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Old May 21, 2016 | 09:29 PM
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I'm in the market for a C4 right now, looking at a few DRM's between 87-90. I noticed some of them look much lighter and more copper toned, while others are a truly deep dark red. Did they change the shade of this color over the years or does it really change that drastically in different lighting?

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Yes, DRM had three different shades during the C4. 86-88 is the most coppery red. In 89 it became more of a true deep red. Then they changed it a bit more in the 90s. I believe the rpo code changed with them, too.

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Earlier through '88 (Code 74 - WA8748), '89 - '90 (Code 68 - WA9239) and in '91 code changed but formula remained the same I believe '91 (Code 75 - WA9239), that's the way I believe it remained for any following production years when avaiilable.
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