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2008 Chevy Silverado 1500 Color code???

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tamiclarke New Member

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The color code from my glove box of my Chevy Silverado is U 928L. I'm seeing on paint sites that the color of that code is a blue grey/stealth gray/coastal grey. My truck is listed as Summit White but is an off white, almost creamy, vanilla, yellowish. I researched my VIN to see if it was in an accident and possibly painted but no records show any accidents. Any ideas? Am I looking at the wrong code in the glove box?

 

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newdude Senior Enthusiast

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Does the VIN in the glove box match the VIN on the registration and or the windshield cowl? Sometimes folks change gloveboxes out (broken door and they get a used one). Also, GM doesn't always put the right color code for some reason sometimes.

 

Looks to me like your truck is White Diamond Tricoat, WA800J.

 

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davester Senior Enthusiast

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If you aren't sure if it's right, maybe go to a dealer and get them to look up what the color code is. They should have it.

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Dannp Enthusiast

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Don't ever go by the color name, you would not believe some of the names they come up with. Any GM dealer can check you Vin and give you the paint code, but just because you have a code doesn't mean you have all the info. Paint codes can vary within the same manufacturer and outside of them. You can have a paint code such as yours and it be a white in 2008 but it might be a silver in 2017. You have to look up the paint code and year. Now I'm an Autobody technician and I've been dealing with this for 25 years. I can look up your paint code tomorrow by year and tell you what it's called, but why do you want the name and or code? The reason I ask is not to overcomplicate things but even if you have the name, year and code, there can be as many as 3,4 or even 10 plus variants. We mix all of our own PPG paint and there are variant decks to compare the variant colors to the vehicle. Each variant color has a different mixing ratio with sometimes completely different tints. Anyway I will post tomorrow what the name of your color is and how many variants there are.

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