Oskar

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Hi, ive tried to email prodrive about the paintcode they used on the 97-00 WRC cars, it might be different paint from 99 to 00 but im not really sure. But they have not answered.

Has anyone here the paintcode? It seems quite hard to find it, ive not found anything when ive googled it etc..

Midlife......

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74F Sonic Blue IIRC........took over from 555 blue 53C

But I may be wrong (I usually am) .

Shaun

Don Clark

AFAIK 74F is the paint code you want however there are numerous mixes for it.........




https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...-question.html

Oskar

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74F is the standard roadcar color, i wish it was that simple.

Prodrive used a different color.

Don Clark

And how do you know that??

As stated previously there are approx 6 different shades for 74F

It also goes by different names, Sonic Blue, New 555 Rally Blue, WR Blue, New 555 Blue Pearl..............

Oskar

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Ive read it and heard it from different people, and that the color was a prodrive secret. Also looking at high res pictures from 97 and on the color dont looks like the normal 74F.

But are you 100% sure they used 74F, then i and other people must be wrong..

Don Clark

No I'm not sure just wondered how come you were

Try PMing MikeWood on here https://www.scoobynet.com/member.php?u=3165

as he used to work for Prodrive and now works for IM (Subaru UK) he may know for a fact............

stevie1982

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I also have heard that, the 74f was the road car version and there was another code for the rally car. Sure scoobyclinc and one of the other tuners on here possibly API knew the actual paint code although I maybe wrong.

Don Clark

As a follow up on this.....

TonyBurns

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The paint itself isn't actually metallic as 74f is, it's more of a 1 off type paint as you point out there Don, a special order and probably not available to the public.

Tony

TurboAndy

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I can also back this up that the paint used on the WRC cars was very different to that Subaru painted there road cars with.

The Trooper 1815

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I did the Subaru WRC trip to Prodrive before they severed ties. The rally car production was very different and cars where stripped back to a white base coat (as it's lighter without pigment) then a single coat of the colour paint applied.

The mix may have been a secret but modern technology and paint mixing should be able to get a match somewhere.

Don Clark

That would be the reason that having found it, I've posted Standox's paint mix details for "Prodrive Rally blue" and no doubt other paint suppliers have a similar formulation for it.

merlin24

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Give Ryan ( prodriverules) a PM - he might shed some light on it.

Mick

Shaggy1991

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Best way probably is to get onto wrc spares and ask for a paint chipping and get the colour identified.

I know when a friend of mine wanted the NATO military green for his land rover defender, he asked the people who deal with ex military vehicles and they charged him £30 just for the tiniest flake of paint... but he really wanted that colour, so he did it and took the flake to a paint shop, they did some tests and came back with the colour and a code.

Well, that's one option anyway.

TonyBurns

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You could have bought nato green from an army surplus store, it has some stuff in there for IR reflection but its not that expensive.

As for the Prodrive colour, as said its just gloss not metallic, looks nice though but dont think you would want it on your motor.

N555BAT

It's a similar story with the original '555 blue.' 53C was just for the road cars, Prodrive used a Renault colour on the Group A cars!

darren111969

hi guys
i'am making a model scoobs wrc rally car (2001 ritchard burns wrc scoobs) & model paint code says baltic blue,which i got a can of & its slight lighter then my mcrae
but i got a code 02c could this be of some use