how to find car's paint code?

[daire54]

how would i go about finding the paint code for my mk1 nova/opel corsa A.
its white. i will need to get some paint made up as i have some touch ups to do. its not for body bumpers etc.

thanks in advance,

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[Nova_Tek]

Open the bonnet, look on the slam panel, there should be a silver black metal plate with information on it. At the bottom of that plate ıt'll have 'COLOUR' (or something similar) and a code next to it i.e. 10L. That is your colour code.

[shorty249]

as above, there are 2 ''vin'' plates on my nova, one that is the silver/black one mentioned, and a colour coded one with the trim codes and colour codes etc on it.

[Graeme]

Its on the colour coded one, it'll be a two or three digit number with a L after it

[Nova_Tek]

It should also be on the VIN plate too. Some MK1's had codes with no 'L' i.e. which starts with an 'E'

[daire54]

the crossmember is it??.. i hav'nt the car at the inute but im not sure if there is any plates?.. if not anyother way?..

[Nova_Tek]

Yeah the crossmember which the bonnet closes on to.

[bai1ey]

I think yours will be glacia white if you google vauxhall paint codes it will give you a chart and it will say the code the colour and what year it was used . It will give you a better idea mate

[Mazz]

Daire : have a read here http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137493

[Benn]

Yeah the crossmember which the bonnet closes on to.

Slam panel it's called.

Being a early white, it would normally be Polar white (10L)

[Iain]

Benn I don't think polar white is 10L - it's 11L according to Duick's thread linked above

[Benn]

Oops maybe 10L is Arden blue..lol

[Iain]

Think it's glacier white.

[Benn]

474/10L,10U: Glacier White, Casablanca White (91-) Polar White (-91)

What my list gives...

12L is Arden blue.

11L gives...

0389/11L,11U,40A: Enamel White, Artic White (98- )

Which wouldn't have been used on a Nova.