Re: [T3] type3 Digest #341

[DGaries808@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/4/02 2:08:13 PM Central Daylight Time, 
lindgre@online.no writes:

<< Subj:     Re: [T3] type3 Digest #341
 Date:  10/4/02 2:08:13 PM Central Daylight Time
 From:  lindgre@online.no (Per Lindgren)
 Sender:    type3@vwtype3.org
 Reply-to:  type3@vwtype3.org
 To:    type3@vwtype3.org
 
 
 
 Fiesta Cranberry wrote:
 
 >>You should use standard colors, 
 >>too.<snip> If I had used the L-codes, 
 >>everyone could have matched the paint all 
 >>of the time. 
 >>
 >
 >Ummm...sorry to be so ignorant.  What are "standard colors" and "L
 >codes" ?  You mean I can go to a store and buy spray paint in Marina
 >Blau?  I've never seen it.
 >
 >Lori
 >
 L-codes is the VW's paint codes. L stands for "Lack" which is German for 
 paint. Marina Blau has code L54D, same as my car.
 
 PerL
 73 Variant L

You see!  Just order L54D paint. It will be Marina Blau paint. I didn't know 
what "L-code" stood for, but this makes sense. I would be surprised if the 
other German auto
makers such as Mercedes and BMW had different "L-codes" for their paints. 
And, it is so common that all USA paint suppliers use the "L-codes". For 
certainty, just tell the paint supplier that you are going to paint a 
Volkswagen with L54D paint. That L-code sets the color,  period.

Don Garies
dgaries808@aol.com
 

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