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[Webby the Bear]

hi guys, ive read the link in the FAQs about reading the paint code but mine doesnt seem to correspond. the below is a pic from the drivers door lock area. whats my paint code?



ps halfords have quoted me £13.99 for a can of the matching paint. not bad i thought and im aware its a match to the original code as opposed to the existing state of the car 

[albitz]

z147 silver.Halfords paint is shite imo. Btter off getting it mixed at a local paint factor. Its always very difficult to blend perfectly anyway, your car has been subjected to years of exposure to the elements, b ut the paint coming from the can hasnt.you can buy an aerosol from factors called blend, which you spray around the edges of the area you have just painted. It helps it blend with the surrounding area.
Which part do you want to paint ?

[Webby the Bear]

brilliant thanks albs 

its only a small bit.... top of the wheel arch and a bit of the side boot panel

[Webby the Bear]

psyou reckon someone cud match the exact paint as it is now? or is that either impossible or darn expensive?

[albitz]

Its possible. Depends how skilled and helpful the person is who you deal with. I had a 205 gti a few years ago which had been red but faded to almost orange. The bloke in the shop brought all his colour cards out to the car and spent about half an hour comparing them until he found one which looked right (some Nissan colour iirc) when I sprayed the wing on the car with the aerosol he had mixed up it matched beautifully.
It wasnt a metallic colour though, and I believe silver is notoriously hard to match.

[Webby the Bear]

ok thanks mate. ill get on to itnow

basically since darth loo knee fixed my car ive fallen in love all over again with it (its serious) and i want to ge it done as good as pos

[razzo]

paints from Vx are a good match, small rattle can of paint & one of clear came to about £8

[Webby the Bear]

briliant cheers guys.

i found this..... any good you reckon?

http://www.cartouchuppaints.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1

[dbug]

no doubt ok if you like brush painting rather than spray can.

[dad1uk]

These people will mix both brush and aerosoll paint to order.
I've found them very good!

http://www.jawel.co.uk/

[Webby the Bear]

nice one guys. brilliant

cheers.

[bigegg]

Its possible. Depends how skilled and helpful the person is who you deal with. I had a 205 gti a few years ago which had been red but faded to almost orange. The bloke in the shop brought all his colour cards out to the car and spent about half an hour comparing them until he found one which looked right (some Nissan colour iirc) when I sprayed the wing on the car with the aerosol he had mixed up it matched beautifully.
It wasnt a metallic colour though, and I believe silver is notoriously hard to match.

I worked as a colour matcher in the printing industry for a *long* time.
silver is VERY difficult to match, but it is also very exposure-resistant.
If you get a matching tin, it should match even older paint,

the worst colours for fading are reds navy (reflex) blues, and some pinks/purples.
they are also the easiest to match  (at a particular point in time; unless the same pigments are used, newly applied colours can change more than the colours they are supposed to match - so they might match now, and look a thingy in 12 months time).

course, you could do like the previous owner of my last van did -
painted the entire thing with white dulux gloss with a brush