Does anyone know what the LE paint code is? I know this has been asked a thousand times but I can't get a difinitive answer from the search function.

My LE's being resprayed so I need the exact code.

Thanks

Try here

Thanks. However looking at that thread there's conflicting advice:

"I've been told that this is the LE titanium color code (no promises though):
Color code: 227649
manufacturers PPG name of the color: Grigio Titanio"

"I have a different number for the titanium paint:

Grigio FI551-89"

Is it on your VIN plate on the front crossmember?

No its not on the front cross member, the exterior of the car is easy to match thats on the underside of the bonnet.

But the parts that are sprayed in the titanium colour are not marked at all (think about it, the parts that are coloured are bonded/glued or screwed on so were probably produced by a third party company and then shipped in). Fiat dont know so no point asking the.

Your respray man should be able to go along to his paint supplier and get the colour matched that way. Its what I have had to do.

See here http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=39109&Number=611218#Post611218

Managed to get logged into the nexa autocolour site and found that the following are paints are listed. The differences between the two are as I found them in the catalog.


grigio titanio (ruote) 224.679, 656f Wheel (1998)
grigio titanio (opaco) 227.649, 656f Trim (1998) - opaque

Note that the trim colour says opaque and I think it may need a matt / flat laquer from what one company told me.

thought it may be of use.

I've also had problems finding the right code for the LE "titanium" colour, so i got fed up and made it myself.
I´m a professional painter (airbrush artist; www.ppdart.com ) and I think I managed to tint the colour pretty close - or about 99% correct. =)
First of all the wheel colour is different than the other greys. It has coarse metal and is a bit darker.

Interior, lights, fuel cap and mirror paint:
I first used Standox "electronic colour reader" to see if I could find any existing colour with it. I got 93% match to a GM colour "Warm Grey -met", and that was the closest. =/ I then started to tint it and always sprayed a sample of the colour with clearcoating. I made 12 samples all together to get the colour as close as I could! It´s not still 100% correct, but needs a very experienced professional eye to spot the difference! =D

I used Standox Standohyd waterbased professional automotive colours, so you can´t get this paint in a touch up can...
Here´s the mixing "code" I came up with:

% amount | MIX number | colour name
52,5 | 395 |Silver, extra fine
15,0 | 313 |Moon silver
27,0 | 372 |Special black
2,5 | 376 |Brilliant red
2,5 | 358 |Velvet blue
0,5 | 370 |White

Hope this helps even a little! =)
Cheers,
Perttu
Finland

Thanks for the info PPDART that's very useful.

I had the recommended FIAT Grigio Titanio Metallic 613/A made up at my local paint shop (in water based paint as that's all they provide) and it wasn't a particularly close match to be honest!

I have also tried Vauxhall Smoke Grey Metallic which was surprisingly close but still not perfect.

I'll get the paint shop that I use to mix up some paint using your mixing code thanks.

I can't seem to find GM Warm Grey Metallic on the internet - do you have a paint code for it as well please? It's probably worth a try as an off the shelf option.

93% match:
General Motors Corp. (int.)
Warm Grey -met
16/9659 (A)

The base of the GM colour is pretty good, but it has coarser metal and is lighter in direct light. I´ve changed the metals to finer ones and also tinted the base a little darker/more violet.

Notice that the "code" I gave only works with Standohyd, becouse every paint manufacturer has different colours, allthough the name of some colour might be the same the opaque etc. of the colour wont be!

-Perttu