Have GM paint codes changed?

[VivaPete]

Hi
Try Halfords. They now do paint mixing on the premises. I enquired about Monza Red it was listed under Opel as Monza Red 1963-1965 weirdly enough. A small brush applied pot will be £10 and 300ML spray is £13.99.
It's worth checking them out.

[fistfullofV5's]

Sorry to disagree but I wouldn't recommend Halfords for a paint match. I once had the misfortune to use one of their aerosols when touching up the Mondeo. Worst colour match I ever saw for metropolis blue,a fairly common Ford colour. Got mine mixed from an online supplier from a code and it was absolutely spot on.
Dave

[droopsnoot]

Was that a mixed aerosol, or one of the off the shelf ones? A mate of mine sometimes uses Halfords for a quick aerosol if he needs it the same day and reports reasonably good things. I guess with the paint mixing, it's as much having a decent operator who knows what they're doing and wants to do it right as anything - and that will vary from store to store.

[VivaPete]

I haven't used the Halfords mix as yet but my mate owns a 1968 mini and the touch up pot is a perfect match. Granted the mini has a modern respray but don't all our cars now.

[fistfullofV5's]

My Ford colour was one of their own brand off the shelf aerosols and it was dire in terms of colour match.

[viva les vegas]

I've had Halfords mix up a can of 1BL to do the inserts on my wheels, and it came out pretty close to the photo of a sample I found (on here). I've also had them mix up a couple cans for my Audi as I couldn't find it on the shelf, and it's a perfect match.
Oh, when they looked for 1BL under Vauxhall, it came up as a flat blue instead of Aqua Starmist, but when they looked under Opel, it came up with the correct metallic stuff