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Old Jun 11, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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I am unable to check my car right now so I was wondering if anyone could verify this for me.

Is 41U the paint code for all black 2002 Firehawks?

I can get a sweet deal on some touch up paint etc here, then Ill be going back home to use it.

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Old Jun 11, 2007 | 05:56 PM
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yeah i think so..... wa8555
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well look in the code sheet in your glove box ( its a decal) see if you can find 4lu there... but i work at a body shop and to my knowledge all GM paint codes are a WA #### code.... black is usually WA8555... go in the glovebox of your car and look at that sheet it was say it under the long list of stuff...
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Old Jun 11, 2007 | 06:20 PM
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i worked in a body shop for years. black is black. weather it is from a ford to gm to a chrysler they are all the same. you would never know the difference.
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some cars are mixes... and although u cant tell the difference... in the right light you can see the difference like night and day because GM black has a brownish hew to it.... where as strait black tint has no hew... i painted my hood off my car and did it strait black i didnt mix it and its fine but i can see the difference in the right light... so dont say there is no difference... iv told people their car has been painted before and they had no idea till i pointed out that the door was brownish and the 1/4 was black... im not tryen to talk **** but you are just miss informing people that might not no what you are talking about...
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by tpain
yeah i think so..... wa8555
So if I am going to get some paint to touch up at an auto supply store, do I look for black that matches wa8555 or 41U?
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well look in the code sheet in your glove box ( its a decal) see if you can find 4lu there... but i work at a body shop and to my knowledge all GM paint codes are a WA #### code.... black is usually WA8555... go in the glovebox of your car and look at that sheet it was say it under the long list of stuff...

Yea I would, I just can't get to my car right now.
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to my knowledge gm never used a metallic black on f-bodies... so if your car is NOT mettallic... look for somtihng that matches wa8555... there should be a cross reference book at the store you go to...
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Originally Posted by bowtieboy10
i worked in a body shop for years. black is black. weather it is from a ford to gm to a chrysler they are all the same. you would never know the difference.
I take it you werent the painter cause you would know this isnt the case. Paint a panel in GM 8555 black and another with UA (fords) black and I can certainly tell a difference in the light.
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Originally Posted by 02WS6speed
I take it you werent the painter cause you would know this isnt the case. Paint a panel in GM 8555 black and another with UA (fords) black and I can certainly tell a difference in the light.
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