Burgundy Paint Code 418

[TheLeeds]

My current 940 has the paint code 418. The bonnet and roof need respraying due to the lacquer falling off.

My dilemma is that the paint code, which I think is 418 is the same as for a previous 940 which was a much darker shade. This means there's no point just ordering some based on the code because it will be too dark.

Can anyone shed any light on this ? I'd order some online and put it on with a spray gun if I could get the correct shade.

I remember in the good old days when our local car spares shop (now sadly gone) had a cross match list and it showed the closest match aerosol paint based on the code. It was great because you could buy a can, check if it was right, then get them to order enough. I suppose I could try Halfords, but I hate giving them money, and I wasn't impressed with the last paint I bought in there.

Excuse the fox in the photo. It's the only one that I can find with an example of the colour that paint code actually produces. The 940 I have now is a few shades lighter than that.

Second pic is current car, which hopefully you can see is nowhere near as dark as the first, yet they have the same paint code.

[griston64]

The lighter code paint is 428 Coral Red. It's similar to 418 Regent Red.

[Forrest]

When I had a new wing sprayed to match my red 940, paint code 428, the friend who did this used a gadget to scan the existing paint on adjacent panels to get the mix to match the twenty-five year old paint on the car rather than how it looked from the factory. This was very effective since I was having the wing sprayed stand-alone to fit myself. Apparently not all paint shops have this technology but based on my experience I’d recommend finding one that does.