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> What is the correct color of Headlight Surrounds for a 1973?
Corellian Corvette
post Oct 26 2013, 02:46 PM
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Trying to do a little cleanup on my new 914.

I was looking at the headlight surrounds and they are a faded gray. I've seen on ebay everything ranging from black to the same gray as mine.

Is gray correct? Or is that just the black being faded?

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post Oct 26 2013, 02:54 PM
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QUOTE(Corellian Corvette @ Oct 26 2013, 03:46 PM) *

Trying to do a little cleanup on my new 914.

I was looking at the headlight surrounds and they are a faded gray. I've seen on ebay everything ranging from black to the same gray as mine.

Is gray correct? Or is that just the black being faded?

Thanks!

I have black ones and white ones.
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post Oct 26 2013, 03:01 PM
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My 73 1.7 are black
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post Oct 26 2013, 08:55 PM
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Should be white...actually more of an ivory.
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post Oct 26 2013, 09:43 PM
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Should be white...actually more of an ivory.


Later '73 cars (like mine) had black surrounds, so I think it depends on the build date.
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post Oct 26 2013, 10:44 PM
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My 73 had white ones... My 72 had black ones... My 71 had black ones...
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post Oct 26 2013, 10:55 PM
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May depend on the color of the car. That is likely why some have black and some have white.
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post Oct 27 2013, 12:32 AM
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OK great. Yes mine are a whitish-gray. Took them off and same on the backside, so I just cleaned them up and left them alone.

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post Oct 27 2013, 03:08 AM
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OK great. Yes mine are a whitish-gray. Took them off and same on the backside, so I just cleaned them up and left them alone.

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Early '73, car with a VIN from 12/72, white headlight surround:
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Late '73, car with a VIN from 8/73, black headlight surround:
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post Oct 27 2013, 10:34 AM
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My late 73 1.7, build date 8-73 had ivory.
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post Oct 27 2013, 02:58 PM
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My late 73 1.7, build date 8-73 had ivory.


Not saying that it's impossible for your white surrounds to be original because there are several documented 914 part switch anomalies, but that's pretty late for white surrounds. The common belief is that the switch happened some time in the middle of the model year, probably coinciding with the switch to black threshold rails.
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