What color is my Yukon?

[watchesandputters]

I could use a little help on a new to me 02 Yukon SLT. I'm very familiar with using RPO stickers for digging up details however this one has me stumped. The paint code pulls up a sandalwood which mine most definitely isn't, when I bought it I thought it was dark spiral gray (hasn't been detailed in years and still has a layer of filth on the paint even though it was garaged). Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

 

[adventurenali92]

A pic of the exterior of the truck would probably help.

 

[watchesandputters]

Probably should have included the picture of the 4x4 spot I hit with a quick rubbing compound...

 

[OR VietVet]

I could use a little help on a new to me 02 Yukon SLT. I'm very familiar with using RPO stickers for digging up details however this one has me stumped. The paint code pulls up a sandalwood which mine most definitely isn't, when I bought it I thought it was dark spiral gray (hasn't been detailed in years and still has a layer of filth on the paint even though it was garaged). Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Welcome to the forum but yes, need a pic of the truck paint, for crying out loud....LOL! C'mon man!

 

[adventurenali92]

Really hard to tell from that photo. Would be easier to see the whole truck

 

[watchesandputters]

Welcome to the forum but yes, need a pic of the truck paint, for crying out loud....LOL! C'mon man!

First post on the forum and I forget to include the actual color picture...clearly this car is going to wind up being nothing but an up hill battle

 

[swathdiver]

I could use a little help on a new to me 02 Yukon SLT. I'm very familiar with using RPO stickers for digging up details however this one has me stumped. The paint code pulls up a sandalwood which mine most definitely isn't, when I bought it I thought it was dark spiral gray (hasn't been detailed in years and still has a layer of filth on the paint even though it was garaged). Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

If it's not Sandalwood, then it's been repainted. 711J is your exterior paint code.

 

[watchesandputters]

Really hard to tell from that photo. Would be easier to see the whole truck

 

[watchesandputters]

If it's not Sandalwood, then it's been repainted. 711J is your exterior paint code.

Exactly what I thought but the original owner I bought it from never mentioned it and had every oil change receipt. Plus even door jam stickers and the like look and positioned where they should have been from the factory. Perhaps they really did have a concours level paint change done and just forgot to mention it.

 

[OR VietVet]

Maybe the glove compartment door has been replaced with RPO codes that are not for this rig.

 

[watchesandputters]

Maybe the glove compartment door has been replaced with RPO codes that are not for this rig.

I've double-checked the VIN tag under the windshield, on the door, on the RPO tag, and against the title... everything lines up. Carfax came up as clean and nothing related to any sort of paint or body work, just the normal maintenance/repairs. I've even run the RPO through Compnine and all features/codes match up but oddly enough it's telling me the exterior is Dark Spiral Gray Metallic.

 

[OR VietVet]

Rare rig, worth MILLIONS!

 

[watchesandputters]

Rare rig, worth MILLIONS!

Yep, just living the dream over here!

The other thing that is odd is I can't find a single source to show 771J under the name Sandalwood was even a paint option for Yukons that year. I've cross-referenced half a dozen sites and even looked at a brochure for that year and nothing in terms of Sandalwood. Just weird.

 

[swathdiver]

Yep, just living the dream over here!

The other thing that is odd is I can't find a single source to show 771J under the name Sandalwood was even a paint option for Yukons that year. I've cross-referenced half a dozen sites and even looked at a brochure for that year and nothing in terms of Sandalwood. Just weird.

I googled "2002 711J GMC" and Sandalwood came right up.

 

[OR VietVet]

I did the same thing with the same result but did not want to beat a dead horse.

 

[watchesandputters]

Completely forgot to ask my buddy who's a sales manager at a GMC to run my vin, here's what came back:

 

[Fless]

Is that on your RPO sticker? The one you posted cuts off one of the 6xx codes.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Does your paint have metallic flake in it?

It looks a lot like my 2012 in my sig, which is "Carbon Flash Metallic", paint code 501Q in 2012.

 

[watchesandputters]

Is that on your RPO sticker? The one you posted cuts off one of the 6xx codes.

Yeah it was a 62U code. No clue why the photo got cropped a bit when I uploaded it. So now I have an 02 with contrasting paint codes, neither of which was supposedly offered that yet both were used elsewhere in the GMC lineup....clearly, I don't have a Friday car but one built at around 11pm on a Saturday night.

 

[watchesandputters]

Does your paint have metallic flake in it?

It looks a lot like my 2012 in my sig, which is "Carbon Flash Metallic", paint code 501Q in 2012.

There's definitely metallic in it and only asked the question originally as I was aware of 62U code as I have an 06 Envoy with a 62U RPO code that's accompanied by an 805k color code number called "Carbon Metallic". Interestingly enough when I had to get a touch-up pen for a few rock chips on the front of the hood its sold under "Dark Spiral Gray Metallic" with the 62u 805k label as I've attached below (you can see the 62u if you zoom in on the pen itself).

I've seen your color before and yours definitely has a much darker black/deep gray appearance whereas the "Carbon Metallic" has a bit more dark navy/purple in it in contrast not to say that there's a lot of it, just more of a subtle thing that's hard to pick up via pictures.