Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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.
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
Greece green is usually over Highlight Silver.
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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.
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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?)
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?)
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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.
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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 isJezza wrote: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!)
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"
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.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?)
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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.
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.
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
francophile1947 wrote:Greece green is usually over Highlight Silver.
As you say...19R=14D+18G
14D=Greece Green
18G=Highlight Silver
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
Not quite Kirsty, both are basecoats that require a clearcoat on top. Some modern mica/pearl/xyrillic require a coloured groundcoat firstmissfixit70 wrote: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 isJezza wrote: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!)
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"
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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?
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
missfixit70 wrote: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?
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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 ???
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 ???
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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 yourselfJezza wrote: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)
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Re: Paint code for the Silver on lower half
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 tinmissfixit70 wrote: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 yourselfJezza wrote: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)
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