Paint code

[redweapon]

Anyone know if there is a paint code for a wedge and where to look for it ? Or as its a red wedge would it always be X.

Cheers.

[pjtvr390se]

Try looking at:-

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=62...

You will find a body code on the chassis plate on n/s front inner wing, this relates to the original colour.

[redweapon]

Ah yes, appears to be P420 KV52,just need to add 25 years of fade to match it.

Cheers

[jock sproket]

a good paint store will take a picture of the panit by using a special camera and match it up no probs

sproket

[TOPTON]

Same colour as mine. After lengthy research the code KV52 comes out as 'itallion red' and 'monza red'. Both of these I couldn't get hold of because they were originally made with a lead addative and can't/won't be reproduced any more so I was told by a few paint suppliers.
I eventually sent my petrol cover flap off to http://www.autopaintsbrighton.co.uk/index.asp and paid for their colour match service. The paint was a spot on match but I never asked them to keep a colour code for it in case I needed more.

[TOPTON]

B-Reight said:

P420 KV52 here too.

I only needed a small pot to do some stonechips so i went to Halfords and trawled through the colour match charts. Can't remember the exact name but it was a Fiat colour, something like monza red or italian red, the match was pretty much cock on.

I bought monza red from them, it was too dark for mine. Monza red is an old Rover colour if I remember correctly

[Barkychoc]

There's more than one Monza Red I believe

[hallsie]

repaint the complete car, ive heard that red is the slowest colour!!!!



Stu

[TOPTON]

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only if it doesn't have a tea tray on the boot lid