Som = rom?
From what I understand, Cayenne Red and Red-Orange Metallic were very similar (some sources even claim that they are the same color) but whereas Cayenne Red was offered as a color choice for the Camaro, Red-Orange Metallic was only offered for Firebirds. Also, you will not come across a great number of them (ROM cars) as they were only available on the '96-'98 cars.
I'm not great on the lt1 years But it was a production color for 98 fbodys.
According to chevy white book they made it for 3 years 96,97,98
Cayenne red met was the chevy color they made 1,914 camaros 126 being Conv in 98.
They made the same color for firebirds in 96,97,98 called
Red Orange Met.
They made a total of 600 fire birds.
368 base firebirds.
18 Base Conv.
44 formulas.
149 TA.
21 TA conv.
The paint code is 96
According to chevy white book they made it for 3 years 96,97,98
Cayenne red met was the chevy color they made 1,914 camaros 126 being Conv in 98.
They made the same color for firebirds in 96,97,98 called
Red Orange Met.
They made a total of 600 fire birds.
368 base firebirds.
18 Base Conv.
44 formulas.
149 TA.
21 TA conv.
The paint code is 96
Are you sure thats ROM? It looks like Red Maple metallic to me, another rare color only offered in a certain year wasnt it? My Dream Ls1 was a Red Maple Metallic on camel interior unfortuneatly they stopped producing it by the time i got my license and my dad wouldn't buy me a used car. I ended up with boring torch red on neutral but i still loved it and i was the only 16 year old at school with a brand new 2002 WS6. I wanted that color so bad becuase my dad had a lifted GMC Duramax with the same color combo. Because they were so similar i, often wondered if it was the same paint with a different name. But i never got to compare them side by side. We need pics of all thes different rare red colors so everyone(myself included) can see the differences right next to each other
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Found a member on here with a maple red metallic ws6. His name is seetbone hope he doesnt mind me posting his car but i wanted to offer this color for comparisons
https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-f...ns-here-2.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-f...ns-here-2.html
Yes I'm sure.
Never heard of that color heard of maple leaf firehawks but not that paint.
The color I stated above covers those years.
There is a maple red metallic I think it started in 2000 thru 2002 in the firebird line of cars little darker then ROM.
It looks like the camaro color is called monterey maroon metallic and started in 1999 thru 2002.
32 coupe 13 conv for 1999.
paint code is 44.
No ws6 cars were produced in that color.
ws6 cars had limited paint options.
Never heard of that color heard of maple leaf firehawks but not that paint.
The color I stated above covers those years.
There is a maple red metallic I think it started in 2000 thru 2002 in the firebird line of cars little darker then ROM.
It looks like the camaro color is called monterey maroon metallic and started in 1999 thru 2002.
32 coupe 13 conv for 1999.
paint code is 44.
No ws6 cars were produced in that color.
ws6 cars had limited paint options.
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I've been told that GM rotates suppliers at times. The codes might be different because of different manufacturers.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
I can't imagine why or how this would be possible on the Pontiacs when it wasn't the case for Camaro. For both model years, 2001 and 2002, the SOM color code for Chevrolet was 633H (RPO 71U). In fact, 633H was even used for the handful of model year 2000 (I believe there were about ~13 SOM cars built for 2000) Camaros built as a prep production run of this color.
Not sure if any SOM Pontiac owners will catch this, but it would be great if we could get someone to confirm what color code is actually printed on their SPID labels for both a 2001 and a 2002 SOM Pontiac.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
28U is just the RPO for NBM coloring, and it applies to both Camaro and Firebird for that same color. The actual paint code for NBM was 352E as you stated above, but this was the same color code for Camaro as for Firebird/TA. Perhaps the first letter might be different, such as U, L, or WA, but the rest should be the same as there was only one NBM shade offered for both nameplates.
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Really need to go by paint code not the name of the paint used in marketing and sales material. Paint ref links also gives major paint manufacturer mix codes.
GM Sunset Orange Metallic 71/WA633H
Pontiac red orange metallic 1996-98 96/WA122B same as Cayenne Red Metallic for Chevrolet
https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/paintde...?gmcode=WA633H
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...?gmcode=WA122B
GM Sunset Orange Metallic 71/WA633H
Pontiac red orange metallic 1996-98 96/WA122B same as Cayenne Red Metallic for Chevrolet
https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/paintde...?gmcode=WA633H
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...?gmcode=WA122B
