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MrHaze
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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2018 6:44 am    Post subject: What color is this? Qualified guess! Reply with quote

Hi

Im about to paint my bay and now im trying to find the right color.
This is my goal color:

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Ive looked at RAL 5012, 5018, 5024 but they dont seem quite right.
So my question is if anybody have an idea what color code could get me as near as possible. RAL or any other color standard..

Thanks a bunch /Rasmus
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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2018 3:55 pm    Post subject: Re: What color is this? Qualified guess! Reply with quote

So a professional paint supplier can't match Niagara Blue? Confused
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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2018 10:47 pm    Post subject: Re: What color is this? Qualified guess! Reply with quote

theKbStockpiler wrote:
So a professional paint supplier can't match Niagara Blue? Confused


I hope they can match it but they needed a car color or RAL code to do so..
So the color on the pic is (or is close to) Niagara Blue?
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PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2018 8:04 am    Post subject: Re: What color is this? Qualified guess! Reply with quote

Niagara Blue is the name of the factory paint color for early bay window buses. Very Happy

https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/colors/colorchrt.htm
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:29 am    Post subject: Re: What color is this? Qualified guess! Reply with quote

possibly marina blue
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 3:38 pm    Post subject: Re: What color is this? Qualified guess! Reply with quote

Since cost is a factor, I find that it is difficult to get a great factory match, on a budget.
What I have learned to do is really look in thesamba classifieds for a part with the desired color to carry to the paint store, with the exact color, i'm looking for.
In this case, I want the rarer 1960 VW bug color of ceramic green or L419... I searched and searched and found a one year old ad for a 1960 glove box door in the desired color... not by color description, but just recognition - ordered it for $28 and received it - is exactly what I wanted.
Took it for a computer match, in a single stage, Nason brand paint.. They mixed me a spray can and a quart can and it matches 100%, to my liking
Problem solved.. try that.

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