Date:         Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:56:23 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: 87 Grey westy paint color
In-Reply-To:  <36A4A50B.7F142A5D@bway.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

> > Does anyone know what the paint code / official name is for the
> > silver-grey paint color on late-eighties vanagons?  I bought a westy
> > model & would like to get it as acurate as possible, so I am only
> > looking for a small spray-can worth...
>
> I bought a touch up set of spray cans (one color and one clear coat)
> from the dealer for about $23.  My color is Wolfram Grey, which is a
> metallic, dark-medium grey.


On most later Vanagons the paint code is located on a sticker below the dash
on the drivers side. On some earlier ones it's behind the drivers seat. The
code usually begins with an L.  Your dealer can provide you with a small but
expensive spray can and/or touch-up bottle (some colors are available in
both versions, some in just one or the other).  An auto body supply shop can
provide you with it as well, if provided with that paint code. Some shops
can custom load it into a disposable spray can for about $10 or $15 (the can
being about twice the size of the dealer's one), or sell you a reuseable
air-pressurized spray can for about $15 or $20.  Of course, in neither case
will the match be perfect, since your actual paint has faded slightly over
the last 12 years.

- Ron Salmon
 The Bus Depot
 http://www.busdepot.com