How do I find the exact colour of my car?

Dancor

I need a touch up brush for a few scuffs marks and scratches.
How do I find out what colour my car is?

Its obviously blue but I dont want it to be noticable when I do a touch up.

Is there a code or serial number I look for on the car?

mike65

What is the make and model and year? There is a chance its part of the VIN failing that its stamped on the chassis seperately somewhere.

bazz26

Go to your nearest main dealer, I picked up a genuine paint touch up kit for my car there for about €12.

Theta

mike65 wrote: »

What is the make and model and year? There is a chance its part of the VIN failing that its stamped on the chassis seperately somewhere.

Is it not normally marked on the plate either in the glove box or on the passanger door frame that gives tyre pressures?

Gael23

There should be a code in the manual somewhere. Take this code to any autoshop and they should have it.

rebel.ranter

Actually Halfords own touch up kits are probably better than an OEM supplied one. The Halfords ones have two means for application:
- A really narrow brush, ideal for small scratches
- a pinhole sized "dropper" (for the want of a better word) that is ideal for stone chip type damage.

BrokenArrows

on the same topic i have been trying to find on my 2001 VW passat the colour code but have had no luck.
Online i have narrowed this down to two different blacks. LC9Z and L041. Anyone have any ideas which one it would be or where i would find it.

Also does anyone recommend an online place where i can get a touch up kit which includes everything i need?

Anan1

BrokenArrows wrote: »

on the same topic i have been trying to find on my 2001 VW passat the colour code but have had no luck.
Online i have narrowed this down to two different blacks. LC9Z and L041. Anyone have any ideas which one it would be or where i would find it.

Also does anyone recommend an online place where i can get a touch up kit which includes everything i need?

Have a look on the inside of the bootlid/on the boot floor, there should be a sticker with model/colour/option codes. The same sticker should also be inside the service book.

BrokenArrows

Anan1 wrote: »

Have a look on the inside of the bootlid/on the boot floor, there should be a sticker with model/colour/option codes. The same sticker should also be inside the service book.

just looked. there are no labels in the boot. suppose ill just have to stop down to a VW dealer.

Theta

BrokenArrows wrote: »

just looked. there are no labels in the boot. suppose ill just have to stop down to a VW dealer.

Do you not have anything like this?

TomMc

http://www.cartouchuppaint.co.uk/vin.htm

BrokenArrows

Theta wrote: »

Do you not have anything like this?

Nope, nothing like that anywhere.
I went through all the places in Toms list but nothing there.
There are a few marks in places which look like a sticky residue of where a sticker was removed.