VeroWing

Can someone tell me the official color of my 1987 944s? Hood paint is faded and I want to respray it.

TNelson

I believe that's called "Stone Grey Metallic".

Fintro11

looks like slate grey same color as mine

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mazdaverx7

i would say stone grey metallic. same as my 944.

ernie9468

[QUOTE=VeroWing;10123430]Can someone tell me the official color of my 1987 944s? Hood paint is faded and I want to respray it.

Don't guess the paint code # you migth have a surprise,the paint code # will be on a sticker in the spare tire cubby hole,along with other infos such as options ect ect.

ernie9468

87- 944 Slate Grey metallic paint code will be LY7U, a special color.

mazdaverx7

the strange hing is that LY7U is also the paint color of my early build 85. Porsche must have changed the name from Stone Grey Metallic to Slate Grey Metallic by 1987, but maintained an identical color.

VeroWing

I took a pic of mine and here it is. What other info does this show, or is there a place I can find to decipher it? Thanks, Mike.

catamount

Stone Grey Metallic and Slate Grey Metallic are different paint colors and different paint codes. Slate Grey Metallic is slightly darker if I recall correctly and was a more recent color.

Chances are you have a Stone Grey Metallic car, paint code LY7U. That was available in 1987 and a common color, especially with 944 Turbos. (My 944T is Stone Grey metallic.)

God_Bot

LM5U is Diamond Blue Metallic, same as my car and only offered in '87 on the 944s.

VeroWing

God bot, does your color look like my pic? I don't see any blue in my paint, but I could be wrong. I did find an online color chart and you're right about color.

ernie9468

Top pic is your car,bottom is a diamond blue metallic LM5U.I'll say both are darn close to being the same color.

ernie9468

Oh! forgot my buddy has a low mileage Japan import 928S4 which is also diamond blue metallic. It's a 1990. Maybe you can see more of the blue hue in it being a lot younger car than yours with less paint fade.