Hi Steve,
Well... I've got the two-stage paint already, so I guess there's no
turning back, unless the color is wrong, and I've gotten some other
emails which make me think it is correct. I guess I'll have him shoot a
fender or door (they are off the car) it and compare it with what is in
the engine compartment. Really wstarting to wish we had done a computer
match.
Sometimes "ya pays your money and takes your chances" I guess.
Thanks for the tips,
Don
Stephen Hanselman wrote:
> Don,
>
> I had the PPG-OMNI single stage put on my TR. It came out looking real
> good. As the paint folks indicated two stage paints are new and the
> original paint was a single stage. In my case, the car was garaged (or at
> least shedded) for 10 years the factory paint held up real well.
>
> I'm not entirely sure that the added cost of two-stage paint is really worth
> it, unless you're going to show it.
>
> Steve
> tr6@kc4sw.com
> www.kc4sw.com.triumph.htm
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Don Malling
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:47 PM
> To: 6-Pack; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Paint Codes Royal Blue 56 PPG 13126
>
>
> The body shop bought the paint for my TR250 Royal Blue 56. I expected to
> get PPG 13126 which is the number everyone lists but the paint store
> gave the body shop a Chrysler color DBC3146 OEM 1 832-1.
>
> I talked to the paint store and they said the original PPG color was
> 13126, but it's not possible for them to formulate the older colors with
> the new two stage Urethane paints and that PPG provides a best possible
> "blendable" equivalent color, which for Triumph 56 (old PPG 13126) is
> DBC 3146.
>
> The paint store was able to cross reference Martin Senior and Dupont
> color codes to PPG 13126, so I assume their data was good.
>
> I see from the web that this is a typical situation. Has anyone been
> through this before and is DBC 3146 the correct PPG equivalent to 13126?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don Malling
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