American looking for 2006? 2007? XR8 Falcon Exterior Paint color code

[USAFairlane]

I recently saw a current model year/body design XR8 Falcon over here in the USA with an increadible color (sorry colour) of orange. It was being tested by Ford at one of their desert proving grounds and appeared to be stock/production built. I've been looking for years for an OEM production color of orange that didn't have too much of a white or brown base tone and was not a metallic effect paint (that is - a solid plain color) to it to paint my 1969 Ford Torino Cobra (Fairlane).

Can anyone tell me what the exterior paint color code is for that very bold intense orange color is? I've had no luck finding anything on the general internet. Found the Ford of Australia customer website, but the site does not list the color names nor does it even do justice to the color I saw. If you may be knowledgable enough, do you know who makes it for the Ford factory in Australia (ie. PPG, DuPont, etc)? Do you know if it is a tinted clear coat to help with the intensity/richness of that color? Please let me know. THanks.

[Bucknaked]

The colour your looking for I think is octane. I beleive ford only has 1 orange colour. Last orange was Mandarin, but tht stopped in 05 I think after the BA Mk2. Before that was Blood Orange.

Heres a link, see if this is what your after

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars...00&Cr=6&seot=0

I agree. Its great colour.

I'll see of I can find the code. Usually ford give it a 2 character code. Maybe for this it will be OT. But I'll see if I can find anything.

[JefXR8]

if you know the actual name of the colour i can give you the code,but dont wanna give you the code if no one is 100% sure of the name.

Octane comes up as blue in my comp buknaked

[xe351]

Originally Posted by JefXR8

if you know the actual name of the colour i can give you the code,but dont wanna give you the code if no one is 100% sure of the name.

Octane comes up as blue in my comp buknaked

hey hey a fellow taree-ite. I grew up there, ps its nicer than mildura

[Mechan1k]

Octane is Orange

Neo and Bionic are blue.
Ford website shows this in the colour pallet.

I quick gauge on getting the right colour got to this page:
http://www.ford.com.au/servlet/Conte...Page&c=DFYPage

Click on the 2nd page of cars listed and select the XR8 ute ... and click on the colour on the on the right in the colour pallet.

[Polyal]

Id say it would be Blood Orange, as the cars in the US would most likely be BA's, not BF's.

Its either going to be:

Blood Orange -
Mandarin -
Octane -

I have no idea what the codes are though.

[Mechan1k]

Blood Orange was the best of the oranges brought out in the B-series cars.

[mowog]

Originally Posted by Mechan1k

Blood Orange was the best of the oranges brought out in the B-series cars.

I second that... Its great colour if it was still around I would have picked it instead of Seduce...

Octane looks to much like a yellow cab...

[FPV8U]

Originally Posted by Mechan1k

Blood Orange was the best of the oranges brought out in the B-series cars.

Agreed, nothing is better than Blood Orange, but black isn't a bad 2nd :evil3:

[landau5.8]

IF it is Octane then it will be OT code...

[Polyal]

LOL....FoA take a car to the US for testing, and out of all the colours they could use they try and be stealthy with Blood Orange...

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by Polyal

LOL....FoA take a car to the US for testing, and out of all the colours they could use they try and be stealthy with Blood Orange...

Ahhhh ... yeah ... talk about inconspicuous :

[Casper]

Threads merged and moved to The Pub.

[pennybrain]

Did it look like this orange??

If so then it is Blood orange.

Can give you more pictures of this colour if you would like.

[GTP 320]

If it's a BA model you are looking for , then it was called " Blood Orange "

Cheers John

[xr8edute]

My recollection is that blood orange was not available in the BA utes. I have a late BA XR8 Ute Series 1 and Blood was not available at time of order. I have a Manderin one.
I think that blood orange was available on the BA cars but not the utes....maybe.
I think that my ute is one of the last ones made for series one because it has series two tail lights but still only 5-speed manual, not six speed. Sort of came out a series 1.5 if you like. ha ha

IMHO the mandarin is nicer than Blood, but only because it looks like it contains a pearl and metallic paint. Really 'pops' in the sun. But thats just my opinion. lol

Cheers

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by xr8edute

My recollection is that blood orange was not available in the BA utes. I have a late BA XR8 Ute Series 1 and Blood was not available at time of order. I have a Manderin one.
I think that blood orange was available on the BA cars but not the utes....maybe.
I think that my ute is one of the last ones made for series one because it has series two tail lights but still only 5-speed manual, not six speed. Sort of came out a series 1.5 if you like. ha ha

IMHO the mandarin is nicer than Blood, but only because it looks like it contains a pearl and metallic paint. Really 'pops' in the sun. But thats just my opinion. lol

Cheers

You are badly misinformed. Blood Orange was available on any XR, sedan or ute. The reason it wasn't available when you ordered one was that it had already been replaced with the duller Mandarin.

The different taillights were made as a cost cutting running change. They weren't intended to be released with the MkII.


The color in question that was seen in the US would have been Blood Orange on a BA as Ford sent a few over a couple of years ago.

[b2tf]

It's got to be blood orange.

My personal preference is Mandarin though, why they dropped that colour I will never know.One of the best colours to come out on any Ford IMHO.

xr8d ute - Blood Orange was available on sedan and ute, XR/FPV only.

Taillights were changed mid way through Mk1 BA - same time the RTV was introduced. Reason being that for RTV to comply, the new design was required, so in order to reduce costs, all ute taillights were changed to be the same design. They come out of F150's from the states.

[Fev]

Originally Posted by xr8edute

IMHO the mandarin is nicer than Blood, but only because it looks like it contains a pearl and metallic paint. Really 'pops' in the sun. But thats just my opinion. lol

Cheers

yeah that paint looks so deep and good, there is a BAmk1 XR6T with the mandarin paint and i only ever see it in the sun and i cant help but stare at it as i drive past.



ok Mandarin paint code is E2.
Blood Orange paint code is HO

[Mechan1k]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not sure on the colour ... but you are right about the short run of BA Mk1.5 utes that are on the roads.

[Falchoon]

Blood Orange was the solid brighter Orange that came out on earlyish BA Falcons (from 2003 I think).
It was discontinued and replaced by a slightly duller metallic colour Mandarin.
Octane is the new current Orange that replaces Mandarin.

[1970galaxie]

If It's Blood Orange, the code is HO.

Here's mine.

[Jayden]

second Blood orange as the most likely. Although this thread has served to be as confusing as hell. :P

[Ruger]

definately blood orange becaus mandarin im pretty sure has a metallic effect in it.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Id say its Octane...

[Bucket]

Not to Hijack this thread but why Are FoMoCo USA STILL testing an XR8 let alone Falcons??
And have you seen the rear of the next Focus for USA? The tail lights SCREAM Falcon...Isnt the US talking about a Uniform Design for their models...Surely they wouldnt be... : I dont want to sound crazy but put the pieces together.

[USAFairlane]

Everyone - Thanks for your help. Still learning how to deal with these chat rooms/forums. From the pictures I've seen above I believe the color I saw was blood orange, as it was not metallic or pearl.....just pure color. Thank you for your help.

[USAFairlane]

Sorry, thought of some questions about this Blood Orange color. 1) is it a basecoat / clearcoat? 2) any idea if it is a tinted clearcoat - if so is there a code? and lastly 3) any idea what color the primer color used under the basecoat is? I really appreciate your help on this.

As for why orange in the US - your guess is as good as mine, but I really wish FoMoCo would bring that bad boy over here, they would sell a ton of them (assuming there is a Left hand drive version as most US drivers aren't that smart to figure out a Right Hand drive, let alone drive one without running over some poor bystander) Thanks again.

[Polyal]

There should be a few paint people here that could help you out.

As for the car being there, Id say it would be just for hot weather testing, there is a facility in the states that we dont have here, yet.

[b2tf]

Reasonably sure it is a basecoat, I'll look it up for you tomorrow.