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[Boss VX]

Getting my hardtop sprayed and need the calypso red paint code. Where is the code - on my pug gti it was on a label inside the door. The only label on my vxt 2004 seems to have weight stats. Any ideas?

[Yellow_or_black?]

It's on the label on the driver's side door jamb. The code is 2JU according to this

Edited by Yellow_or_black?, 02 October 2008 - 11:18 AM.

[M3VXT]

I have some paint if you are interested

[The Batman]

i went down halfords to get some paint and gave them the number 21U which is the one on the door bit. Got home sprayed it on a bit of wood to make sure and it was blue!! noway near mandarin

[Yellow_or_black?]

According to this 21U is blue. Isn't mandarin 2IU - haven't got the car here to check I've got a touch-up stick, and it's got 596 on it. One of Mandarin's posts somewhere has the correct code...

[The Batman]

yeah 596 is mandarin

[Yellow_or_black?]

Sorry, I meant Mandarin's post has the correct '2xx' code. I know 596 is correct - it's a GM paint-stick What's the difference between the 2xx and the 596 codes? Why are there two? Edit: typo

Edited by Yellow_or_black?, 02 October 2008 - 06:03 PM.

[The Batman]

my thoughts on that are that vauxhall are crap and want to make everything complicated! lol edit - spellnig......

Edited by joe_589, 02 October 2008 - 06:03 PM.

[Yellow_or_black?]

Try Mandarin's post Joe

Edit: and in fact another of his further down in the same thread...

Edited by Yellow_or_black?, 02 October 2008 - 06:07 PM.

[The Batman]

i did say it was opel 21U but then when it came out blue i took it back and said umm... this is the wrong colour i want vauxhall / opel mandarin and it came back perfect with the code 596 so all good thanks

[Coral flash]

Forget where I lifted this from. but:

Here's a list of the VX paint codes and names and their respective DuPont codes.
• The DuPont stock codes were found using the >DuPont Online Colour Retrieval< for the Opel Speedster (there were more paint codes listed for a Speedster than for a VX220).
• The VX paint names/codes are based on a list that has appeared on the board from time to time.
• Other VX paint codes may exist for the same paint name but they still boil down to one DuPont code. I have shown only one VX paint code for most names, but listed all I could find for names that I was unsure about.
• I have 'corrected' the VX paint names and codes to match those shown by DuPont. There were a few spelling inaccuracies e.g. 0 for O.
• Some of the colours may be listed under the wrong heading, possibly the two pearlescent yellows?
• Please copy and update this list in a reply if you need to make an update to it. I may be missing some colours.


Solids:
Calypso Red - 2JU - K9197
Colmar (Bugatti) Blue Mono - 4EU - P1918
Yellow Solid - 40C/2PU - M3441
Brilliant Yellow - 4HU - P4512
British Racing Green - 2LU - M6947
Black - 2QU - M1698

Metallics:
New Silver Effect - 2OU - P1384
Petrol Effect - 77U SPEEDSTER - X0117
Moonland Effect - 3KU - M6056

Pearlescents:
Rabiata Red Effect - 2NU - M3443
Titan Gold/Giallo Capri Effect - 2VU/40B/43L - M5186
Europa Blue/Europablau Effect - 2KU - F4972
Le Mans/Rio Verde/Lethane Green Effect - 4FU - F1357
Mandarin/Orange Effect - 2IU - M4323
Coral/Chagall Blue Effect - 3VU - X0119
Switch Effect - 3WU Speedster/VX220 - X0277
Black Sapphire Effect - 28U Speedster - X0118
Dolphin Grey Effect - 2MU - M2474
Capri Yellow Effect - 4GU - M3440
Brilliant Yellow Effect - 4LU - P4823

Others:

Light Grey Effect - 157 Speedster Window - M8765
Light Grey Effect - 157 Speedster Roof - M8765



Note: Calypso is 2JU Juliet Uniform, not IU as someone posted

IIRC Halfords prefix the number with OP for Opel, but wether the Du Pont of Vaux. code, I forget


Coral

[Yellow_or_black?]

So mandarin is 2IU

[mandarinvx]

It should be 21U

Also here

[Yellow_or_black?]

But all the others (except Petrol Blue) have a letter as the second character (I'm sure we've had this discussion before) - so wouldn't it make sense if it were 2IU? Especially since 21U is blue (if my link is correct)? What does the label on the door jamb say?

Edited by Yellow_or_black?, 02 October 2008 - 10:04 PM.

[mandarinvx]

It says 2 [verticle line] U

[mandarinvx]

This thread also says 21U - also lists another colour under 21U

[The Batman]

lol all i know is i asked for 21U and its blue! 596 is mandarin so...... that will do

[Yellow_or_black?]

What code is '596' then? As in - where does that come from?

[mandarinvx]

Not sure - it comes up in the paints4u link too - "596 21U"