jacksonrw

guys, i am starting my newest restore project
Where do I find the code on my car to see what the original paint color was?
Also I am going to repaint it myself, does any one know of a reasonably priced supplier of paint?

also does any one know what the car color this car is I have attached?

Darwantae951

A nice color?

jacksonrw

brilliant

shaynes

Riviera blue. Go to www.paintscratch.com, porsche, 1995 it was a factory color then. Others ones that are close in Porsche are Mexico blue and a little lighter would be Gulf Blue.

ecostellodo

The option code sticker is found in the rear hatch area. Unsnap the carpet around the hatch and look. The sticker is to the left (driver side) of the hatch lock on the body. Paint code and interior code as well as options are on the sticker.

alex

Sorry to hijack- I'm about to have some paint work done as well and I wondering if the paint code on the sticker is a universal paint code, or is it Porsche specific? I just want to make sure the guys get the Zermatt Silver, don't want to end up with with a different color car.

lovemyp-car

i can't seem to find where to order larger amounts of paint (other than touch up quantities) anywhere, even on paintscratch.com...where would one find a gallon of guards red?

sorry to steal the thread a little!
Ethan

ecostellodo

To decode the paint code, go to: http://www.clarks-garage.com/.
Select garage shop manual > choose P for paint and look at the codes. Be sure you look at the correct year for your car.

I am sure the codes are only specific for Porsche. A shop should be able to decode and select the right color. Perhaps the shop could shoot some paint on a piece of scrap to ensure it is the right color?

jacksonrw

three hijacks
not bad

lovemyp-car

haha... SORRY!!!!!

harrisonrick

IMO that light blue looks way better on say an early 911 or 356 only.

Any autobody shop will have every paint code and card sample, BTW.

Burma Shave

Just look in your phone book for Automotive, Body Repair, Supplies. And please don't go to a bodyshop and ask them to find the code and let you look at chips when you intend to paint it yourself. All this can be done at the paint store. Don't be too thrifty on the materials, buy quality stuff or you'll regret it later. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to automotive paint. There is a DuPont distributor with several locations around houston called Luis Auto Color as well as several others including chains like O'reilly and Car Quest. In my experience though, the smaller independant distributors are more helpful / knowledgable. Good luck.

Burma Shave

See my other post above.

Cass944

hey burma, did you ever finish your "how to paint a 944" dvd?