Paint Code?

door,pillar,glove box?.

teem wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Vue? It is

Nope and Nope. Not under the hood either. Weird.

JohnS

Saturn uses the VIN # to decode the paint color. Any GM parts shop should be able to decipher the numbers.

marx404

Actually no. The "Service Parts ID Label" along with the RPO codes should be located on the "left hand rear door" on the Vue.

=?iso-8859-15?Q?Bl=E4Bl=E4?= wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news-server.woh.rr.com:

You the Man! Found it on the left hand rear door.

JohnS

Not really.

Figures,Saturn playing mind games-doin'it their way.

you are correct, Blah Blah, forgot about that one, but my old parts guy would cross-reference the VIN #'s also to get the paint code. Dont know why, guess he was old-school.

marx404

Never mind *why* -- I'm wondering *how* he could get the paint code from the VIN, since it isn't there.

He might have cross referenced a factory build DB that might have contained the paint color code?

Maybe... but why bother? The paint code is on a separate badge on the car. It's not necessary to look up the VIN in some database to find it.

Maybe the car wasn't readily available to her or him....

You're reaching pretty far...

The car had to be readily available to *somebody* for him to get the VIN. That somebody could have just as easily retrieved the paint code directly.

Why do you say that (The car had to be readily available to *somebody* for him to get the VIN)? As long as I have my auto registration or proof of insurance certificate with me (I keep it in my wallet), I can tell you my VIN no matter where my car is.