Undercarriage details., Maybe a nailed topic Pat? you were looking for new stuff. Options

[tod914]

Couple questions, what's the finish on the engine bar? Painted or bare metal? Next would be the color of the blower hoses from the exchangers to the ducts; orange or black? What is the closest high temp paint you found to match the factory color of the exhaust system; muffler & exchangers? The branch pieces; I seen grey and black. What year did they change; mid 73?
Just as a side note, I found a Powder company that will make an exact match of the factory tin color. $100 to develope, $15-$25 per pound with an intial minimum of 5 lbs. If there is enough intested to cover the development cost of the color match, I'd be happy to send in the tin for matching. Say 4 or 5 people to keep the cost down.

[tod914]

Well, had the piece sandblasted. Then sanded it down with 300 & cleaned it with Dupont metal prep/cleaner as per directions and washed off the piece. I tried the Wurth zinc primer in the past, with the same results. Tom, there are 2 types. One that is flat silver and the other which is like a flat grey; aprox RGB value of 150 165 163 if you want to bring it up in your MS Paint to see what it looks like.
I tried the Ford Grey Engine Enamel in the past on some duct parts. It's pretty close, but not quite right. For the runners it's too dark and too glossy.

[Tom_T]

Well, had the piece sandblasted. Then sanded it down with 300 & cleaned it with Dupont metal prep/cleaner as per directions and washed off the piece. I tried the Wurth zinc primer in the past, with the same results. Tom, there are 2 types. One that is flat silver and the other which is like a flat grey; aprox RGB value of 150 165 163 if you want to bring it up in your MS Paint to see what it looks like.
I tried the Ford Grey Engine Enamel in the past on some duct parts. It's pretty close, but not quite right. For the runners it's too dark and too glossy.

I think this is the one some of the 356 guys recco'd for 914 exhaust paint:
http://www.nlaparts.com/store/exhaust-grey-paint-p-653.html

There was also some links on your FI Tube paint color post, which went to a VW resto site, that also listed exhaust/muffler colors, which should be the same or close for 914s as well, them being VW-Porsche JV products!

Doesn't sound like the Wurth prime is "wurth" the big bucks! It could be not enough "tooth" for it to grab onto with 300 grit, but ...... scratch it off with your fingernail doesn't sound right!!?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)