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Old 07-03-2016, 06:25 AM
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I have a 89 pioneer cant seem to match paint dealer gave me pe8 as color but tryed 2 spray cans and both did not look right at all they looked too reddish.

My jeep looks more like a dark purple. Any ideas.
The rattle cans are too light and bright looking. I used grey primer.

I used a dupli can called pr8 on the hood before seemed close

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Looked for PE8 for an '89 but couldn't find it.


Check to see if you have a decal on the rear end of the driver's door. If you have one, the paint code is on it.


Post it here if you can find it.
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27 years of weathering is goina be a difficult color to match
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The tag on the door looks like this.
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If you're using rattle cans, you'll never be able to faithfully match that color after 27 years. The best a professional could hope for is to blend in the booth and try to make it look decent. Might be time for a total repaint if you're that worried about how it looks.
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I also have an 89 pioneer. It is deep blue/purple. I like the color. I haven't seen many that color.

When I first seen it I thought it was blue then black. It's changes in light.

I've also had people call it green.
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ya i had advanced make up the color in a spray can and it just seems off im not that worried but i mean i am patching rust and all so i wanted to try and cover a couple of the bondo patches and cover my faded cracked paint roof.

I realize its old but at the same time i dont want it to look like its ready for the scrap yard
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