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Old 04-26-2007, 02:22 PM   #36
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Re: Converting the BMW M1 Protour into a Ferrari Daytona 365 GTB/4 LeMans

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Originally Posted by klutz_100
Yep and they just laughed at me


That would be great - thank you
I tried to get it from Hiroboy.com but he wasn't able to mix the colour

I also thought that hey! they maybe used the blue from the BMW logo so I found a pantone number for that too. But I haven't found a way to translate Pantone numbers into PPG codes or RAL codes.

I do have Tamiya Light Blue and Tamiya French blue in reserve.

Ok I went to the car center, but my ex-collegue was working day-off, so here what I found myself:

- I didn't see any "331" in Opel color range.
- I found a "Turkis Metallized", so surely not the good color.
- I found a turkis blue which Opel code number is 629.

I don't know more till now...

Next step, meet another friend who works in a Opel center !
I think that this "331 pastel turkis" is a former color, not available any more in car center color range, because they mostly sell color pencil or cans.
But an opel center must have all color history of the brand and all color code somewhere to be able to reproduce them.
I must clear my mind about this 629 turkis blue or see if the 331 code matches some color, even not available any more.
because if it is really the right code and so the right color, any paint maker would be able to make it with RAL code conversion or something like that (even only the Opel code...?)

search goes on !


Phil
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