Paint Codes - Are we all sure that Guards Red Exists?
 

Thought you all would find this interesting:
Here we go - These are paint codes directly from the technical microfiche for the 944 Turbo:
1986 Models Onward:
Standard
LM3A Indian Red
L041 Black
L90E Alpine White
LY5B Copenhagen Blue
LM1N Pastel Beige
Special
LY5V Sapphire Metallic
LY7Y Zermatt Silver Metallic
LB8Z Mahogony Brown Metallic
LM6Y Crystal Green Metallic
LM3Y Garnet Red Metallic
LA1Y Kalahari Beige Metallic
LY7U Stone Grey Metallic
LB7V Graphite Metallic
LOA9 Pearl Luster White Metallic

1987 Models Onward
Standard
L041 Black
LM3A Indian Red
LMIA Lemon Yellow
L90E Alpine White
LY5D Azurite Blue
LY3E Malven Red
Special
LY9Y Satin Black Metallic
LY7Y Zermatt Silver Metallic
LY5Z Nautic Metallic
LY4Z Flamingo Metallic
LY3V Maraschino Red Metallic
LY7U Stone Grey Metallic
LYIY Almond Beige Metallic
LY6Y Nile Green Metallic
LM5U Diamond Blue Metallic
LM8V Nougat Brown Metallic

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Geoff Baltz
'86 944 Turbo

[This message has been edited by geoffbaltz (edited 04-03-2001).]

hmmmmmmmmmm mines not there...its Zweichet Metallic or something like that

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85.5 Porsche 944

I've always said the same thing.

Theres a Guards Red.....go to E-bay & search under Porsche 944...someones got an original sales brochure from 84 with paint chips & sure enough it says "guards red"....

in the workshop manuals it lists "guards red" under the years 82 & 83. The paint code is LM3A. Then in 84 they list an "india red" with the same paint code LM3A. There is an "india red" listed for every model year after 84 until 1990, all of which are LM3A. In 1990 and 91 there is an "indian red" which is also LM3A.

-pete

hey Raf944... yours might be "Zermatt silver metalic" ?? but there is nothing similar listed to Zweichet (at least not in 1985 or 86)

edit: what color does it look like, silver?

-pete

[This message has been edited by pschaars951 (edited 04-03-2001).]

My 84' German brochure says "Indischrot". I agree that it is the same color but I've always wondered about the name.

Still no code for Siberrossa, whats up with that? 3 years still no paint code. Does anyone even know what I am talking about?

Guards Red and India Red are the same color, derived from the uniform of the British guard in India years back, hence the name(s). Why the change in name? Dunno, marketing strategy, I assume...

I have an '83 and the paint code sticker says Indischrot on it. Looks like they've always called it that, since the beginning (it's guards red of course).

I have an original Porsche sales brochure for the 1986 944 turbo, and the color samples they have in the back of the brochure says "guards red".

Isn't INDISCHROT german for India red???????geezmeneez...!

RedNeckar...
Ja, Junge, indischrot bedeutet "India red",
oder M3A, die farbe meines 1979 924.

Fahren sie wohl.

[This message has been edited by macreel (edited 04-04-2001).]

i have the same brochure on ebay from 19833 and it indeed says guards red under the red paint card, other colors are:
Black
Pasadena Yellow
Copenhagen Blue
Alpine White
Zermatt Silver Metallic
Gemini Grey Metallic
Montego Black Metallic
Sable Brown Metallic
Sapphire Metallic
Light Bronze Metallic
Platinum Metallic
Ruby Red Metallic