Paint code for the Silver on lower half

[Jezza]

Hi We've got a '96 Bongo in Paint code 14D (Greece Green) as per the avatar pic - but what is the colour match for the silver lower half, and more importantly, now partially colour coded bumper - If there is a standard out of the aerosol colour I can use from Halfords that'd be extremely useful

thanks
Jezza

[Simon Jones]

The metal plate inside the door shut (passenger side ?) has the paint code for both the top & bottom. Can't recall name off the top of my head, but Ian used to sell aerosols in the club shop.

[francophile1947]

Greece green is usually over Highlight Silver.

[MountainGoat]

I don't think that the lower half will be Highlight Silver. The paint code for my two tone silver Bongo is 19N which equates to 18G + 4Z or Highlight Silver over Silent Silver.

Tony

[Jezza]

I think the codes that are colour 'x' over colour 'y' means it's one of those pearlescent paints that require a metallic base coat under the main colour. On the Paint factsheet 14D is quoted as Greece Green - not over anything - so it's not one of these pearlescent colours which has a silver base colour, so I assume that means it's a "solid" colour (can be painted in 1 shot!)

What I actually want is the code for the silver that the lower part of the van, and bumpers, are painted !

I had a look at the tag on the passenger side where I found the 14D in the body colour box - but where does it tell you the secondary colour (i.e. the silver?)

[francophile1947]

The only other code with Greece Green included is 19R, which is Greece Green over Highlight Silver (code 18G). If it's not that, then I guess the van must have had a respray.

[missfixit70]

I think the codes that are colour 'x' over colour 'y' means it's one of those pearlescent paints that require a metallic base coat under the main colour. On the Paint factsheet 14D is quoted as Greece Green - not over anything - so it's not one of these pearlescent colours which has a silver base colour, so I assume that means it's a "solid" colour (can be painted in 1 shot!)

Nope it means one colour on the top half & another on the bottom half, the clue is in the facvt it says "two tone" at the top of the table of colours, eg mine is

14E - 5S + 4Z - Neat Green over Silent Silver, which means it is green on the top half & silver on the bottom half, both of which can be "painted in 1 shot"

What I actually want is the code for the silver that the lower part of the van, and bumpers, are painted !

I had a look at the tag on the passenger side where I found the 14D in the body colour box - but where does it tell you the secondary colour (i.e. the silver?)

If yours is a standard colour it'll either be silent silver or highlight silver. Not sure re the paintcode on yours, it's usually in the one paint code as per the factsheet.

[New Forest Terrier]

Is it actually paint on the bottom half? Mine appears neat green over silver, but the silver is not paint, it is a protective pvc coating like a thick decal.

I have only one paint code, the neat green, as this is the paint under the silver. This is a japanese original finish and does look very like a paint job as it is colour matched to the bumpers.

[rita]

Greece green is usually over Highlight Silver.

As you say...19R=14D+18G

14D=Greece Green

18G=Highlight Silver

Cheers.

Basil..

[kloonsy]

I think the codes that are colour 'x' over colour 'y' means it's one of those pearlescent paints that require a metallic base coat under the main colour. On the Paint factsheet 14D is quoted as Greece Green - not over anything - so it's not one of these pearlescent colours which has a silver base colour, so I assume that means it's a "solid" colour (can be painted in 1 shot!)

Nope it means one colour on the top half & another on the bottom half, the clue is in the facvt it says "two tone" at the top of the table of colours, eg mine is

14E - 5S + 4Z - Neat Green over Silent Silver, which means it is green on the top half & silver on the bottom half, both of which can be "painted in 1 shot"

Not quite Kirsty, both are basecoats that require a clearcoat on top. Some modern mica/pearl/xyrillic require a coloured groundcoat first

[missfixit70]

Yeah, but not a green coat over a silver coat to give the required finish as the OP was saying , the colour itself is one colour on top a normal primer isn't it?

[kloonsy]

Yeah, but not a green coat over a silver coat to give the required finish as the OP was saying , the colour itself is one colour on top a normal primer isn't it?

[Jezza]

Ok - this is getting confusing!

The fact sheet regarding paint colours states 14D is Greece Green - there is no reference to it being over anything - so I'm taking it that Greece Green is a "solid" colour - not requiring a metallic base coat (Highlight Silver or Silent Silver)

I'm pretty sure it's the original paint job (allowing for touch-ups here and there) as I have seen a couple of ther Bongo's in the same 2 colours.

I've sent off to Ian for a bottle of 4Z (Silent Silver) to see if it's a match

Surely I can't be the first to have scraped the bumper of their Bongo and tried to patch it up ..... can I ???

[missfixit70]

Ok - this is getting confusing!

The fact sheet regarding paint colours states 14D is Greece Green - there is no reference to it being over anything - so I'm taking it that Greece Green is a "solid" colour - not requiring a metallic base coat (Highlight Silver or Silent Silver)

There is no metallic base coat, as I said above Silent Silver & Highlight Silver are the paint codes for the lower half of the body (ie "neat green over silent silver" is neat green on the top half - silent siver on the bottom half - not a base coat, they are both metallic type paints in their own right), NOT for a metallic base coat, the base coat is just a bog standard grey primer for both, you are confusing yourself

[kloonsy]

Ok - this is getting confusing!

The fact sheet regarding paint colours states 14D is Greece Green - there is no reference to it being over anything - so I'm taking it that Greece Green is a "solid" colour - not requiring a metallic base coat (Highlight Silver or Silent Silver)

There is no metallic base coat, as I said above Silent Silver & Highlight Silver are the paint codes for the lower half of the body (ie "neat green over silent silver" is neat green on the top half - silent siver on the bottom half - not a base coat, they are both metallic type paints in their own right), NOT for a metallic base coat, the base coat is just a bog standard grey primer for both, you are confusing yourself

You are right kirsty but they ARE basecoats, meaning they require a clearcoat on top. You can't get a shiny metallic finish straight out of the tin