Paint - Formulation Change (Lead Free)

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GMC NUMBER: 89-T-82


GROUP: 10 - Body Section

DATE: July, 1989


CORPORATE
NUMBER: 951702
SUBJECT: PAINT FORMULATION CHANGE

MODELS: ALL 1989 CANADIAN PRODUCED C/K TRUCKS AND G-VANS
Vehicle Affected: All 1989 Canadian Produced C/K Trucks and G-Vans In order to meet the General Motors of Canada Ltd., Paint Systems goal of lead free color coats for the 1989 model year and future years, special paint codes 9V2 - Orange and 9V4 - Yellow have under gone a formulation change. This will affect Canadian build C/K Truck and G-Vans built in Oshawa and Scarborough, Plant codes 1 and 4 respectively. This change may affect color matching accuracy in the field if the proper formulation is not used. It should be noted that U.S. built vehicles will still use the leaded paint formulation. The following identifies the V.I.N. breakpoints when the new paint formulation went into effect.
Oshawa C/K Truck Orange - 2GCEC14K2K1191720 Yellow - 2GCGK39N8K1186306

Scarborough G-Van Yellow - 2GDHG31K4K4517576

R.P.O. Color New Code

9W4 Orange WE 9417
9W3 Yellow WE 9418

U.S. built vehicles and Orange Scarborough G-Van Codes:

R.P.O. Color Code


9V2 Orange WE 5108
9V4 Yellow WE 5247