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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
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

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

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:
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.