Unknown paint colour

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Pedro2909
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Unknown paint colour

Post by Pedro2909 » Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:28 pm

I viewed all the current paint codes on the site, and had a look at examples for 1993, but my colour is on none of them and I'm half confused, anyone mind helping out?

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Re: Unknown paint colour

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Re: Unknown paint colour

Post by Pedro2909 » Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:34 pm

It's blue on the logbook but silver on the original dealer keytag

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Re: Unknown paint colour

Post by brinkie » Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:58 pm

The paint code is on the identification plate under the bonnet, "6" in this picture:
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The rightmost column, under "Made in The Netherlands", shows code of country where the car was produced for (probably 15 = UK), then colour code (3 digits, after the dash is manufacturer code) and interior code (24-something)
You can look up the colour code here: http://www.volvo-480-europe.org/volvo480/colours.php
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Re: Unknown paint colour

Post by dcwalker » Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:30 pm

That looks to me like the UK colour Oyster Grey Metallic, or Lavender Metallic as it was called in the rest of Europe.

I had a 1992 K plate in that colour, which I think was its last year, so your L plate was probably one of the last 1992 models and was registered very soon after Aug 1993.

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Re: Unknown paint colour

Post by Pedro2909 » Thu Jun 24, 2021 4:34 pm

Okay, so I've found colour code 319-1 I think the -1 was shade of the colour or something I think I read somewhere

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Re: Unknown paint colour

Post by dcwalker » Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:01 pm

That's the one :D

I understand that the number after the dash indicates a particular paint manufacturer since Volvo used several; the shade can vary slightly between different numbers...

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Re: Unknown paint colour

Post by Pedro2909 » Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:11 pm

Awesome, thanks for your help😊

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