Guards red == Flash red

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The touch up paint that I got for my 2002 Guards red 996 was a horrible match (way too orrange).

Apparently, there are two or more flavors of Guards red, but the parts dept was only able

to find one:

Guards red, aka, "Indish rot", paint code 80k, part number 911 095 932 20 80 K

They claimed no spray paint was available. I prefer spray paint because the touch

up stuff gets goopy too quickly. I usually spray the paint in the cap and then use a fine

brush to touch up stone chips and small scratches.

However, I noticed that the Guards red of the 996 was strickingly similar

to the Flash red on my 1992 VW Corrado. So I tried some of the touch up paint

of the VW and it was about as close a match as you could wish for. The paint code

for Flash Red is LP3G and comes (came?) in both touch up flask (like nail polish)

and spray paint.

This may save you some money and get a better match to boot.

YMMV because paint shades vary by batches.