VX Paint Code

[Y2kGoofball]

Hey all

I need a paint code for a 1999 VT Exec "Heron White".

Ive got the bit at work I need painted but I forgot to grab the paint code off the car. Holden arent of assistance getting me the paint code unless Ive got the VIN :cussing: and I dont have the car with me, its locked up at home!!!!

Any help is good help

Edit - sorry forgot to mention a) yes its for a VT, I put VX in the heading coz Im used to talking about my VX but its acctually a friends VT and b) I need the code that a paint shop uses - Im told theres the Holden touch up paint code and a panel shop paint code??

[NUTSvuS]

It should be:
J073

[mido2k]

Can anyone confirm that J073 is the correct paint code for a VX in Heron White?

[D3CID3R]

Goof, ask Mitch tomorrow if you can have a look at the code on his VY.:)

[planetdavo]

.....11u.....

[GMMAD]

Can anyone confirm that J073 is the correct paint code for a VX in Heron White?
thats the one

[planetdavo]

Most Holden colours use a couple of codes, depending on whether it's the car maufacturers code, or the industry code.
Heron white is heron white, with EITHER code.

[VZ_V8]

correct me if i'm wrong but arent there two variants of heron white, some colours at my dads work might have up to 3 or 4 variants, and from memory when i mixed up the colour for mine (heron white) there were two variants.

[planetdavo]

correct me if i'm wrong but arent there two variants of heron white, some colours at my dads work might have up to 3 or 4 variants, and from memory when i mixed up the colour for mine (heron white) there were two variants.
There are two CODES for this, not two COLOURS (within the period covering the VS onward models. We get quite a few enquiries at work about this colour, as people go to autobarn for example, and want J073 Heron (from the under bonnet code), but they only list 11U Heron (the Holden code in Microcat), but they are actually the same. Holden have a few examples of this, including calling one code two different colours, Sting Red is also Redhot! Same colour.
A different car maker possibly also calls their white "heron", but it is nothing to do with Holden.

[kart_racer]

The code for a Heron White VT is definitely J073. Had some paint mixed up to colour code the black parts of the bumpers on my VT and the paint matched very very well.

[planetdavo]

I will MARGINALLY correct myself. It was 11L, not 11U, but I double checked today at work, and 11L/J073 are exactly the same Heron white, used from 8/97 VS ute production onward through all Commodore variants. Depending on where you go will depend on which code they recognise.

[BOX1L]

correct me if i'm wrong but arent there two variants of heron white, some colours at my dads work might have up to 3 or 4 variants, and from memory when i mixed up the colour for mine (heron white) there were two variants.

there are 2 variants of herion white as there are for most holden colours, but the standard variant is the recomended variant

[Y2kGoofball]

as the story went the door handle went out with another door handle from a Volvo which was to be painted in "Arctic White".

The painter got them mixed up so mine ended up being VT door handle in Volvo Arctic White and the customers ended up being Volvo handle in VT Heron White, neither matched up but geez they were close though :1peek: