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Old 07-07-2010, 12:14 PM   #57 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
It would help if you found your paint color code. In many cars it's on the tire pressure placard, like in the driver's door or fuel tank cover.
Not alot of people believe this, but paint color codes don't really mean much to a paint shop. They're there for the use of the factory and the dealer when determining what type of pre-mixed paint to use to touch up "issues" with the original paint, but on average, paint shops and the like don't have access to those paint codes or the exact mixtures they denote, so while the paint code can help them with the name of the color, or perhaps a close approximation of the shade, it's not likely to do much else.

In some cases, you can buy OE paint from a dealer. However, with older vehicles where that color has been discontinued, it's not likely that they'll still stock it, and even more unlikely that they'll release the formulation for the mix.
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