Respraying to Alabaster White but.. color code?

[yusuke280]

Hey all,

I'm going to respray my car to Alabaster White and there's one thing that I'm confused about.

I've done my search and came up with 3 results: 780, 960 9960.

I do know the color code 960 is the actual color, but what bothers me is what the others actually mean. In other words, but I bring my car to the paint shop next week what is the exact code I need to tell them.

Thanks

[wichipong]

what is said on the plate on the radiator support? or the sticker on the driver door jambs? have you decoded your VIN?

[anf6789]

wichipong, i believe he is painting his car different from the original color it was....

[wichipong]

wichipong, i believe he is painting his car different from the original color it was....

ok my bad... totally misread post...


well tell them 960/9960 Alabaster White then they should know what it is maybe it is the color of the trim pieces which is usually a different color than the body... n0t 100% sure on what they mean...

[MikeD]

Have you called a Mercedes dealership? They would probably be able to tell you.

[yusuke280]

thanks for the reply guys..
yea i've been struggling to find the exact answer. i've googled it and came up with a lot of the VIN no. (side door) sticker results but still isn't sure... usually its like C960 or K960,
but then other sites give me those 3 sets of number.. then some others say 9960..

[MikeD]

Alabaster White is listed as 960/9960 on paintscratch.com which seems to be a pretty realiable source. I would just give the shop the code 960/9960, tell them it's alabaster white and can be found on an 06 CLK for example.

[RemoLexi]

With my dealership, bodyshop, running an automotive paint store experience, Alabaster is code 960


Alabaster never came on 202's it came a lot of 203's so tell them
It's alabaster white, code 960 year 2006

[yusuke280]

Thanks so much for your info!

In the end, I chose Calcite white 650!
Wanted a warm white so i'll post pics in a month later!