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Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 16 Dec 2009, 22:28
by Damien
Title kinda says it all really! Customer wants this colour and i need to know what it could be.

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Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 17 Dec 2009, 09:14
by silverbullet
It looks like it's got a slightly "purplish" overtone to the graphite. I'd go for the Dagenham Dustcart colour swatches. Looks a bit Sapphire Cossie to me!

P.S. Do you do the paint yourself Damien? I'll be talking to you in the New Year about Diamond Silver...

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 17 Dec 2009, 18:13
by BETTYBRICK
Hello
thats my van (betty) it is a vw golf colour 2006 platinum grey dont no the code .
hope that helps. :ok

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 17 Dec 2009, 18:49
by Damien
Yep do paint myself, one i have in at the moment is being done in new year in that colour.

Ah ha the owner!! Thought this was going to be a right mare to find out about. Thats enough info for what i need, ta muchly!! :ok

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 17 Dec 2009, 18:55
by BETTYBRICK
No worrys mate.
Shes not gunna be that colour for much longer going green !!!! :P
Got a bit of a job on with it but she will look mint (not as in the colour that is he he)
Plenty holes to weld just as well im in the trade.

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 17 Dec 2009, 20:17
by jason k
i think i saw that on the back of a low loader last week on the wells road

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 17 Dec 2009, 20:26
by BETTYBRICK
That would be about right,she was on her way to vw autobodies in temple cloud to have the heat exchangers done.

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 17 Dec 2009, 20:42
by jason k
funnily enough it was by autobodies i saw it :D

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 17 Dec 2009, 21:11
by dissy26
Hello
If this van Is Platinum Grey the VW colour code Is LD7X
Regards
Pete

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 10:18
by silverbullet
Damien wrote:Yep do paint myself, one i have in at the moment is being done in new year in that colour.

I need my eyes testing - of course it's a recent VW colour :oops:
This could work out well. Some panel repairs booked for January with a mate, just got a mint replacement tailgate from spannerboy (well chuffed) along with that roof for my pop top madness :shock:
Will have to get over to your works and "feel the width".
Cheers,
Ian
PS Got a text from my mate about the 1.8T K series - he's getting keen...

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 14:16
by Red Westie
I know you're all sorted now but purely as an observation about the picture.....the pink colour cast is on the photo and not the paint....you can see the tarmac also has a pink tinge to it as well. :ok
Probably have some colour ballance option set incorrectly in the camera's menue.
Martin

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 18:04
by Damien
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This is the picture i showed the customer to see if it was the same, goes to show how different that colour can look with cameras

Re: Anyone know what colour this is??

Posted: 19 Dec 2009, 20:54
by Mr Bean
That picture brought back memories of an original (some might say proper) Beetle I restored many years ago. I sprayed it silver metallic and when finished it reminded me of a barrage balloon (young readers ask Granddad what is one of those) so I re-sprayed it in Roots Electric Blue. It looked much better after that. Not suggesting that your one looks like a barrage balloon by any means.
Cheers
Wolfie