Paint code for GT3 white?

[Steve W]

Can someone with a white GT3 do me a favor and tell me what the paint code is on their car? I thought they were supposed to be Carrera White (B4), but some Carrera White touch up paint I have looks to be greyer and a yellower than the white on my car. The touch up paint does seem to match the color swatch in the sales brochure I have for the regular 997s. TIA.

[Loren]

B9A is the paint code for a 997 GT3 that is Carrera White.

[Steve W]

Thanks Loren. Do you know if that's different than B4? Seems several paint sites like paintscratch.com list Carrara White with the combo code B9A/B4.

[Loren]

They should be the same - B4 is the model color and B9A is the paint part number code.

[Steve W]

Thanks again!

[Loren]

[Steve W]

Update: seems the paint I received from Dr. ColorChip is the cause of the mismatch. Initial order they sent me was not even close:

I email them, and they tell me they're going to send another bottle. New bottle is an even worse mismatch than the first. I think they're just winging things over there. See below:

Instead I have the local PPG distributor mix up a batch from their computer database, and bingo, virtually perfect match and a hell of a lot less expensive.

[calicoupe]

Steve - how much was for the touch up paint? this is Adam N.

I need some to fix a scratch on my cayman..:)

thanks

Adam

[number9ine]

Update: seems the paint I received from Dr. ColorChip is the cause of the mismatch. Initial order they sent me was not even close:

I email them, and they tell me they're going to send another bottle. New bottle is an even worse mismatch than the first. I think they're just winging things over there. See below:

Instead I have the local PPG distributor mix up a batch from their computer database, and bingo, virtually perfect match and a hell of a lot less expensive.

Sorry to hear that Dr. ColorChip fudged it, I imagine white is a tough color to match for their system. I have DCC in Ocean Blue for my wife's car and it's a perfect match (once it's dry).

The actual name of your paint, FYI, is Carrara White, not Carrera. It's named for the region of Italy that supplies white marble famously used in Michelangelo's David, among other things.

Mark

Edited May 10, 2010 by number9ine

[Steve W]

Steve - how much was for the touch up paint? this is Adam N.

I need some to fix a scratch on my cayman..:)

thanks

Adam

Adam, what color is your paint? I'd recommend getting touch up paint from the dealer for a small scratch, but there can be shade variations in the paint from the factory batch to batch, either in the cars or the touch up paints, so the next level for a better match is to go to a local auto paint store and work with someone who's willing to eye match the color more exact. If you're not able to find someone, there's a guy here in L.A. at Ray's Auto Paint that really spends the time tweaking the mix until he can get it as close as possible. I don't recommend these online paint scratch kits. You can do the same with some matching paint into your chips and scratches, waiting till it dries. Build up the paint level until it's just a little higher than the rest of the paint. Later, using a smooth paper towel wrapped around a credit card, very lightly moisten the towel with some lacquer thinner and gently feather off the excess paint that you have built up over the scratch until the level matches the rest of your paint.