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Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on August 31, 2004, 08:09:58 PM: anyone know a website that shows different vehicle paint colors?
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: dannyboy on August 31, 2004, 08:12:07 PM: lol, you and your damn paint
for vw colors try wolfsburgwest.com
for other colors, i have no idea
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: silas on August 31, 2004, 08:13:56 PM: http://autocolorlibrary.com/acl_files/volkswagen.html (http://autocolorlibrary.com/acl_files/volkswagen.html)

select a year & then click on the paint chips to view.
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: jim martin on August 31, 2004, 08:40:16 PM: paint (http://karmannghia.org/paint_chips.html)
try this one ,i will have too find the others ,i came across 2-3 that were unreal ,let me see if i can locate them
click on 'paint'
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on August 31, 2004, 09:34:54 PM: Quote
lol, you and your damn paint

Actually young man, my car will be one color, shiny paint this winter.....
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on August 31, 2004, 11:30:43 PM: What do you guys think of this:

PAINT:
\"Copperhead Pearl\" from PPG

CODE COLOR CUMULATIVE PARTS
quantity: 1 quart.
DMD1698 Medium A 467.9 467.9
DMD1610 Transpar 809.0 341.1
DMD650 Sparkle 879.0 70.0
DMD1606 Pervlene 918.4 39.4
DMD648 Weak Bla 949.0 30.6
DMD646 Weak Whi 970.9 21.9
DMD622 Red Oxid 975.3 4.4
DBX1689 Basecoat 1027.8 52.5

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.truckstv.com%2Fimages%2Fuploads%2Fepisodes%2Ftk20-01200x125.jpg&hash=846de9dde858b8872d1b50fb79775fa60bbbe476)
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: Needles on August 31, 2004, 11:52:28 PM: Yikes :blink: Who's the lucky painter?? :ph34r:
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: Russ on September 01, 2004, 06:43:40 AM: Quote
What do you guys think of this:

PAINT:
"Copperhead Pearl" from PPG

CODE COLOR CUMULATIVE PARTS
quantity: 1 quart.
DMD1698 Medium A 467.9 467.9
DMD1610 Transpar 809.0 341.1
DMD650 Sparkle 879.0 70.0
DMD1606 Pervlene 918.4 39.4
DMD648 Weak Bla 949.0 30.6
DMD646 Weak Whi 970.9 21.9
DMD622 Red Oxid 975.3 4.4
DBX1689 Basecoat 1027.8 52.5

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.truckstv.com%2Fimages%2Fuploads%2Fepisodes%2Ftk20-01200x125.jpg&hash=846de9dde858b8872d1b50fb79775fa60bbbe476)
love it
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 07:40:24 AM: Mr Slammedbus
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 08:42:27 AM: I thought it would look good on a bug - my orignal choice was a mouse grey but Jim's car is to close to it.
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: Hoosier Daddy on September 01, 2004, 08:59:09 AM: That's cool....Project Penny Bug!
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 09:00:40 AM: :) Never thought of that!

Totally describes my budget!
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: slammedbus on September 01, 2004, 09:05:50 AM: James can you find a PPG code it should be DBC######???? If not I can mix it from the accumulative you gave but that means I would need to write it down........ :huh:
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 09:11:55 AM: Couldn't find the code according to the website it is a custom mix I only found this:

Copperhead Pearl Paint Code: By Stacey David & PPG. For further questions contact Auto Body Color and Supply of Nashville, Tennessee 615-726-0361.
Take this forumla to any PPG Distributor, and they'll do a custom mix for you.
CODE COLOR CUMULATIVE PARTS
quantity: 1 quart.
DMD1698 Medium A 467.9 467.9
DMD1610 Transpar 809.0 341.1
DMD650 Sparkle 879.0 70.0
DMD1606 Pervlene 918.4 39.4
DMD648 Weak Bla 949.0 30.6
DMD646 Weak Whi 970.9 21.9
DMD622 Red Oxid 975.3 4.4
DBX1689 Basecoat 1027.8 52.5
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: slammedbus on September 01, 2004, 01:50:23 PM: Quote
That's cool....Project Penny Bug!
Quote
Totally describes my budget

Instead of the inch pincher we'll build the penny pincher :lol:
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: jim martin on September 01, 2004, 06:04:06 PM: you know what is kind of a cool solid colour is 'rock grey'
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 06:29:53 PM: Ya, now finding out what a metalic/pearl paint is worth I am leaning towards a solid color.
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: jim martin on September 01, 2004, 08:23:09 PM: here is a good point to look at when deciding paint colours,which in the end was a very key point in my decision.it is a car and at some time while you own it ,god forbid!!.they may be a need too do repare or touch up.if you choose a multy layer super fancy paint job it may make it impossible too match later on.since m.b uses standox i was going too use vw polar metalic ,but found out that the yellow tint was not produced anymore.even thoe i located a pint,down the road a match would most likely become impossible.as many old tints are no longer used in modern paint codes.so i used a moden colour with tints that will always be around ,but changed up the metalic only,so down the road colour match should be easy.
also ,even if you use a solid colour a base/clear system is easier too blend in and repare spots if needed instead of a one step system.
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 09:29:41 PM: Good tip Jim.
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: slammedbus on September 01, 2004, 09:40:23 PM: With the new proffit readers there is now the ability to make any paint in any shade.......Painters are using these to mix paints for repairs on vehicles that are now older and of course affected by UV light. Remember that the shade it is today may not be exactly what it is 5-10-15 years from now. Therefore mixing the original formula made it even more difficult for the refinisher to do a blend......James's copper color doesn't seem to be a tri-coat but rather a base clear with the pearl already in the base.....very common on today's vehicles
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 09:41:36 PM: There ya have it - CopperHead Pearl it is!
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: Matt on September 01, 2004, 10:11:11 PM: Are ya sure now Mr. flashypants?
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 10:26:29 PM: Yup, getting a deal I can't refuse....
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: Chris on September 01, 2004, 10:44:28 PM: its not the same as that crappy new pontiac colour is it (https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.airspeedparts.com%2Fstyle_images%2F1%2Ficon8.gif&hash=e225d97d6ec98f43679d10676ed1facf06261320)
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 11:13:13 PM: Nope got the idea for the color from here:
http://www.truckstv.com/news.aspx?iid=2141 (http://www.truckstv.com/news.aspx?iid=2141)
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: Chris on September 01, 2004, 11:16:17 PM: I dunno, thats pretty close to crappy pontiac copper BLAH!
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 01, 2004, 11:22:29 PM: What color is your bus there Kermit?
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: Chris on September 01, 2004, 11:28:39 PM: green and white, thought that was obvious ?? hence your use of kermit.
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: slammedbus on September 02, 2004, 12:16:28 PM: Apparently it is from a vehicle on Trucks (a show) and the vehicle was custom made from the PPG reps in Tenessee. Since the vehicle is called copperhead....the paint became Copperhead as well. It is not.....I repeat....not from a Pontiac....chev....ford...or any other res rocket. It is actually a real sweet looking colour :mullet:
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 02, 2004, 12:34:39 PM: Quote
res rocket

Now that's funny! SPecially from you.
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: slammedbus on September 02, 2004, 09:53:32 PM: Can't knock the injuns unless you are one..........makes our injun blood boil and makes us all fu$%in unruly and shiat :mullet:
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: Shane on September 03, 2004, 07:36:12 PM: Quote
Ya, now finding out what a metalic/pearl paint is worth I am leaning towards a solid color.
Your only gonna paint it once...
You are never gonna sell it.....
It is gonna be an Original one of a kind... Hot look bug..
Suck it up and Dive in......
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: jim martin on September 03, 2004, 07:48:05 PM: Quote
Your only gonna paint it once...
You are never gonna sell it.....
It is gonna be an Original one of a kind... Hot look bug..
Suck it up and Dive in......
could not agree more ,if you are going to spend money.like i've said before,
PAY ONCE & CRY ONCE.
good luck ,painting a car is a hell of alot of work
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 03, 2004, 08:01:11 PM: Pay???? Who said anything about Pay????
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: slammedbus on September 03, 2004, 08:13:39 PM: More like....... Work???? Who said anything about work???
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: James Buchan on September 03, 2004, 08:24:29 PM: SMartass
Title: Paint Colors
Post by: jim martin on September 03, 2004, 10:45:06 PM: Quote
More like....... Work???? Who said anything about work???
now thats funny