Hi,

my sister has a VW T4 Transporter in a unique colour known as "Scarab Green" - the paint colour used for all Glasgow City Council vans. There are a few stone-chips she wants to touch up but no one sells the touch-ups pens in this colour. Also went along to the VW dealer who said they didn't stock paint for such a low volume run of vehicles in that colour.

She does however have the paint code/offical name - would a bodyshop be either able to source this paint for an aerosol can/touch-up pen, or mix paint and provide it in a touch-up/aerosol can?

Cheers,

Agar

 

as long as she has a code any motor factors or bodyshops will be able to help you..

Only problem is, a lot of places will be using waterbourne paint which is shit for touching up!!!

 

Thanks Matt - my view was that any bodyshop wouldn't be interested in wasting thier time mixing a small touch-up pen, would it really be worth thier while? Any ideas how much places charge for this?

She is considering getting her bumpers colour coded and asking for the bodyshop to keep some paint spare for a touch -up pen.

 

http://www.paints4u.com/ProductDetai...productID=6930
they might be able to help ..........

 

halfords do it mate. Not neccessarily that colour but worth asking. Its about 8 quid for a custom touch up pen ( i think off the top of my head - fellow halfords employees confirm this for me please)

 

what is the colour code for it?

 

Correct

 

Already tried halfords who couldn't mix the paint for us - can't remember thier reason for it though, and i thought they were able to colour match anything?!

BigEm - i will find out tommorrow.

Taycos - Will give them a try too thanks.

Thanks so far.

 

yeah a bodyshop will do it , not sure on the price , depends on there paint , but if she does have the bumpers done ask if they could just tuch in the stone chips with some paint if theres time sure they will

 

I used a paint supplier in Glasgow years ago when I needed to quietly repair a wing mirror on a company Omega!

Sadly I can't recall the name or district, but I found them using Google, so have a search about on there.

 

Cheers.

OT - any relation to Andy Mac from Glasgow on here?!

 

Nope. But my son is another Andy Mac!

 

do not get any paint from halfords my experience witgh them was a load of s***.they should be find a resonable local garage they will do it and may not charge you much.where abouts are you i may be able to get my boss 2 let me mix u up a lil bit for a small price?

 

About as far north as possible Glasgow.

Cheers though!

 

Probably of no use to you but Saab also did a scarab green

 

Spray store in Motherwell are really helpful, I get all my paint etc from them.

Worth a try, can't find there number on-line as they trade as something else but I'll get it tomorrow.

 

Colour code???

 

Not sure where abouts in Glasgow you are, but Ailsa paints in Kilmarnock will be able to mix it for you no problem.

 

Cheers Davy - hopefully you've come up trumps again!

Olliexr4x4 - thats interesting, could be worth looking into. Cheers

vroomtshh - Im from the north of Glasgow but Kilmarnock isn't that far - cheers.

 

Paint code is LH6S

 

Have googled ailsa paints, and also checked yell.com, can't find it! Have you got their address?
Ta.

 

AILSA CAR PANELS 16 WEST LANGLANDS STREET KILMARNOCK SCOTLAND 01563 571600

Maybe if i told you the right name, it would have helped. Not sure if its any use to you, but I'll be heading to Falkirk on friday and could drop it off to you? Save you the trek down here.

 

Thanks for that. Shes going to head down some time this week and see what they can do.