I have a 2012 sd4. The paint on the front wing air intakes is peeling off. It is a silver grey colour. The local LR dealer hasn’t a clue what the colour is, can anyone help please?

Trev1 said:

I have a 2012 sd4. The paint on the front wing air intakes is peeling off. It is a silver grey colour. The local LR dealer hasn’t a clue what the colour is, can anyone help please?

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I assume you checked from the V5 and the metal plate code for confirmation colour. As the vehicle is old enough for the Sun to be effective. You may find a shade difference when rattle can is sprayed. The Landrover dealership is thick and should be tarred and feathered while paraded down the street. Age of the vehicle will govern two versions of paint used silver grey or silver white paint and so on for another version next year. The vin plate hopefully on the passenger door pillar unless placed somewhere else gives a code for paint as equivalent to the V5 doc.
Please find a local trebuchet manufacturer and commission a seat comfortable to take the Landrover dealership advisor.

Trev1 said:

I have a 2012 sd4. The paint on the front wing air intakes is peeling off. It is a silver grey colour. The local LR dealer hasn’t a clue what the colour is, can anyone help please?

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Should be a sticker on the drivers side door frame - it’ll have the vin. Should also be a 3 digit code and colour on that sticker.

Like this…

If you know the VIN, you can also plug it into a VIN decoding site and it will tell you what colour it was when it left the factory.

Eg...


Which is interesting because it tells me my car is "Lago Grey" as well - but its names is "Bluey". I am though RG colour blind so it must give the motor a bit of a complex.

Thanks for all your help Guys. But I must be as thick as my local LR dealer.
The colour of my car is Sumatra Black but the air intakes, like the radiator grille and the wheels are silver grey, and that is the colour I am trying to establish.