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What paint code?

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:17 pm
by Kev
I am respraying my L series & the paint code is long gone.
Does anyone know where to go to find subaru paint codes.

It is an '86 L series wagon, non metallic red.

Kev

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 5:30 pm
by Chris_Rogers
also what is the code for white- same probelm- sliver sticker on front with no wring on it.

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 5:51 pm
by Kev
Yeah
My silver sticker was unreadable too.

Kev

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:06 am
by subanator
My paint code sticker is gone too, its a metallic grey/bronze ish paint colour.
I would appreciate if anyone could post this up.

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:08 am
by fredsub
it was W???something :lol:
mine was gone too....hey its probably better to have the paint supplier match it up, even match up your faded color....which is no longer the paint code anyways.......

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:51 am
by BlackMale
Kev, if i remember i will have a look on mine 2nite. Alternatively take a small chip to a paint place (Those Bunnings super stores have em) and they will give you a paint code once they have scaned the paint chip. This code then gives em correct mixture for you car.

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:04 am
by Chris_Rogers
true, take them the fuel flap and let them work off that.

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:00 pm
by BlackMale
Chris_Rogers wrote:true, take them the fuel flap and let them work off that.
Yer just use the inside :lol: unless u have gotten HEAPS of fuel on it over the years

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:41 pm
by Kev
You can find the codes that fit the colours on the internet.
eg Cardinal Red = 936
Cayenne Red Pearl = 22w

The problem is that Subaru has at least 13 different shades of red. They also have many shades of white, green etc.

What I need to know is what 'red' was used on Leonie models in 1986.

I didn't know that Bunnings did Automotive paint. I'm pretty sure that Currumbine & Joondalup dont. They can scan a colour & come up with a mix that will fit Dulux or Berger or other housepaint.

Kev

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:28 pm
by BlackMale
:lol: Ya git. I would not have suggested it if i did not know. Auto paint try a SUPER store - Go to Whitfords 1 they can do it.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:38 pm
by Chris_Rogers
kev,
where?
the ealry L series ones were numbers so you probably have yours there.

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:59 pm
by Kev
Jaffa wrote::lol: Ya git. I would not have suggested it if i did not know. Auto paint try a SUPER store - Go to Whitfords 1 they can do it.
I will try Whitfords. It's been a while since I was in that store. The last time I was there it was a BBC Hardware.

Chris wrote
"where?
the ealry L series ones were numbers so you probably have yours there."

Hi Chris,
The problem is that the number which is on a small silver sticker, in the engine bay near the top of the radiator has been erased.
Kev

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:05 pm
by Chris_Rogers
kev,

mine is there ( silver tag on radiator support.) but suffered the same fate yours did. where on the net do you find them. short of finding a white tourer and sneeking a peek I have no idea what colour mine actaully is.

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:24 pm
by Kev
Chris

You can do a google search that will lead you to a number of sites that will list all the Subaru colours and the codes that go with them.

The problem for you is that there are about a dozen different shades of Subaru White.

What I couldn't find is a list of what colours went with what Subarus & in what years.

I suspect that someone with a white Subaru of the same model & year as yours will have the same colour as yours.

Kev

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:47 am
by waggaclint
WHY NOT JUST SEE A SUBARU DEALER JUST GIVE THEM YOUR VIN NUMBER SURELY THEY WILL BE ABLE TELL YOU.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:54 am
by Chris_Rogers
clint,

I can't - mine's an import.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:36 pm
by waggaclint
ARE DIBNT NO THAT. MAYBE A PANEL SHOP MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP.