Porsche Enthusiasts Club Forum

is the paint on my 1987 lux an audi black? anyone know what the closest color is to porsche black? i'm sorting the rust on my sills and the grey primer just doesnt cut it

The closest colour to Porsche black will be Porsche black. Go to your local car paint shop and they'll mix you a perfect match and put it in a can.

yeah i guess you have a point, does anyone know of a decent paint shop that would do this for me in norfolk/norwich area?

D

Hi,

If you pull down the carpet in the boot area where the spare tyre is kept, there should be a label on the rear bulkhead with the chassis no. and option codes on. No. 5 on this label should give you the paint code. This label should also appear in the front of you service book if it is still present. Hope this helps.

I recently had some a small pot of paint mixed for around £10. The paint pot also has the brush built into the lid. It's been brilliant for touching up all those problem areas (and a damn sight better matched to the paint the previous owner had been using!)

Regards,

Ben

hi halfords mix paint on site, think the color code for black is l041 hope this helps cheers

I checked at Halfords the other week they deffo had Grand Prix white & Alpine white on the system & could mix it L908 & L90E respectively. I've used them in the past & they've been OK.

LO41 is an VW Color i found out today from Halfords

L90E, Alpine White is also a VW colour, but I guess Jim already knew that.

Yup as are a lot of colours in this period but Halfords doesn't have any VW colours on the shelf at all

well ive done my sills, came up fantastic! the match was spot on i'm happy with that!

you mind posting a quick list of what you did to sort out your sills?

I need to do mine but not sure where/how to start....

mine werent bad enough to need replacing but i just used Kurust on them a few times.... ground it back with a grinder to metal, then body filler, sand with 6 grades of and paper course to super fine then got out the wet n dry paper 1500 weight and using water sanded it till it was super smooth, 4 coats of primer, sanded back again with 1500 wet n dry paper, lots of water, allow to dry then wipe off dust with a tack-cloth,

5 coats of aerosol halfords paint, then sanded with 1200 then 1500 wet n dry.... to get rid of the shine of the black paint..... then the next day tack clothed it again then applied 5 coats of clear coat laquer

then today i t-cut the area to blend in the paint and get rid of overspray

its simples