Your poptop/luggage rack should be Pastel White (L09D) and I'd recommend
heading that way.  I've found that the darker painted roofs attract some
serious solar gain.

Otherwise, look here: http://www.gti16v.com/vwcolors.htm  Looks like Dove
Grey Metallic (LH5U)

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:57 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:

> I posted the same question on thesamba.com and posted a picture.
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=414772
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> -Craig
> '85GL turned WESTY
> BOSTIG in back
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Marius Strom <marstrom@microsoft.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I own an '88 Dove Blue Westy, and my poptop is definitely a gray-ish
> color.
> >  May have a tinge of blue to it, but that's my guess.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > craig cowan
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 5:13 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: GRAY? Was Gray a poptop color?
> >
> > Urgent need to figure out what the color of my poptop is.
> > I was able to get a new luggage rack and i'm sending it off to be painted
> > tomorrow. Ideally we establish that my poptop is a stock color.
> >
> > Background information:
> > My poptop is not original to my vehicle. My vehicle is a sunroof bus and
> > the previous owner added the poptop.
> > The Poptop is factory without a sunroof/vent indicating to me that it's
> > early (Pre '84?) (More likely even Pre '82?).
> > The color is gray/blue.
> >
> > Is this a stock color? If so, what model year/color combination was this
> > offered on? (So the paint shop can look up the code)
> >
> > We're getting closer to the point where I will tell the horse skull
> story.
> >
> > -Craig
> > '85GL turned WESTY
> > BOSTIG in the back
> >
> >
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

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