Paint colours

[markwantsalexus]

Hi I have a 2005 mk3 gs300 in silver, in need of a touch up.

I can't find anything in the owners manual to say where the paint code is on the car, nothing on the door frames.

Could anyone point me in the right direction please.

Many thanks

Mark

 

[johnatg]

It should be on a plate on the front passenger door jamb (bottom rear). This might help:

Car Touch Up Paint - Search by Reg | Chipex UK

to find the colour code.

[LenT]

2 hours ago, markwantsalexus said:

I can't find anything in the owners manual to say where the paint code is on the car, nothing on the door .

It’s a bit suspicious if the reference label is missing.  Maybe the car was repaired around the door frames - or casually resprayed?

To help identify it, the colour reference starts with the letters C/TR followed by the colour code.

[markwantsalexus]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. What about this number, all 4 doors have it, but no sign of " C/TR "

Could this be it?

 

 

 

[markwantsalexus]

1 hour ago, johnatg said:

It should be on a plate on the front passenger door jamb (bottom rear). This might help:

Car Touch Up Paint - Search by Reg | Chipex UK

to find the colour code.

Hi thanks for the reply. I may give them a go, 👍.

 

[johnatg]

40 minutes ago, markwantsalexus said:

Hi

Thanks for the reply. What about this number, all 4 doors have it, but no sign of " C/TR "

Could this be it?

 

 

 

No - that's the VIN number. It's an import from Japan. (Well, they all are) But the car was built for the Japanese market.

Might complicate identifying the actual paint code.

But a car paint shop should be able to match up the colour.

[ColinBarber]

13 hours ago, johnatg said:

that's the VIN number. It's an import from Japan. (Well, they all are) But the car was built for the Japanese market.

No, that's a UK VIN.

 

I believe the paint code is 1F2. You should find that on the VIN plate in the engine bay if it isn't at the bottom of one of the B pillars. 

[markwantsalexus]

11 hours ago, ColinBarber said:

No, that's a UK VIN.

 

I believe the paint code is 1F2. You should find that on the VIN plate in the engine bay if it isn't at the bottom of one of the B pillars. 

Many thanks. I will have a look tomorrow 👍

[markwantsalexus]

Thanks for all the replies.

I managed to find it on the lower part of the passenger door. The car was parked close to a wall hence I couldn't open it wide enough to see the code🙄.

The code was as some people had suggested 1F2.

Thanks for the help.