jonathan909 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 We've determined that all Foresters on Alberta highway #549 are cursed. After writing off two last year (deer), a moose ran my girls off the road on Friday. I just can't get a break (in the wrenching) with these things. Now I need a fender. So I looked up my VIN on vindecoderz.com , which is the best free online tool I've found so far (Question 1: Does anyone know a better one?), and it confirmed that I've got 8J6 - ROYAL SILVER M/GRAY paint. Now I'm plugging in the numbers from the wrecker's web site in an effort to find a match, but it's not returning the "additional information" section, where the paint info is. Question 2: Is the problem that the paint is in the last six ("sequential production") digits, and the detailed information on those is just not available anywhere? Question 3: Am I going about this all wrong? Question 4: Which years use the same panel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FerGloyale Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 year and model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan909 Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Sorry - stupid me. '01 Forester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike104 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) MY 98-2002 will use the same panel (according to car-part.com) Edited January 28, 2019 by Mike104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan909 Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) Okay, thanks. Guess I'm just going to have to trudge the yard to get a paint match. Edited January 28, 2019 by jonathan909 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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