Defender paint code

Officerdibble

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Northwich

• Apr 6, 2020

• #1

Hi people,
Trying to suss out paint code for my truck its red 1995 300tdi and on the vin plate underneath the word paint is BTR 171 but I can't cross referenced that number with out on tinter net .
Any ideas ....

 

wireman

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• Apr 6, 2020

• #2

It could be portfolio red, see here
https://paintman.co.uk/shop/land-rover-portofino-red-lrc390/

or Rutland red see here
https://paintman.co.uk/shop/land-rover-rutland-red-lrc607/

Or contact paintman direct.

 

Officerdibble

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• Apr 6, 2020

• #3

Cheers wire man

 

doriz

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• Apr 6, 2020

• #4

A defender, with paint, absurd.

 

Officerdibble

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• Apr 7, 2020

• #5

doriz said:

A defender, with paint, absurd.

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Ha ha ****er

 

Birdbrain

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• Apr 8, 2020

• #6

Just a word of caution. When we bought our Defender new in 1992 from a main dealer we had issues with paint flaking off air vents below windscreen. Despite the vehicle only being a few months old they couldn’t match the paint with the paint code!