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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

anyone ever find the correct grayish blue paint?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Noone seems to know about this VW color...

If someone ever get the PPG / modern formula equivalent, PLEASE post it here! I would go get some mixed and repaint my now-jupiter-blue wheels.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a car with 27,400 original miles and it still has the 4 original rims on it, (but NOT original tires!) seems the outer wheel color is NOT Horizon Blue..........but just a tad shade darker ??? but looking more grey than it's blue???

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I'll post some photos once I've cleaned the wheels.......

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suboval wrote:
1957 Horizon Blue Oval with 28,000 original miles:

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I have you beat by like 600 or so odd miles on the odometer LOL!!!!

But, I sure wish my PAINT looked as good as your OG paint looks!!! Very Happy

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Well, there's a shot of my car and the original colored wheels......I'm going to leave the wheels alone with the "patina" that have for now, but in the future if I decide to redo the rims, I'll have a paint shop mix/match the color from the wheels.

I real-life they look more Blue-Grey than in the photo, they remind me of a WW2 Luftwaffe color RLM 75 - Violet Grey.

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OG PAINT L331 1957 TYPE 1 OVAL WINDOW
(US Navy In Germany/ Special Ordered Car from MAHAG Munich)
Delivered with Semaphores - German "Puntchen" Cloth Polkadotted Interior -
USA RAM Protection/Export Overrider Bumpers - MPH Speedometer -
Sealed Beam Headlights and Bullet Front Turn Signals!
99.9% ORIGINAL PARTS WITH ONLY 36,500 ORIGINAL MILES/ GARAGE FIND/ UNRESTORED CAR


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beautiful car!

Would it be possible to scan the color at a paint shop, and post here the (modern & usable) formulas, so all of us can get our rims painted with the correct Greyish Blue color, at any local paint shop?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ARTIFACT wrote:
Beautiful car!

Would it be possible to scan the color at a paint shop, and post here the (modern & usable) formulas, so all of us can get our rims painted with the correct Greyish Blue color, at any local paint shop?


Thank You Sir!

Yes, I'll see what I can do as soon as the car is registered and on the road Smile

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IN2VWS wrote:
It is listed in one of my factory colour combination charts.

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa28/in2vws_com/AVD/IMG_7193.jpg

This link doesn't work for me. I'd really love to see Slate Blue one of these days.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's another shot of my wheels.......

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It's really hard to get a real close lifelike color shot to a photograph, (on crappy non film digital) but as I've said once the cars back on the road I will get out to try to get the rim color professionally color matched, so I can help out anyone else here who is looking for the correct color to restore their wheels. Very Happy

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OG PAINT L331 1957 TYPE 1 OVAL WINDOW
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Delivered with Semaphores - German "Puntchen" Cloth Polkadotted Interior -
USA RAM Protection/Export Overrider Bumpers - MPH Speedometer -
Sealed Beam Headlights and Bullet Front Turn Signals!
99.9% ORIGINAL PARTS WITH ONLY 36,500 ORIGINAL MILES/ GARAGE FIND/ UNRESTORED CAR


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the update Blauchen L331
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Having an og paint Horizon blue spare I had the wheel scanned and colour matched. Our wheels are being painted this week so will post a pic of the results. Here is all the information I have along with modern dupont mix codes. there is a paint chip attached in one of the pics. I found it interesting that the closest match came in as capri blue.
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Hope that helps but probably up for more debate Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Niiiice!
Thank you so much for taking the time to contribute this information. Wow.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think L335 Capri has a little more Blue in it then the wheels do, the wheels seem to have more of a turn to Grey.
(I drove a 1958 Capri Blue car for many years when I lived in Germany).
Nice work there Dave, I'm still going to scan my wheels and see what that says too.....then we can compare. Smile

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blauchen L331 wrote:
I think L335 Capri has a little more Blue in it then the wheels do, the wheels seem to have more of a turn to Grey.
(I drove a 1958 Capri Blue car for many years when I lived in Germany).
Nice work there Dave, I'm still going to scan my wheels and see what that says too.....then we can compare. Smile

Tom


Sounds good. My wheels have been powder coated in black and are now at the paint shop awaiting the above hues for the fronts. I will get a pic as soon as they are done. We didn't get our spare done yet so we have a comparison to check against when there finished. We used the spare for the scan as its obviously had the less exposure to the elements so less fading etc. pics soon Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Blauchen L331 wrote:
I think L335 Capri has a little more Blue in it then the wheels do, the wheels seem to have more of a turn to Grey.
(I drove a 1958 Capri Blue car for many years when I lived in Germany).
Nice work there Dave, I'm still going to scan my wheels and see what that says too.....then we can compare. Smile

Tom


Sounds good. My wheels have been powder coated in black and are now at the paint shop awaiting the above hues for the fronts. I will get a pic as soon as they are done. We didn't get our spare done yet so we have a comparison to check against when there finished. We used the spare for the scan as its obviously had the less exposure to the elements so less fading etc. pics soon Very Happy


Yeah, that chip you have looks good (like it's getting there, Capri Blue by far is the CLOSEST paint to the original wheel paint, just needs a touch more of Grey) my wheels are original paint, but I also have to account on some slight fading on my wheels since 1957, (which might bring out the Grey more?) but the Capri Blue is a rocking color.

I think that L 335 Capri wasn't first used/introduced untill like September 1957 on the first Big Window cars etc.

Now did anyone here have (or find) any original 1956/57 written/printed VW documents that have any L code listed as our outer wheel color? (Horizion Blue cars)

Suboval's wheels are the nicest (all Factory original) of anyone's here, if we could hear from him again that would be nice. Smile


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USA RAM Protection/Export Overrider Bumpers - MPH Speedometer -
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well got the wheels back today. I think its very close so more than happy with them.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm so glad I have a L 331 car Smile The stock wheel colors kick some ass!!!!

Kudos for getting it right, I can't wait to see your car done Dave. Smile

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USA RAM Protection/Export Overrider Bumpers - MPH Speedometer -
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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2019 2:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Horizon Blue Wheel Color Reply with quote

April 1956 to August 56 outer color was L331 Horizon Blue.

August 56 to July 57 outer color was L33 Grey-Blue.

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Delivered with Semaphores - German "Puntchen" Cloth Polkadotted Interior -
USA RAM Protection/Export Overrider Bumpers - MPH Speedometer -
Sealed Beam Headlights and Bullet Front Turn Signals!
99.9% ORIGINAL PARTS WITH ONLY 36,500 ORIGINAL MILES/ GARAGE FIND/ UNRESTORED CAR


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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2019 7:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Horizon Blue Wheel Color Reply with quote

Blauchen L331 wrote:
August 55 to August 56 outer color was L331 Horizon Blue.

August 56 to July 57 outer color was L33 Grey-Blue.

Tom

Respectfully, I disagree.
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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2019 7:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Horizon Blue Wheel Color Reply with quote

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Blauchen L331 wrote:
August 55 to August 56 outer color was L331 Horizon Blue.

August 56 to July 57 outer color was L33 Grey-Blue.

Tom

Respectfully, I disagree.


Ok, do you have any documents that prove otherwise?

Their might have been a cross-over time in August when both colors might have been used, but I know 100% that L 331 cars built AFTER August 1956 had L33 Dark Greyish Blue outer rings on the wheels. My car was built at the end of May 1957.

Cars built as 1956 models had the Body Color L331 as the outer wheel ring.(built after March 1956)

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Sealed Beam Headlights and Bullet Front Turn Signals!
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