paint code

daveblueozzie · Post by **daveblueozzie** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:41 pm

my freda has a paint code of 12 E which is midnight blue, single colour ,except mine is not single colour its also silent silver, bigdaddycain has told me its because its a ford not a mazda and they go by the bumper colour (which is blue). He found a code for my paint which is P D im having a spoiler painted by a ford painter and he cant find the code 12E ,is the code from big d ..PD the right code ? its a 96

trevd01 · Post by **trevd01** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:30 am

Interesting the paint codes/names. Our 'Twilight Blue' is almost black and much darker than your 'Midnight Blue' (which is quite a bright blue) - maybe they were thinking about the north of Scotland at this time of year?

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:31 am

Hi Dave
Silent Silver is code 4Z.

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:06 am

The paint code on most bongo's gives the COMBINED colour code, insofar that most bongo's are two toned (usually over silent silver 4z as franco quite rightly points out)

This means that in dave's case the main body colour is midnight blue over silent silver. Its the actual code for the blue that seems to be elusive in his case.

For example:12F = 11L (crimson mica) over 4Z (silent silver)
14E= 5S ( neat green mica) over 4z (silent silver)
13T = 6R (bordeaux mica) over 5g (prestige silver) etc.

Therefore in most cases a single colour is usually denoted (in daves case, midnight blue) as a number followed by a letter.

However, i have it as code PD.

There is more to this Quandry,the colour (s) of dave's freda shouldn't be, as his is a 1996 model. (according to mazda his combination of colours ran from 1992-1995)

Although the colour of Dave's freda is quite rare,all the bongo's ive seen running in that colour are mazda variants, not once, (with the exception of Dave's) have i seen a freda in that particular colour.

This is making me wonder if,for a short production run,the ford versions have a particular code,which is not shared by their mazda counterparts?

If anybody has a freda in this colour, could they have a quick check to clarify? Or a mazda version for that matter... Dave has 12E as the colour combined. Many thanks.

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:36 pm

Oops Sorry!!
Only code I can find is PD - is this any help http://www.autosave-scotland.co.uk/shop ... hp?id=2045 ?

daveblueozzie · Post by **daveblueozzie** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:16 pm

Surely im not the only ford freda painted midnight blue ?

waycar8 · Post by **waycar8** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:19 pm

daveblueozzie wrote:Surely im not the only ford freda painted midnight blue ?

looks like it, always thought you was an odd one

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:13 am

francophile1947 wrote:Oops Sorry!!
Only code I can find is PD - is this any help http://www.autosave-scotland.co.uk/shop ... hp?id=2045 ?

So thats two of us that reckons the code is pd then...

(glad its not just me)

zimmer · Post by **zimmer** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:08 pm

Hi Dave, I had the bongo parked very near you at the bash. If I remember correctly it is the same colour as yours. The code on mine is 15J, this breaks down to be 11P..violet blue and 4Z.. silent silver. Hope this may be of some use to you. Richard.

daveblueozzie · Post by **daveblueozzie** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:50 pm

That helps a lot , mine is same colour as yours so not midnight blue as it states on the door pillar.prob why we were having trouble getting a match for the colour.

waycar8 · Post by **waycar8** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:17 pm

daveblueozzie wrote:That helps a lot , mine is same colour as yours so not midnight blue as it states on the door pillar.prob why we were having trouble getting a match for the colour.

hmmn sound dodgy

why is your bongo a totally different colour to the code on the door pillar

,i presume you mean the vin plate on the door pillar

check the number under the bonnet near the main battery where the rubber seal goes around where the bonnet lid shuts it will say sgl5/3 ****** ect, just make sure the code matches the one on the vin plate on the door pillar

daveblueozzie · Post by **daveblueozzie** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:21 pm

All the vin numbers match, the door pillar, the paper sticker on the door pillar and the vin under the bonnet , just the paint code seems a little wrong, its not been resprayed,if it has they must have stripped everything and started with an empty shell ,so its a bit wierd.

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:35 pm

In addition dave, if it has been resrayed , then it has been done by mazda themselves. There is no way a bodyshop would go to the trouble of using a semi satin lacquer on the bumpers, as mazda do.

Your bumpers have the semi satin finish.

I hope you dont mind me including this pic of your freda dave?

Its just so we all know which colour we are talking about...

waycar8 · Post by **waycar8** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:47 pm

strange one........

only thing i can think of is a color match wise, is getting some made up at a specialist paint place

trevd01 · Post by **trevd01** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:07 pm

Have a look at this site

http://www.paintscratch.com/

If you try your year and Mazda, although it does'nt obviously list the Bongo (its a US site) there are other Mazda models with the same colours