There's a factory color chart at this site -

http://t3designer.de/

which also lets you waste hours designing your perfect T3. 
Here's my Syncro after a few clicks -

http://vanagonlust.tumblr.com/post/125770675387

Angus

> On Aug 3, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Mark Hersh <cmwolfsburg@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I think that's the same color as my bus, AKA "merian brown"
> 
> http://www.gti16v.com/vwcsla8a.htm#vwcsla8a
> 
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 6:47 PM, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi to all,
>> 
>> I have this Weekender and I’m not sure what the color code is.  It looks
>> like a metallic brown.  The paper is missing from under the dash, only the
>> signs of glue and some remnant of paper parts of it are left behind.
>> I looked at some websites and found LA8A as a code.  Of course on the
>> computer the color looks way different what it really is.  And I think
>> there are more than one kind of brown existing.
>> 
>> Would any of you know more than I?
>> 
>> Zoltan
> 
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