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The color code of your car means the type of paint that your manufacturer used when
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they were producing the car and you can find the color code in two places in your vehicle.
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So first of all the color code may be found on the VIN plate. This is the metal plate
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with the VIN number of your vehicle. And somewhere in this VIN plate you
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can find something like this. In my car is NH603P. This is the color code. Unfortunately,
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in Honda, they don't give the information that exactly this is the color code.
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In other cars, you may see kind of color or paint number or something like this written here.
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Or the second possible thing where you can find is a service book that you have. And on
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the first page of this book you will have different information about the vehicle.
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And here is the paint number, the paint code. Unfortunately, the Honda dealership
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representative was in a bad mood, when he was writing this, and you probably not understand
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these numbers mean the paint code and what these numbers are. I just know that it's NH603P.
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And when you will need this color code is when you buy paint for painting your car,
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when you buy used parts, when you buy parts from scrapyard to install in your
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car. I mean body parts of course, painted parts. And you can buy these parts according to the color
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code of your car and they will match. But there is a catch. When you buy used parts or when you buy
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paint to paint a car that is older than 5-6 years, you may better use the scanning technique that
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they use in body repair shops and paint stores. Over time, some effects like sun and weather may
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affect your paint and it may change its shade a little bit. And then, when you buy the paint
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according to your color code or when you buy the body part, the used body part, according
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to the color code they may not exactly match. And you will see the difference. It's slight
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difference but you may spot that this part was painted or it was bought used. So if you
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need to paint or repair the body of an older car, you may need to go to the paint store,
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to the body repair shop, and order the service that is called scanning of your paint.
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And they will scan the shade of the paint that is currently in your vehicle and they will mix
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this paint for you. They will use different paints and mix this exact shade that now you
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have in your vehicle and you will have the paint that will match everything in your car.
