybe it's a respray.

Also, looks like you are a fan of the special colors! Kinversand and Atacama. My buddy worked at Land Rover when the Kinversand D2s were on the floor. He said they were a hard sale new, but now they are sought after. We parted one out recently and sold most of the body panels to a guy locally. His paint was shot so he was super stoked. The only thing we have left is the front grill!
Yup I almost mentioned the Kinversand.

I do love that color though and would never change it for anything. They rarely made it to the dealership floors - they were the launch color for the DII and were mostly used for press, photoshoots, and loaned out to auto test magazines and tv shows.

If you find a dealer that has the old DII parts catalog behind the counter, all the accessory images were shot on a kinversand DII as well.

I've done a lot of body work on mine including the facelift bumper, and the paint is absolutely insanely expensive. I think 1/2 pint from PPG was ~$80 our cost. I covered the areas with a cheaper omni base then used the PPG for color. From what I recall the Atacama was in the same price code for the paint.

I think the ONLY non-metallic color on the LR3 was Chawton.
 
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