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Old 03 October 2010, 12:33 PM
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hello all,

any owners of a 2003 shape on here that could confirm the name of the BLACK colour?
is it OBSIDIAN BLACK PEARL like the 06 onwards? or another type of black?
worried about a second hand part matching mine in colour before i buy.

cheers
Old 03 October 2010, 02:14 PM
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the paint code is 18 L


if you go to halfords or anywhere else, they only really need to know that its a 2003 Subaru Impreza, paint code is 18 L. If they really need to know a name (they shouldn't) its graphite black mica.

but 18 L is the paint code.
Old 03 October 2010, 02:16 PM
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just re read it and if you are buying a door or somethin off a 2003, the paint is different. never compared like to like, but they aren't the same.
hope that helps
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cheers mate, it is indeed different. bugger
Old 13 October 2010, 03:52 PM
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it aint Obsidian Black fella, that's a fact.

It's a black metalic with good fleck

I thought they called it Black Gold Mica or something like that when I owned my 2003STI

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My old 02 plate was black with blue flecks and called 'Blue black' presume they dropped that one for the blobeye
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from what ive found out it seems with each facelift they changed the blacks to other types. *******o's. wouldve saved me a few bob on the second hand bits
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