where do i find the colour code for a 4 door 316i

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Fraz06
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Post Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:35 pm

Hey everyone, I have a 4 door 316i and im going to be spray painting a few bits on the car but i can't find the colour code for the car in order for me to get the right colour paint and was wondering if anyone knows where i would find this information.

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Post Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:36 pm

Top of the dtrut in the engine do you know what colour the car is?
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Post Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:06 pm

And again on the VIN plate behind the RH headlamp.
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Post Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:17 pm

yeah it red
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Post Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:25 pm

Fraz06 wrote:yeah it red
If the car's red, you'll be lucky to get anything like a match I'm afraid, 'cause of the way red fades.
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Post Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:53 pm

where abouts on the VIN plate would the colour code be? and what is it? i.e letters,numbers?

many thanks once again
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Post Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:37 pm

Near the bottom, three numbers/another number usually. First three numbers are the colour, last number is the variation in shade.