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WA-8631 Diamond White (1989 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am)

The 1989 TTA's only color. 1,555 cars, all white-on-tan-leather, all Y82 + B2K (PAS turbo).

color swatch

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closest-approximation hex from the vocab. Real factory paint shifts under the sun and after fifty years; treat the chip as a starting point, not a match.

chemistry & process

Basecoat-clearcoat (2K urethane) chemistry

ForMatter holds the chemistry, application process, restoration paths, and where-to-buy for this paint generation. Plenum holds the codes; ForMatter holds the matter.

WA-8631 is the pearl Diamond White paint used on the 1989 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am, Pontiac's collaboration with PAS (Pontiac Automotive Specialties — Mecham Racing) that swapped the standard Trans Am's L98 5.7L TPI engine for a turbocharged version of Buick's 3.8L V6 (the same engine family as the 1987 GNX). All 1,555 TTAs built carried this color in combination with tan leather interior — Pontiac offered no other configuration. The order code combination Y82 + B2K + WA-8631 on a 1989 fender / SPID label is the canonical TTA signature.

Diamond White is a pearlescent finish rather than a flat solid — a base color with a pearl-coat layer that lifts the white into a luminous off-white in direct sun. The pearl coat shows up as a subtle color shift across the body curves on the surviving cars. TurboTransAm.com is the deep-reference site for the 20th Anniversary cars, including original PAS production records and individual VIN provenance for many of the 1,555.

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