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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 Malvenrot Touch Up Paint — Paint Code LY3E
Malvenrot is Volkswagen paint code LY3E. Volkswagen used LY3E on the ID.7 from 1986 to 1991. LY3E is a solid, high gloss finish. Malvenrot also appears as code G3. Malvenrot is sold as Crimson Red in other markets.
Paint codesLY3E
- Paint code
- LY3E · G3
- Production years
- 1986–1991
- Finish
- Solid
- Gloss
- High gloss
- Shade family
- Red
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Is LY3E the same as G3?
- Manufacturer code
LY3EUsually the one on your car’s label - Supplier code
G3
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
- USACrimson Red
Which Volkswagen models came in Malvenrot (LY3E)?
Will LY3E match my Volkswagen if the paint has faded?
The kit is mixed to the LY3E 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…
Easy as it getsThree steps.
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