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He's an electrical engineer by the way, he knows what he's doin.

sure hope so......

At the risk of stating the bleedin obvious, you know you have to lean into the boot and look up underneath the panel gareth_gt's arrow points at?

I had a quick look at Halfords paint section today, the book there tells you what colours were used on different models/years. No idea how accurate it is, but it might help.

I have examined the boot from every angle. In fact I spent a relaxing week in there, exploring the bits that most tourists never get to see. I rate it as a two star accomodation. It's somewhat cramped and noisy, plus the red colour gave me a headache, but it does have a certain olde worlde ambience that you just dont find in modern cars.

retro wrote:I have examined the boot from every angle. In fact I spent a relaxing week in there, exploring the bits that most tourists never get to see. I rate it as a two star accomodation. It's somewhat cramped and noisy, plus the red colour gave me a headache, but it does have a certain olde worlde ambience that you just dont find in modern cars.

Are we still guessing then or have you worked it out? Its tornado red. Trust me, Im a polo owner! Dont buy paint stuff from halfords always go to volkswagen. I bought some silver paint from a normal car parts shop and it was totally the wrong colour.

I suppose what kind of match you get depends on how well your paints been looked after. They do reckon that paint deteriorates after 5 years, if not polished, etc regularly.

Thanks.

Karl.

look up underneath the slam panel?

no, nobody ever mentioned that. not exactly "bleedin obvious" - i expected it to be somewhere plainly visible

i'll take another look then, when i've got it down off the jack (cocking a leg so i can eke some more fuel out of the leak hole and finish the annoying drip-drip phase quicker)