View Full Version : how to find car's paint code?
daire54
30-12-10, 09:35 PM
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
30-12-10, 09:36 PM
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
30-12-10, 09:43 PM
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.
Its on the colour coded one, it'll be a two or three digit number with a L after it
Nova_Tek
30-12-10, 09:48 PM
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
30-12-10, 09:49 PM
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
30-12-10, 09:50 PM
Yeah the crossmember which the bonnet closes on to.
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
Daire : have a read here http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137493
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)
Benn I don't think polar white is 10L - it's 11L according to Duick's thread linked above
Oops maybe 10L is Arden blue..lol
Think it's glacier white.
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.
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