car colour - how to find out

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Nospam - 23 Jun 2006 19:52 GMT

Hi,

how do I find out what colour paint I need for touching up?

Under the bonnet is a plaque with the following entries

F long number
M long number (chassis number?)
W number kg
B number kg
AU number kg
DI number kg
S DAW

I wrote them down and went into my local independent car shop but none
of the numbers on the plaque match any of the codes in the paint
catalogue.

I couldn't find any other plaques, maybe I will have to go to a main
dealer.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

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Don McC - 23 Jun 2006 22:30 GMT

"Nospam" <nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> queries:

> how do I find out what colour paint I need for touching up?

Interpreting European VIN codes (does not contain a paint code):
http://www.btinternet.com/~madmole/vindecoder.html

Item #13 on the Vehicle Certification Label on the B pillar
door jamb is the paint code on U.S. Fords.
http://www.ofoc.ca/garage/vin.html

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Don

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are much more pliable.
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Gandissy - 26 Jun 2006 11:25 GMT

"Nospam" wrote...

> Hi,
>
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> AU number kg
> DI number kg

^^^^^^

> S DAW

if this is an EU vehicle the DI you mention should be D1

D = Machine Silver
1 = 2001

ford part no. 1320171 - touch up stick or part no. 1307254 -
aerosol

hth

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Nospam - 26 Jun 2006 16:58 GMT

>"Nospam" wrote...
>> Hi,
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>
>hth

Thanks, yes machine silver it is - thank you, but it was registered in
2004 so I have a dodge car or is that the date when the colour was
introduced.

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