royal blue, where?

[Ktuludays]

there are three shades to la5u royal blue so get them to check your shade with the colour swabs not just from the code.

[trafficfaceGTI]

^^^^^ well thnaks mate but the car has aged very well

i might need a new coolant bottle cap and a new seat subframe for the driver as what ever i do it will not shift! i am about to wrap my car in a nice powder blue as it happens but before i do that im fixing some rust on the rear wheel arch. would prefer to fix that first

thanks for the replys

[Thom89]

^^^^^ well thnaks mate but the car has aged very well

i might need a new coolant bottle cap and a new seat subframe for the driver as what ever i do it will not shift! i am about to wrap my car in a nice powder blue as it happens but before i do that im fixing some rust on the rear wheel arch. would prefer to fix that first

thanks for the replys

He's saying that there are 3 differing shades of that particular colour! whether the car is brand new, or 20years old, 3 different shades came out the factory, and was usually down to VW themselves swapping paint manufacturers over the production run, generally speaking, on something like Royal blue, there will be a light shade, a dark shade, and a red shade...

Thom

[tech1889]

so can you really specify in the painters ?? what about touch ups in future ??

[Sam]

Just go to any autospray people and they will colour match for you and mix. It costs a little more but is correct

[Thom89]

At a Motor factors, the paint would be mixed from scratch, they can mix any shade, that they have a formulation for... whoever mixes the paint will check the colour of the car, with the relevant colour charts, and make a decision to pic the closest shade, always get them to match the paint to the area of car that is to be painted, as the rest of the car may be off colour!

Most decent painters, would always pic the No1 shade, that is usually the light shade to re spray a car, and not necessarily the shade that left the factory! this is for ease, incase the car was damaged at a later date, and returned for repairs, the painter could establish the new colour with ease, rather than guess work..

Thom

[tech1889]

so as im gona get full respray the no1 would be best for me ??

[Thom89]

so as im gona get full respray the no1 would be best for me ??

Correct... Its the shade that will most likely match what came out the factory
what colour is your car?

Thom

[tech1889]

Cheers Thom

[trafficfaceGTI]

ebayed the paint, its the only one on there, packaged with lacquer and i honestly can say the match is so good that i coldnt remember what i had repaired, shame i cant say that for the o/s rear wheel arch, i just removed the trim and found lots of lovely rust that will need replacing, and i have no welder any-more so its going to have to go to a repair shop.