Diamond Pearl Black / Black Magic Paint

[Kalpsn2000]

I wanted to fill some stone chips and a few small scrapes on the rear bumper (some idiot must have brushed against it ), so did some reading and ended up ordering a tin from paints4u yesterday as they were getting the thumbs up.

I ordered the LC9Z paint as this is the code for DPB/Black Magic.

Then just now I came across this thread which has got me worried it won’t match.

http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/p/223900/1891877.aspx

I didn’t realise that there are so many different coloured flakes used and there is just one code for the paint.

I am just filling some small chips so shouldn’t be a major problem.

But why has VW got just one code for so many different variants?

[will130787]

I wanted to fill some stone chips and a few small scrapes on the rear bumper (some idiot must have brushed against it ), so did some reading and ended up ordering a tin from paints4u yesterday as they were getting the thumbs up.

I ordered the LC9Z paint as this is the code for DPB/Black Magic.

Then just now I came across this thread which has got me worried it won’t match.

http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/p/223900/1891877.aspx

I didn’t realise that there are so many different coloured flakes used and there is just one code for the paint.

I am just filling some small chips so shouldn’t be a major problem.

But why has VW got just one code for so many different variants?

If your just doing a few stone chips I can't imagine it being an issue! Personally I would drop into VW and ask them which one you need, they should be able to tell you exactly which one from your VIN number

[Andy]

thier is 10 different shades of this colour

[mortygttdi]

I think I have all 10 shades on my car

Darren

[MPS]

thier is 10 different shades of this colour

  Didn't realise that! I've got a touch up kit so will be ok for stone chips.

[patrickcullen87]

yeah ive noticed a few gtis being a different colour of black 

is a black edition30 a different colour from a standard black gti???

[MPS]

There is Diamond Metallic black and Non metallic 'uni-black'. You could have a standard GTI in either, not sure if the special editions were metallic black only.

[Russ_leeds]

no im sure dave@pdt had a flat black ed30

[maxload]

My ed30 is black metalic as i'm sure every ed30 of this color is 

[higher1]

Black is the worst colour for showing stone chips ....but we all know its the fastest colour !!

[patrickcullen87]

Black is the worst colour for showing stone chips ....but we all know its the fastest colour !!

oh aye definately the fastest colour without a doubt