Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

 
 Reply to this topicStart new topic
> Porsche Factory Paint Code Suggestions In Slate-Gray Color?, Painting My 16" Fuchs Something Other Than Black! : )
Nürburg Nomad
post Jul 25 2010, 12:58 PM
Post #1


914Rubber.com!
**

Group: Members
Posts: 296
Joined: 30-March 10
From: Buckeye State
Member No.: 11,536
Region Association: Upper MidWest
I have a set of 16x6 & 16x7 Fuchs off a 1980s 911 that are super clean, yet the black finish is faded so rather than repaint in the black found everywhere I'm thinking a slate-gray type color/tone would look stellar against my otherwise black and red colorscheme. PLUS black wheels show dirt faster in my opion than dark gray wheels so that might be a nice bonus.

Naturally 16x6 & 16x7 Fuchs are a wee bit narrow for my fat fenders but until I can score a set of original 16x8s at an affordable price it looks like I'll be stuck with the tiny 6"s up front! Unless someone has a set of 2 or knows where to find 16x8"s somewhere at a fair price?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

Getting to the point though I want to paint the wheels a slate-gray type tone but before I simply start googling about for other manufacturers paint colors, I'm hoping to find/use a factory Porsche paint color, I don't care what decade it's from (although early 70s would be nice) or what model it came on, just a non-metallic, gloss finish gray paint is what I'm picturing at the moment.

Porsche photos sporting said color spectrum are appreciated! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Nürburg Nomad
post Jul 26 2010, 07:57 PM
Post #2


914Rubber.com!
**

Group: Members
Posts: 296
Joined: 30-March 10
From: Buckeye State
Member No.: 11,536
Region Association: Upper MidWest
BUMP! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Tom
post Jul 27 2010, 05:40 AM
Post #3


Advanced Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,139
Joined: 21-August 05
From: Port Orchard, WA 98367
Member No.: 4,626
Region Association: None
Had you seen this? Different color and different wheels, but same idea.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=106614m
Tom
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
jasons
post Jul 27 2010, 06:48 AM
Post #4


Jackstand Extraordinaire
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2,002
Joined: 19-August 04
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Member No.: 2,573
Region Association: None
Are you going for an OSU theme on purpose or by accident? Porsche has a slate gray. In fact its called slate gray and its from early 911's. You can google the paint code, but it looks like this..... Also search on pelican for slate gray, thats where I found this one.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-2573-1280234890.1.jpg)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
EdwardBlume
post Jul 27 2010, 08:15 AM
Post #5


914 Wizard
**********

Group: Members
Posts: 12,338
Joined: 2-January 03
From: SLO
Member No.: 81
Region Association: Central California
I had a gray car but it was a Toyota color...

The current Boxsters have a nice gray metallic if you want to go that route...


Attached image(s)
Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Nürburg Nomad
post Jul 28 2010, 09:47 AM
Post #6


914Rubber.com!
**

Group: Members
Posts: 296
Joined: 30-March 10
From: Buckeye State
Member No.: 11,536
Region Association: Upper MidWest
QUOTE(Tom @ Jul 27 2010, 07:40 AM) *

Had you seen this? Different color and different wheels, but same idea.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=106614m
Tom

No I hadn't seen that before but thanks for the link. The photo with the gray wheels is very much what I'm looking to achieve.

In a lot of instances I like body-color matched wheels but Bahia red is already VERY red so matching wheels would be a bit much.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Nürburg Nomad
post Jul 28 2010, 10:00 AM
Post #7


914Rubber.com!
**

Group: Members
Posts: 296
Joined: 30-March 10
From: Buckeye State
Member No.: 11,536
Region Association: Upper MidWest
QUOTE(jasons @ Jul 27 2010, 08:48 AM) *

Are you going for an OSU theme on purpose or by accident? Porsche has a slate gray. In fact its called slate gray and its from early 911's. You can google the paint code, but it looks like this..... Also search on pelican for slate gray, thats where I found this one.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-2573-1280234890.1.jpg)

Speaking of Pelican, I just discovered this thread! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911...or-le-mans.html

It looks like I might choose Porsche Slate Grey; Paint Code #6801 seen here:
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-11536-1280332808.1.jpg)
obviously the photo you provided is in the sunlight but that looks like the lighter gray/grey Porsche paint code discussed in other threads...?

Otherwise I was thinking of paint matching this modest little tail dragger, but I like the idea of sticking with a period correct paint code:
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/cache.gawker.com-11536-1280332808.2.jpg)
I'm not sure how different the two paint colors are though??? It would be nice to see a side by side comparison! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Oh, and no I'm not intentionally going for OSU colors but evidently that's going to be the end result! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Just so long as I don't park it on my campus... I.E. the only University in Ohio that has a BETTER football team (& academics (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ) than OSU! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Nürburg Nomad
post Jul 28 2010, 10:03 AM
Post #8


914Rubber.com!
**

Group: Members
Posts: 296
Joined: 30-March 10
From: Buckeye State
Member No.: 11,536
Region Association: Upper MidWest
WOW Steve McQueens Porsche 911 in Slate Grey = LOVE (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/image.motortrend.com-11536-1280333013.1.jpg)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
« Next Oldest · 914World Garage · Next Newest »
 

Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 

Display Mode: Standard · Switch to: Linear+ · Switch to: Outline

Track this topic · Email this topic · Print this topic · Subscribe to this forum

- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 12th June 2024 - 05:08 AM
Invision Power Board v9.1.4 © 2024  IPS, Inc.
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community!
We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ...