WRXrowdy

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I have what I have always believed to be an obsidian black blobeye WRX.
When ordering a part for the car a while ago I was told, when I gave the reg number over the phone to the parts dept, that it was a black graphite WRX. Again last week I spoke to a Subaru parts dept asking about some 05 onwards STi rear wheelarch extensions. I was told that they come painted, so I explained that my car is a WRX and that I need them to match up with an 05 STi rear bumper that I am putting on the car so gave the paint code, which is 18L.
I was once again told that this was black graphite.
However, I am convinced that the colour of my car matches that of every obsidian black Impreza that I have looked at, when I was looking to buy an Impreza in the first place.
I believe black graphite is Mica paint, that is predominantly black, with maybe a little blue in the metal flake.
I also believe that obsidian black is a pearlescent and has a gold colour flip to it when viewed in bright sunlight.
My car has the latter paint.
Any help much appreciated, thanks.

TurboAndy

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Code 18L is Graphite Black used on subarus in 2003 and 2004
Code 32J is Obsidian Black used on subarus in 2005, 2006 and 2007

Hope this helps.

chris-boris

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follow these links for all the paint codes:

First match in google

Third match in google

WRXrowdy

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Thanks.
According to that link it can only be graphite black.
Anyone got personal experience of this colour, with regards to it having a gold colour flip in it when the sun is shining on it, just to confirm, as I need the rear bumper resprayed to match the rest of the car.
The bumper as I mentioned earlier has not got the gold flip in it. It is, I think, from a jap import so I don't know what black it is. The car is 03 WRX, the bumper STi version 9.

Midlife......

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Isn't your paint code on your VIN plate ?

Shaun