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paint codes and colours

Post by Dieselman » Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:24 pm

My later car has the description "Cobalt" as the paint code in the service book, but today I have found that paint code ENT is listed as Bleu Sideral.

Does anyone else have paint codes that have more than one apparent name?
91 3.0 sei M. 4852 EXY Black
92 2.1 sed M. 5740 ECZ Sable Phenicien
92 3.0 V6-24. 5713 EXY Black
92 2.1 sd M. 5685 ENT Blue Sideral
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90 2.1sd M. 5049 EJV Mandarin
92 2.1sd A. 5698 EJV Mandarin
94 2.1sd A. 6218 ERT Triton
91 2.0si M. 5187 EWT White

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Post by russ92xmsed » Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:49 pm

Yes. I have found this issue too.

Mine is ETC. So far I have found it is called Anthracite, Basalt and Titan grey. ;)
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Post by CitroJim » Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:26 am

Some seem to have both an English and French name...

Like Dantes' Red is also known as Rogue d'Enfer
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Post by XMX » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:37 pm

Dieselman wrote:My later car has the description "Cobalt" as the paint code int eh service book, but today I have found that paint code ENT is listed as Bleu Sideral.

Does anyone else have paint codes that have more than one apparent name?
Will, ENT is called 'Cobalt Blue' for the British market and 'Sideral Blau' for the German market !
Heres the GLASURIT Colour-Online to check it out (Don't forget to 'Hover-over' the Colour name after you've got the search results to confirm the /\ ;)

But you'd could have easily checked all this out if you'd opened up my posting in the 'Technical Section/Bodywork &Trim' COLOUR & TRIM SPEC. !

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Post by Dieselman » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:53 pm

Thank Richard.

At some stage I had seen the paint colour listed as Cobalt, but then got confused when I could only see it listed as Sideral recently.
91 3.0 sei M. 4852 EXY Black
92 2.1 sed M. 5740 ECZ Sable Phenicien
92 3.0 V6-24. 5713 EXY Black
92 2.1 sd M. 5685 ENT Blue Sideral
Prev
90 2.1sd M. 5049 EJV Mandarin
92 2.1sd A. 5698 EJV Mandarin
94 2.1sd A. 6218 ERT Triton
91 2.0si M. 5187 EWT White

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Post by Mellor3456 » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:51 pm

It is so hard to determine the exact colour for my S2 2.0 16v SX Hatch - its 1995 (R) and Red, but which one? The sticker in the drivers door frame does not have the paint code... My secondary query, what's the best way to fix peeling lacquer - I have it on door mirrors and around sunroof?
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Post by Mellor3456 » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:52 pm

Correction, that's a 1997 (duh!)
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Post by xmexclusive » Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:06 pm

XM paint codes move with time.
89 - 97 on the chassis behind the passenger (RHD) headlight.
98 - on the chassis in front the passenger (RHD) strut head.
99 - 00 drivers (RHD) door label.

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Post by MTXM » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:02 pm

Interestingly my 1989 V6 has the paint code directly underneath (not below) the air filter box, which therefore has to be removed to check!! I think it might be a quirk of the very early production date being the 999th XM! Regards, Matthew T.
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