'Official' Holden Paint Manufacturers

[DevilYellowCV8]

Is there a definitive/accurate/official source for Holdens paint codes?

My car is in the bodyshop this week for a bumper respray and although the same bodyshop did the bootlip spoiler last year (very well it has to be said), the Yellow still isn't 'quite' right under certain lighting conditions and given the fact that it came from the factory in varying shades of Devil Yellow (door mirrors are a good example) I would like the bumper to at least resemble the rest of the car.

Any ideas where I can find more info that I could pass on to the bodyshop in order to help the get a better match?


Thanks.

[L2VXR]

I think GM use DuPont paint, use the link below and you should find some info, though i think yellow tends to suffer like red and colour fades and can be difficult to match

http://color.dupontrefinish.info/scri

[DevilYellowCV8]

Thanks. Also had a look at Spies Hecker GmBH. They also seem up to speed, but wasn't sure if they were 'official' suppliers of paint to GM Australia or suppliers to Dupont.

[Jader1973]

From experience, even the official paint manufacturer may not be able to match the paint on the car. All paint is made in batches which are matched to a master plaque. However, the match is done with a tolerance band, so no two batches will be the same, just similar.

Thats why even new cars have colour match problems: if the batch used in plant is at one end of the tolerance, and the batch used by the trim suppliers to paint bumpers, mirrors, handles etc is at the other end then the difference will be very obvious.

Also, if one type of paint is used on the body (ie water based) and another type on plastics (ie solvent based) there can be real problems getting a match.

[Island boy HSV]

The only way I have found is to paint & blend the wings and paint the bumper at the same time.