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> White Headlite Surrounds, Sprucing up
Dion
post Sep 21 2018, 11:40 AM
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I know the white headlite surrounds aren’t everyone’s cup of tea & the body shop guys
probably know this already....
I was cleaning up a set i purchased here in the classifieds,
someone did a decent job of putting “appliance” white paint on them to get rid of the
yellowing tobacco stained look. I was going to paint them again. So I grabbed my
orbital palm sander with 220 grit and began scuffing the paint. Well some just flaked off easily. I turned up the speed and applied a bit more pressure and was able to remove all
the paint. I noticed some areas went back to their original “plastic” white.
So with a bit more pressure I was able to erase all the yellowing. Returning them back
to original white. I thought it was cool.
I think I’ll clear coat them just to avoid any bug juice from bonding to the raw plastic.
Just thought I’d share.


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post Sep 21 2018, 11:52 AM
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Love the white.


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post Sep 21 2018, 12:12 PM
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Dion...that came out really good....yeah that blue 914-6 GT is just fantastic
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post Sep 21 2018, 01:00 PM
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They turned out good. Now finish the rest of the car!
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post Sep 22 2018, 03:06 PM
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I would have to agree with the white camp!

Nice tech tip as well!

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post Sep 22 2018, 03:31 PM
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QUOTE(Martin Baker @ Sep 22 2018, 01:06 PM) *

I would have to agree with the white camp!

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Looking good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Sep 22 2018, 05:42 PM
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A couple on deck. Natural and painted.


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post Sep 23 2018, 11:20 AM
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I purchased my first 914 new in 73. The surrounds were not bright white, but an off white.
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post Sep 23 2018, 11:30 AM
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I purchased my first 914 new in 73. The surrounds were not bright white, but an off white.

The middle pair and the ones on my car are painted, The other two pairs are natural.
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post Sep 23 2018, 11:35 AM
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I think I painted my white ones black in 1974..
Cut the snowplow rear valance short around
the same time...
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post Sep 23 2018, 11:37 AM
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I tried a white set on my black car, and didn't care for the look.

I wish I hadn't have sold them now.
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post Sep 23 2018, 01:43 PM
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I like the white too at least on some cars/colors - Mine I'm pretty certain 'were' white, now painted black. May try to restore them back to original someday...
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post Mar 31 2020, 07:41 AM
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I have an March 1974 with black surrounds. They are original white, but painted black.
Is it right for 1974.
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post Mar 31 2020, 09:22 AM
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I believe from the Porsche books I have read, the change over to black was in 1974.
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post Mar 31 2020, 09:29 AM
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From Dr. B. Johnson book:


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post Mar 31 2020, 10:02 AM
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From an 2006/7 thread: "Light Mechanisms, A little tinkering today..." started by Eric at PMB, some discussion of paint brands and colors for the white headlight surrounds: "Valspar 55409 "Vanilla". Special plastic enamel. Color is an exact match. I spent hours trying to clean them up with everything in the book. I took the worst set I had and tried this stuff (I have a couple more sets). The result is what you see."

Unfortunately, it looks like the Valspar is NLA. A later post in that thread mentions Krylon Fusion "Satin Dover White." I think that's what I finally used on my car:

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I may still have the spray can on the shelf....
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post Mar 31 2020, 10:22 AM
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Is it right that the white surrounds just were painted black.
Mine is white but painted black

Sorry for my English :-)
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post Mar 31 2020, 10:45 AM
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Actually we have made and will be having a GB on these shortly.

We discovered that the original color is a white. The plastic actually yellowed over time. They are also textured just like the black. That is how you can tell if they have been repainted. I suspect that the factory went to black as they were starting to notice signs of yellowing.
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post Mar 31 2020, 12:06 PM
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QUOTE(Tonny @ Mar 31 2020, 12:22 PM) *

Is it right that the white surrounds just were painted black.
Mine is white but painted black

Sorry for my English :-)

No. Black ones are black all the way through. White ones were often painted black by the owners.
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post Mar 31 2020, 01:00 PM
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Thanks Dion....its kind of like a RED Head, takes a little work to see if shes a natural
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