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dopeboat
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Joined: July 14, 2023
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Location: Maine, USA
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 Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:59 pm Post subject: Color Identification Help |
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Hi all, first post in the body/paint forum. I'm currently neck-deep in a death foam repair, and I'm looking to source paint for my beetle. The car was originally Bahama Blue, but some PO repainted it a different, flat blue. I like the color, and I'm not about to respray the whole car, so I'm looking to source some "matching" paint. It's single stage, but whoever painted the car was not kind enough to leave a sticker anywhere that shows what the color is. I've been all over the samba, looking at different colors, I've pored over the color charts, I went to my local body shop, and I'm no closer to having an answer. I'm not even sure it's a VW color, but I'm hoping somebody can identify it for me and save me a lot of headache... I'm leaning towards L633, VW Blue.
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Mike Fisher
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Location: Eugene, OR
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: Color Identification Help |
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You won't be able to match it unless you take it to a Professional.
Better to just paint the whole car if you want it to look good!
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dopeboat
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: Color Identification Help |
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| Mike Fisher wrote: |
You won't be able to match it unless you take it to a Professional.
Better to just paint the whole car if you want it to look good! |
I ended up getting it matched at an Axalta distributor. It's an Opel/Vauxhall color from the 80's, with a 99.6% match - Nordic Blue. Problem with local pros was they all wanted to sell me a two-stage paint, which I can't use unless I scratch and shoot clear on the whole car when I'm done, given the repairs I'm doing are on the body and it's got single-stage on it currently. I likely will end up doing at least a little paint work on most body panels anyway, but I want the option to not have to shoot the whole car.
I drove 70 miles each way to get to that distributor, but totally worth it!
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: Color Identification Help |
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If you were going to blend the single stage you can do the same with clear.
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