 Multi colored front bumpers, Forgive my stupidity |
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| 914bub |
 May 22 2015, 06:44 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 16-August 13 From: Modesto CA. Member No.: 16,260 Region Association: None  |
I've got a question about multi colored front bumpers. To be more specific I'm wondering about the ones that are painted half black and orange,(or yellow),side to side. Meaning from the center of the hood one side is black and the other is orange,(or yellow).
Are these "tribute" color schemes to original race cars? I say that as I see the combo on cars that are track driven,(as seen in some of your avatars). If that is the case can anybody tell me why the factory did it? I was also wondering if other manufacturers did it, like maybe it was a particular racing class or??? |
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| JmuRiz |
May 22 2015, 06:47 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,423 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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It was/is a race thing, so the teams can differentiate which car is which (timing and pits)
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| 914bub |
May 22 2015, 07:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 16-August 13 From: Modesto CA. Member No.: 16,260 Region Association: None |
Cool, Thanks! So do different manufactures use different colors or???
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| SirAndy |
May 22 2015, 07:34 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,606 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(914bub @ May 22 2015, 06:32 PM)  Cool, Thanks! So do different manufactures use different colors or??? Nope, if your team is running 3 orange 914 GTs you want to know who is coming into the pit lane. It's hard to read numbers looking at a car dead on. So you use different colored front bumpers on each of your cars to identify them easier. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| brant |
May 22 2015, 11:05 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,612 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Communication before telemetry
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