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Perfect Match!!
Item is a perfect match to a difficult color, well worth the effort and wait to order.
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Volkswagen Hellblau Metallic Touch Up Paint — Paint Code LD5U
Hellblau Metallic is Volkswagen paint code LD5U. Volkswagen used LD5U on the ID.7 from 1986 to 1988. Hellblau Metallic also appears as code L8. Hellblau Metallic is sold as Light Blue Metallic in other markets.
Paint codesLD5U
- Paint code
- LD5U · L8
- Production years
- 1986–1988
- Finish
- Not recorded
- Gloss
- Not recorded
- Shade family
- Blue
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Is LD5U the same as L8?
- Manufacturer code
LD5UUsually the one on your car’s label - Supplier code
L8
A single factory colour is often recorded under more than one code: the manufacturer’s own code, an industry standard number, and a supplier code. They all mix to the same paint. The code printed on your vehicle’s paint label is the one to match.
Sold under other names
- USALight Blue Metallic
Which Volkswagen models came in Hellblau Metallic (LD5U)?
Will LD5U match my Volkswagen if the paint has faded?
The kit is mixed to the LD5U formula — the same code printed on your vehicle’s paint label — not colour-matched by eye. On panels that still carry their factory paint, that reproduces the original tone.
Where it will not match
- Panels bleached by years of sun sit lighter than the factory formula. The kit reproduces the original colour, not the faded one.
- A panel that has already been resprayed is no longer the factory colour, so the code will not describe it.
- Metallic and pearl finishes are harder to blend across a large area than solid colours — they are at their best on chips and thin scratches.
- Damage larger than a few centimetres, or down to bare metal over a wide area, is body-shop work.
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What you get.
What's in the box
Package content
| Item | Basic | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
 Paint | 25ml | 50ml | 100ml |
 Correct N Clear | 50ml | 50ml | 100ml |
 Paste | 25ml | 25ml | 25ml |
 Wax | 25ml | 25ml | 25ml |
 Brush | 5pcs | 5pcs | 10pcs |
 Microfiber Cloth | Included | Included | Included |
 Surface Cleaning | Included | Included | Included |
 Sponge | Included | Included | Included |
 Surface Leveling | Included | Included | Included |
 Gloves | Included | Included | Included |
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Reviews from Volkswagen owners
Reviews of the Color N Drive touch up kit, written by buyers on Amazon.
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Amazing product
Perfect color match, easy to use, good instructions, and everything is included. Highly recommend
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Scratches barely noticeable
Watched YouTube video demo and followed it. Easy to use and excellent results. You really need to be on top of it to notice anything was done.
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Great Product- Follow Directions, it works!
I wish I would have taken a before picture, had a 3” long scratch down to the metal where my side mirror on a 2021 VW Atlas clipped a pole in my garage. Reading the other reviews people mention that the correct and clear…
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