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Posted by: 1bad914 Aug 30 2004, 12:45 PM

I'm looking for good pictures of three different 914 colors:
Bahia Red
Guards Red
Phoenix Red

I'm deciding on a color and would like to see some pictures of these colors. I went to the 914 color site and the pics are not real clean. I've painted my last two cars yellow and have decided that this one will be Red. I've always been told that yellow cars are faster, but red cars get the girls!

Thanks,
Randy

Posted by: tod914 Aug 30 2004, 12:49 PM

Guards Red wasn't a 914 color. Bahia is the nicest of the 3. Phoenix, although very nice, appears to be more of a orange. The car below is Bahia red.


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Posted by: 1bad914 Aug 30 2004, 12:55 PM

Thanks Tod! I know Guards is not a 914 color, but it is at least Porsche! The Phoenx is very orange, but is interesting!

Randy

Posted by: GTeener Aug 30 2004, 01:00 PM

How about 356 Ruby Red?


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Posted by: Ferg Aug 30 2004, 01:01 PM

non porsche I know, 88 corvette red, my old car...


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Posted by: seanery Aug 30 2004, 01:07 PM

gwen, that's not ruby red.

Posted by: Marty Yeoman Aug 30 2004, 01:08 PM

I think it's called rusty red.


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Posted by: GTeener Aug 30 2004, 01:08 PM

Posted by: rey Aug 30 2004, 01:21 PM

WOW that ruby red 914 with SC flairs looks Sweet

Posted by: seanery Aug 30 2004, 01:21 PM

gwen,
I may be wrong. My 356 was ruby red from the factory, but had been repainted a guard's red in the 80s.
This is the color I see as ruby red:


This is the same car though:

and another:


so, now I'm confused.

Posted by: SirAndy Aug 30 2004, 01:35 PM

mine is guards red, i love that color ...

Andy

Posted by: Andyrew Aug 30 2004, 01:36 PM

Phoenix red is orange.

Simular to this BBS orange. with a tint of red....

Posted by: GTeener Aug 30 2004, 01:59 PM

I dunno. I'm just telling ya'll what I was told. I haven't repainted her yet, though parts could definitely use it!

I used to have a '61 MGA that was painted Guards Red and it looked orangey.

Lighting and monitor color calibration can confuse though


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Posted by: aircooledboy Aug 30 2004, 02:19 PM

Trying to judge colors based on something you see on the net is a bad idea. Monitor calibration and different video cards can make the same picture on two different computers look completely different, even in the best of circumstances.

Posted by: Curvie Roadlover Aug 30 2004, 03:37 PM

Posted by: GTeener Aug 30 2004, 03:45 PM

WOW that ruby red 914 with SC flairs looks Sweet

Posted by: Levi Aug 30 2004, 06:41 PM

This Isn't my car, its one I have saved for my screen saver....but it is a Phoenix Red car.
I hope my Phoenix Red 74 2.0 car looks this good one day



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Posted by: tommy914 Aug 30 2004, 07:03 PM

Here's my Bahia Red.
Originally it was a deeper red. On my second repaint it ended up a little more orange. Not sure why.


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Posted by: tommy914 Aug 30 2004, 07:06 PM

Same paint job as previous post, but looks much redder here. So you really can't judge by these digital pics.


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Posted by: tod914 Aug 30 2004, 07:11 PM

Nice looking cars guys. Andy, I like the way you intergrated the bumper into the body. Looks great.

Posted by: 72914S Aug 30 2004, 07:26 PM

Here is my Guards red (a.k.a ticket red) They say yellow is faster but RED looks fast just sitting there.


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Posted by: 1bad914 Aug 30 2004, 07:58 PM

Thanks everybody, I use this as a guide, I pick a few colors and go to my paint supplier, he mixes up a few ounces of each and I spray them on color cards, a coat of clear laid on a little thick and you get the idea. I started doing that after I painted a 914 polar silver and hated it. I painted it silver on Saturday, looked at it for two days and sanded it all of and painted it New Beetle Yellow the next Saturday. I won't do that again. Plus I have all these cool little cans of 914 paint samples. I think I'm leaning toward Bahia, partially based on this thread and this picture...daddy likes!!!


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