Is it possible to darken a car's paint without an entirely new paint job?

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So I own a 2019 Civic Si Sedan in Modern Steel Metallic, and although it is my color of choice, it just doesn't quite sit with me in certain lighting outside. It's a bit too bright, and in a weird way (compared to that of the PMM that the Hatch offers) it has a bit of a purplish tinge to it... and I mean it's ever so slight, but if you compare the two then you know what I mean.

Perhaps I can't do anything about that little purplish bit, but I did want to know if I can get it just a hair darker. Not black, not even close... just... darker. When you "build" the car on its website, it's significantly darker looking than the actual car itself.


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I would like to find a way to get ever so slightly closer to that color. Not fully, but slightly.

Do waxes and polishes help out with this at all? Is there something else to the magic to make it happen? What exactly is paint correction, for that matter? I'm going to get that done before my ceramic coating anyway, so perhaps there's something to the light of: "Can you go a shade darker than what we're looking at here?"

If a repainting is the only thing that makes this possible, then I'm likely out of the game. Besides that, is there any other remedy that's possible?

And for the record, obviously the solutions I'm seeking aren't permanent ones. I just mean the darkened illusion, is all.

Thanks.
 
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I thought this would have been a more popular thread to be honest.

Also have been thinking about this lately, one possible method might be tinted PPF or something similar. Will do some research and post back here.
 

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Turtle wax makes a detailer that's meant for black cars, could try that?
 
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But is this like a known thing to do? I know people try and wax/polish as close to their paint as possible, but for anyone who has had something that didn't match exactly, what do the results do to the vehicle? And would it look like an even coating, if done so? That's the kind of stuff that I wonder.

Thanks for the suggestions though, guys. Keep 'em coming!
 


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I would say to look into getting the car wrapped. If this is too expensive for you, I would look into having the car fully paint corrected and ceramic coated. The cars color will look more rich due to the ceramic coating being on top of the clear coat. Other than these 2 options there really isn't much you can do.
I am going to do the latter for sure. I sure hope that takes care of it a little bit! The photos online were definitely misleading for the car building, that's for sure. I mean you can see the picture in my avatar the day after I got the car brand new, it was washed, waxed and polished. Looks nothing like that photo, paint color-wise.
 

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Some car products will make your paint look more rich, not darken. I'm afraid wrap or repainting are the only 2 options.
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