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Originally Posted by 962porsche
with a 999 or 99 or 9999 color code you will be hard pressed to find the true code to the color on the car. if it's was put there it would have been only asked to be from the customer other wise all you would have is a 999 for a code on the car.
a 999 color could be any color it could even be something like the customer want the color of his car to match his favorite tie or in one case I know of a women's lipstick color.
you will also not have it on the COA if you have it.
you need to contact Porsche and get the true color code .
NO BS I get at least 4 or 5 messages a week from people asking about there color codes.
yes I do have the color info from Porsche AG with VIN numbers to find out the true color codes of the cars how ever it takes time lots of time to look thru books and microfiche to reference this info.
at 1st I didn't mind to much about helping the people that really needed help to get there paint code info even when they didn't have me working on there car. but it sadly and quickly snow balled into being inundated with messages so I had to stop helping people.
even if I look up a color code it doesn't mean that you will be able to get the color mixed in that code any longer. from the time a car was painted back into the day to today with paints changing and VOC's changing if the color was a very low production code the paint manufacture BASF may not have updated that formula for the color to the new up to date paint lines of today. there are also cases that of the car was produced at say Karmann that the car would not have the same color code even being the same color as Porsche uses because Karmann may have used that code for another one of the cars they produced.
there are also case with say the 914's that the listing would not be under Porsche for the color info but under VW/Audi most of these codes would start with an L. this would also cover the 924/944's.
if I were you I would call Porsche ( not the dealer) and find out the code with luck you would be able to still have BASF ( Glasurit / RM or Limco ) be able to mix the color for you. if not and you could also have your area jobber ( automotive paint supply store ) come down and shoot the car with a color camera to get a good color match.
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Already reached out to my guy at the dealership. As always appreciate the help from everyone. The level of detail is great.