landy spray paint colours, dealer only?

[HangOver]

I want to get a can of two of touchup spray.
I know lady dealers should supply colour match but can other people too?
I suppose Bunnings won,t do it :D
But who else?

[Vin Rouge]

Autobarn will mix any colour you want as an aerosol. Just quote the paint code. I've bought several cans at different times and the colour match has been exact each time.

[drifter]

Autobarn will mix any colour you want as an aerosol. Just quote the paint code. I've bought several cans at different times and the colour match has been exact each time.

+1

and if you can be specific with your vehicle age and description they can look it up for you, too.

[isuzurover]

+1

and if you can be specific with your vehicle age and description they can look it up for you, too.


x2 - I have used them a few times. HOWEVER, their system does not have LandRover county paint codes - e.g. Masai Red (the name or the land rover code) bring up nothing.

[russ55]

+3 Autobarn- 603 Chawton White- their colour says German Border Police white, but it's good.

[p38arover]

I know lady dealers should supply colour match but can other people too?

Lady dealers? I need a new lady in my life (with my wife's approval, of course!)

[DiscoMick]

Landy (not Lady, Ron :D) dealers are not the only choice and nor is Autobarn. I was able to get a matching colour for my Disco's dash from an automobile paint specialist near home. You just need the paint code, which should be on the vehicle plate under the bonnet.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

x2 - I have used them a few times. HOWEVER, their system does not have LandRover county paint codes - e.g. Masai Red (the name or the land rover code) bring up nothing.If you go to a local smash repairer, they should be able to get the actual tint formula from the Dulux code for Masai Red, then take that to Autobarn and they should be able to convert it to a foumula for the aerosol cans.

Otherwise just find a masai tribesman and get them to colour match him! :D

[HangOver]

No autobarn in WA :(I guess I will ask an car-spray paint shop?

[LWB123]

Hello from Brisbane.

Codes make it easier, but they aren't always necessary.

A few of the better auto paint suppliers can match the colour without the official codes by using a hand-held gadget which scans the actual panel and gives a reading which they then match with a colour in an aerosol pack or whatever. I suppose it is some sort of digital spectrometer.

My aluminium boat needed a touch up on the deck and the official paint supplied by the manufacturer never came within a bull's roar of matching their own colour..... I happened to be parked next to an automotive and industrial paint supplier in Redcliffe one day with the boat and decided to go in and ask what they could do. Twenty or so minutes later I had the aerosol can in hand and it was a perfect match when it was applied. I don't recall that it was particularly expensive either.

Cheers,

[V8Ian]

If you are using pp cans for touch up in an automotive scenario you will never get a decent colour match. Modern automotive paints are a clear over base, the touch up cans are acrylic. You can clear over the acrylic, but to go to all that trouble you may as well do the job properly with the correct paint type.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

The problem with clear coat over colour two pack enamel, particularly pommy paints, are that the clear coat does not stand up to UV light as well as baked enamel or even the acrylics. How many cars out there less than 10 years old do you see with opaque, oxidised and peeling clear coats.

It never happened on previous finishes.

[V8Ian]

I'm not discussing the good or bad points of various paint systems, just pointing out the practicalities of doing a touch up using a different type of paint. For any halfway decent match, it's not simply spraying the same colour from a can.

[HangOver]

its sad but untill the day when she gets a full spray job, the best she's going to get is a can. I know it will never match exactly due to oxidisation/fade etc but it has to look better than a dent.

[V8Ian]

You will achieve a superior result by painting the entire panel.

[isuzurover]

No autobarn in WA :(I guess I will ask an car-spray paint shop?

Autobarn = AutoPro ;)

[HangOver]

collecting one tommorw from autobarn, hardest bit was getting the correct code, apparently there are several Alpine white's ;)
all good though.

[tony66_au]

I was just in my local AB and they didnt have the colour listed.

Their premix cans can be in any paint they stock NOT just acrylic.

As for colour matching? Well paint fades over time, some more than others and colours such as Red or Yellow oxidise faster than greens etc so a fresh batch of paint may or may not match.

Either way they couldn't help me.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

collecting one tommorw from autobarn, hardest bit was getting the correct code, apparently there are several Alpine white's ;)
all good though.Which model did you get the alpine white for? And do you have the code?

I need the one for a white 1996 Defender!
Autobarn = AutoPro ;)Is that true??

In Nowra whe have an AutoPro and an AutoBarn about 100M away from each other in the same block. I know that the AutoPro is a franchise/buying group because of the problems they had when the original franchisor company went bankrupt.

The AutoPro is where most of the mechanics in the town get their parts from.

[HangOver]

Theone I wanted is for a 94' Range Rover Classic, so knowing Land Rover its most likely thre same colour ;)

I said autobarn but it was infact an autopro so probably AB is AP?
i guess they all mix painrt though, they would not do it on the spot i had to go back the next day.

The can says "Land Rover 456 Alpine White"

[isuzurover]

...


Is that true??

In Nowra whe have an AutoPro and an AutoBarn about 100M away from each other in the same block. I know that the AutoPro is a franchise/buying group because of the problems they had when the original franchisor company went bankrupt.

The AutoPro is where most of the mechanics in the town get their parts from.

Don't know about NSW, but in WA:



If you're looking for an Autobarn store in Western Australia, look no further than Autopro Superstores.

Autopro Superstores offer an extensive range & level of service that Autobarn customers are accustomed to. Details for your nearest Autopro Superstore can be found here.
Autobarn: Store Locator (http://www.autobarn.com.au/storelocator#storesearch/state/wa)

[HangOver]

amazing what you find out AULRO :D

[tomisawesome]

pretty sure autopro have paint matching services. the Innaloo one is owned by a pretty good bloke, and they are usually pretty reasonable on price, steve is his name. make some red head jokes if he serves you, he loves them.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Don't know about NSW, but in WA:


Autobarn: Store Locator (http://www.autobarn.com.au/storelocator#storesearch/state/wa)Take a look at this image and then rotate left!
Haig Ave Nowra - Google Maps (http://www.google.com.au/maps?q=Haig+Ave+Nowra&hl=en&ll=-34.878115,150.60359&spn=0.009946,0.01929&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=44.018459,79.013672&hnear=Haigh+Ave,+Nowra+New+South+Wales+2541&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=-34.878297,150.603544&panoid=5MaNn9_eYJG36LeV9vZrTg&cbp=12,155.85,,0,6.59)