I couldn't make this up.

I have an '07 GS in Athabasca Shale - an off-black purple. There are a few stone chips on the front which I want to take care of.

My local Lexus dealer took the paint code (9AB) and found that Lexus GB do not import touch-up sticks nor spray cans in this colour.

For the hell of it I rang up a Lexus dealer in Florida who readily quoted me a Toyota part no. for this code, could obtain and send on for US $10 per stick plus postage.

Great stuff for a £ 50k car. My 1998 Corsa touch-up sticks and cans are still available from Vauxhall.

I tried to get one of these myself a month or so ago, and lexus dealer told me it was no longer available, i said thats unbelievable for a car thats still in production and not that old, there reply "go to bodyshop and see if they can mix it up for you"

and when you give them the PN whatr do they say?

The partsman ran it through the computer and it is unavailable in the UK

i've ordered it off the net, will let you know how it get on.