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I might be wrong but i think why the name's arnt the same is b/c they are tri stage paint's. As in when you have a base color, then a topcoat, (transparent color), then a clear coat to get the Pearl effect As an example my car has a cool effect in the sun with the eletric blue metallic. It go's from a deep almost navy blue to a bright aqua color in the sun. So to get that effect you would use an arrival blue base with a Imperial blue transparent coat on top so when the sun hits it the lighter metallic blue under becomes visible. I am assuming the one's with EFFECT in the name are the top coat's b/c the trunk of my car is closer to the arrival blue like it dose not have the imperial blue coat in the trunk. Two more examples would be Fusion Metallic Orange which is probably either a silver or white base with the sunburst effect on top, And the blue gold color (i cant remember the real name) is probably th arrival base with the transition blue(if you look at the color beside the name, it looks gold not blue) effect coat. Im sure if you look at the options sheet on a car with a color like this, the paint job was more expensive then the base colors like red white black (no metallic). Hope this helps with some of the confusion.
my paint color they told me here in Canada is a Carbon Black Metallic which was a special paint. now will my paint code be WA8555 for a base coat then (black) then WA501Q for Carbon Flash Metallic (Clear coat)?
So what the heck is my code? WAU573Q.... U573Q.... 573Q????
Originally posted by BAMBAMM
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Sorry guys I need this cause I need to order some paint to do some color matching som interior pieces... Thanks in advance....
EDIT: ok I think I found it... it's WA573Q, but it's not Performance Red Metalic..... WTF!?!?! Oh and code 13 has the same name... what gives? Should this matter or do should I order it?
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400P - This is what is shown on the RPO code sticker above, but it is shown as "U 573Q". Not sure why the U is added, but the BC/CC before it stands for Base Coat/Clear Coat
78 - This shows up as the RPO Code option with the U post fixed, so this would be 78U, and in the image above, you can see 13U in the RPO code list.
WA400P - This is the actual paint code that most places use to look up from. Notice the WA Prefix. I believe this is pretty standard. You should be able to take the paint code from the BC/CC section, drop the U and add WA to get the paint code.
This assumes GM vehicles. On two-tone vehicles, you'll often find multiple codes for each section.
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