Where's the best place to order a can of spray paint, mixed to my code of LY5V Sapphire Blue?
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paint supplier
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Nate
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i had a few cans of sapphire blue made by halfords. they had 4 different formulas for it though, so it took a couple of attempts to find the right one. the one that matched was a perfect match
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Did you have to pay for the ones that didn't match?
Actually, I'm not even sure my halfords mixes paint.....
Actually, I'm not even sure my halfords mixes paint.....
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Nate
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sadly, yes. you can't tell it don't match till you spray it on and let it dry, and there's no way i know of telling which of the 4 possible variants is on your car. might even have a few part tins in the shed still. how much are you needing to paint?
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I've got the mid section of one door(between the door bumper and window, as its bubbled around the door handle and along the bottom of the window) and one front wheel arch, on the plastic trim.
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ianaudia4
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Or try your local VW dealer, I was able to get Alpine white.
1984 MK2 Havanna brown Storm
1989 MK2 Alpine white Scala injection
2006 Audi A4 3.0TDI quattro (the beast)
1989 MK2 Alpine white Scala injection
2006 Audi A4 3.0TDI quattro (the beast)
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mark1gls
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I used this company for spray paint.
http://auto-paint.co.uk/carpaint/
You might find with your paint being 20 odd years old it might of faded etc.
http://auto-paint.co.uk/carpaint/
You might find with your paint being 20 odd years old it might of faded etc.
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Mk1 88 Golf GTi cabriolet 1.8 DX. Daily drive.
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Yeah but I guess I'll just have to chance it. Thankfully it will be in an area that doesn't need to be blended in

