Porsche paint codes

Guards Red has carried several paint codes over the decades, including 027, 80K, 84A and, on newer models, M3A. Its sales code is G1. On the vehicle data label the code often appears with a leading L, for example L80K.

Speed Yellow's paint codes are 12G and 12H, and its sales code is X4. Porsche offered it on the 968 and the 911 from the 1993 model year, and later on the 996, 997, Boxster and Cayman up to the 2012 model year.

No. Mexico Blue (paint code 336) is a 1970s color that Porsche has brought back several times since. Riviera Blue (39E) belongs to the 1994 and 1995 model years of the 911 and the 968, and it is noticeably greener.

Look for the vehicle data label in the front luggage compartment, usually under the carpet. A copy of that label is often in the maintenance booklet as well. On a 996 you will typically find codes like 92U, C9Z or 6B4, sometimes with a leading L.

They are two different colors. Polar Silver Metallic (92E, and also 92M on the 996) was offered from the early 1990s. Arctic Silver Metallic (92U, 92T) arrived in the late 1990s, on cars like the Boxster and the 996, and was offered until around the 2012 model year.

On vehicle data labels Porsche often prints the paint code with a leading L, for example L39E or L12G. It refers to the same paint as 39E or 12G, so you can look it up here without the L.

From the 1990s on, Porsche used a short two-character sales code for the color, such as X4 for Speed Yellow, and a separate paint code for the paint itself, such as 12G. Because paint formulations changed over time, one color name can have several paint codes. For touch-up paint, always use the paint code from your car's label.

Often, yes. Send me your model and paint code. I validate every new color on paper before I print it, so a new color takes a little longer, but that's how every color in my catalog started.