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Soulrider911

Member Since: 04 Jul 2022
Location: California
Posts: 108

1989 Defender 90 2.5 TD SW Chawton White

Calling Paint Experts!! Help Identifying Paint color / code

Hey friends. So my 1989 Defender 90 does how have the Color stamped on the VIN plate under the hood. My car has had paint work done before I bought it, and my hope was they use the original paint color, which based on my visual observation looks to be true...?

Is there any way to identify Paint color via Decoding the VIN#? I did look up a VIN decoder and it would appear the answer is no.

That being said I have tried to dig up possible white colors that Land Rover used.
- For 1988 - 1990 the closest white appeared to be Ivory/Chamiox 354 (thinking it is this)
- Another possibility could be Chawton White 603 but the earliest was 1998

Thank you for the help

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1989 Defender 90
2022 Defender 110 SE
DIY’er | Always learning

15th Jul 2022 5:23pm

Penfold_6290

Member Since: 22 Sep 2021
Location: Dorset
Posts: 316

Shiny! Looks lovely...however, my advice would be visit a proper body shop and ask them to use a colorimeter or spectrophotometer to give you a proper colour code. When the local smart repair guy came to do some painting on my 110 he did just that and told me the Land Rover code and the result from his spectrophotometer disagreed, not by a lot but enough to be noticeable. Paint will fade and oxidise especially if you live in a sunny climate, so unless you plan to paint the whole thing it would be foolish to assume that the old original colour will match even if you did pick the right one.

15th Jul 2022 5:59pm

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3414

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black

I have a 1988 90. It took me more than 20 years to figure out the true colour. I always thought it was Marine Blue... but it was (still is) Shire Blue, a colour that I never found in any brochure.
When I was almost sure that it was Shire blue, I had a paint center mix a small batch, sprayed a sample and compared to areas that where original factory and not oxidized with UV. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

15th Jul 2022 6:02pm

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3414

Forgot to mention... lovely 90

1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

15th Jul 2022 6:03pm

kenzle8a

Member Since: 12 Feb 2020
Location: None
Posts: 1074

Bit like my chums 1986 110, it’s one of those things the colours do vary a touch depending on who supplied them or what mood they might have been in

15th Jul 2022 8:51pm

RichardL

Member Since: 24 Mar 2016
Location: Costa Rica
Posts: 5

paint code chawton white

NAL CHAWTON WHITE 1995-2002 BLVC 1218

8th Apr 2024 7:52pm

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