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Re: Now I'm really curious what my Blue is? Posted by Larry West [Email]  (#1140)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Larry West) on Fri, 6 Aug 2010 12:29:39
In Reply to: Now I'm really curious what my Blue is?, 900 Aero  [Profile/Gallery]
, Fri, 6 Aug 2010 12:12:17
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As I recall, the color code would be on a small aluminum plate, along the left inner fender top, near the windshield base. See the pick linked below for what it looks like. This is for a 99 SSE in US trim, painted in "Copper Coral Metallic". Interestinglly, in my old 99 manual, there are two codes for Copper Coral Metallic, neither of which match this one!
There's marginally some logic to this code system, vs the simpler three-number system used on cars from about 1980 (and Sonetts had their own color numbering scheme). The first letter or letters indicate a grouping of similar colors (R for reds, BL for Blue, YB for Yellow/Brown??), the number in the middle is the particular number color in the group, and the last letter or letters indicate the supplier of that paint color. Sometimes two paint companies made the same color for Saab, and they were used at different plants, so cars built at Trollhättan would get one suffix, while cars built in Belgium would get a different suffix. Sometimes a "BL 6 H" and a "BL 6 G" are wildly differing tones of the same color...
(that's one of the charming things about Saab. They didn't really start to act like a "big" car company till the end of the 96 & 99 production and early 900 production...)
Some late 99 colors have three-digit equivalents, like Black, Marble White, etc.
_______________________________________ Current: 2002 9-5 Aero Kombi Cosmic Blue 2000 9-5 SE sedan, Imola Red 1990 900S Rose Quartz, Auto Past: 1999 9-5 LPT Combi 1999 9-5 LPT sedan 2002 9-5 Arc 1990 900 5-speed 1986 900 turbo Convertible 1991 9000 turbo 1980 99 GLi 1986 900 turbo 1986 900 S 1991 900 turbo 1984 900 turbo 1976 99 GL
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