Brando56894
07-09-2007, 06:10 PM
Originally I bought a dupli-color 5oz spray can to do some bodywork on my passenger side front fender. So I went to Pep Boys and looked in the book and (im sure) it said DSGM398. I used that to do all my body work, and now I went to paint my front Ground effects and the original can was empty so I went back to the same Pep Boys and looked in the book again and it said the code for a 5oz spray can was DSGM388 (I forgot to bring the original can with me, so I trusted the book) I found it but noticed that there was an "E" before the D but there was nothing about it in the book so I disregarded it.
When I got home I checked the old can and noticed the codes were different. I checked the paint code on my car and its 81U (Bright Red, and thats what both cans are also). I was confused so i went to the duplicolor site and looked up 2001 GM since thats all they had listed in their paint selector and the code it gave me for a 5oz spray can was DSGM276. Also looking through the list I noticed that DSGM398 has the clear coat already in it (I'm assuming thats what cc stands for after the color) edit: another wierd thing I went to a sub page on the site and clicked a different link for the paint selector and it brought me to another site (duplicolor.anothonylewis.com) with the same selector but it didnt have the CC when i looked up dsgm398
So now I have 3 color codes and dont know which one is correct, im confused as all hell.
When I got home I checked the old can and noticed the codes were different. I checked the paint code on my car and its 81U (Bright Red, and thats what both cans are also). I was confused so i went to the duplicolor site and looked up 2001 GM since thats all they had listed in their paint selector and the code it gave me for a 5oz spray can was DSGM276. Also looking through the list I noticed that DSGM398 has the clear coat already in it (I'm assuming thats what cc stands for after the color) edit: another wierd thing I went to a sub page on the site and clicked a different link for the paint selector and it brought me to another site (duplicolor.anothonylewis.com) with the same selector but it didnt have the CC when i looked up dsgm398
So now I have 3 color codes and dont know which one is correct, im confused as all hell.