why would anyone ever color change a 914?, especially a sunflower yellow car Options

[Cairo94507]

I believe owners should be able to do whatever they want to their car. I took my original '71 Six, a rare 1 of 4 metallic gold car, and had it media blasted, rust repaired, etc. and changed it to Irish Green because that was what my wife and I wanted. Of course, this was done the right way so you will never find a speck of metallic gold on that car anywhere. I am sure some purists wanted to have me burned at the stake for that - but I am a big boy and can take the flack.

I do agree that if you can't do it correctly, you should strongly consider leaving it the stock color. Nothing looks worse than seeing a red car, for example, with yellow showing through on the door jambs, chips in the hood etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[sixnotfour]

72 orig. Tangerine,,every Once in a while I think it would be nice... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

[bbrock]

Because Silver 914s are ugly that’s why I changed color.

I guess we will never be friends then. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

It's funny. Decades ago my wife bought a 914 that was red but the trunks were still the original Delphi Green. Every time I opened the trunk I was glad the car was red because the green looked so ugly. Now I would love to had a delphi 914 and prefer it to red. People can change and so can colors.

[Tdskip]

I did the opposite during the V8 conversion of my MGB. Green to yellow. It probably hurts the value to do a color change (more on a 914 than an MGB), but for some it beats living with a color you don't like.

Ohhh - tasty. Nice work @DickSteinkamp

[Rusty]

Gotta say, that forest green is very striking. I can see why the previous owner picked that color.

I color changed a car from one shade of blue to another. I was happy with it for the first five years and then slowly came to regret the decision.

[sb914]

Because Silver 914s are ugly that’s why I changed color.

@Coondog ....not my car, but I’m just saying! One of my all time favorites.

[johnlush]

I wanted to change the color when I had my '71/6 done but didn't for the reasons others have listed and wanted to keep it "original". The hypocrisy is that the rear fenders needed work so I had them modified to allow clearance for 15x8s. I also had the front side markers deleted. So much for original. Given another chance this little fucher would be chartreuse instead of silver. Not that there's anything wrong with silver mind you... So my only opinion on this (as if anyone cares...) is that if you're going to change color do it right and leave no trace of the previous shade...

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

the factory color changed this one from white to silver, and blacked out all of the places that the white would show except for the floor boards, they are still white!!!!

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

this car was color changed from ancona blue, guess they guy had a lot of white paint on hand

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

the factory color changed this many times!

[brcacti]

I believe owners should be able to do whatever they want to their car. I took my original '71 Six, a rare 1 of 4 metallic gold car, and had it media blasted, rust repaired, etc. and changed it to Irish Green because that was what my wife and I wanted. Of course, this was done the right way so you will never find a speck of metallic gold on that car anywhere. I am sure some purists wanted to have me burned at the stake for that - but I am a big boy and can take the flack.

I do agree that if you can't do it correctly, you should strongly consider leaving it the stock color. Nothing looks worse than seeing a red car, for example, with yellow showing through on the door jambs, chips in the hood etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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[BeatNavy]

My car was originally Irish Green. Some PO, some time (I assume in the 80's) did a cheap re-spray to something resembling Bahia Red. I've kind of gone with it by respraying the underside and in other places that weren't resprayed, like below:



I definitely need a new paint job, and I never considered going back to original Irish Green. I never really liked it. When it's dull and faded, it just looks old (70's in a bad way). HOWEVER, Having seen Cairo's car with it's fresh Irish Green, I may be changing my mind. His car is beautiful. Maybe I can go "Christmas Tree" with red underbody and Irish Green up top (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)

Cairo's car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

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[Mark Henry]

My 914 is originally white, the PO painted it orange, the door jambs are orange, but the interior trunks and engine bay was very carefully masked off and left white. It actually works quite well, only 914 owners have ever noticed.

Now for double blasphemy, I'm going to wrap the wife's teen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Rand]

Why do you prefer the red crayon? Because you like it.

I guess the upside is that 914s are going up in value enough that we start finally appreciating originality.

I will still do to my 914 what makes me happy. As should all. The fails will only help the value of the OG.

[Coondog]

Because Silver 914s are ugly that’s why I changed color.

Knew that was going to open up a can of worms......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)
Nothing against Silver personally, it just doesn’t make a car pop for me. My top 914 colors are Red, Yellow, Blue, which I don’t have.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[aggiezig]

I changed my car from Malaga Red to Mexico Blue. It’s not a 914 color ever offered, but rather a 911 color from an earlier year. I wasn’t shooting for originality and I wanted something that really popped and screamed 70’s sports car.

I will say this in perhaps the spirit of your original post. When I did my color change, the entire car (and I mean everything) was stripped to bare metal. That is because I strongly feel that if you’re going to do a color change, at least do the job right.

[pistorman]

I would maybe change it to a same year model factory color. A stretch maybe to a 911 factory color of that year. There's a magic to keeping this cars appearing as close to new. Nostalgia element pays when you sell a classic car. I know that quite well. Modify it in any way that is for a specific taste and you'll have a hard time finding someone with your own tastes.

[johnorm]

Wow another color saga (good not bad thing). Interesting comments by all but as many of you said if the color is not your favourite change it to something you like knowing it may affect value in the future. The exception has to be original and salvageable paint which needs to stay the same, that's more of a preservation than restoration issue.

[PlaysWithCars]

Because Silver 914s are ugly that’s why I changed color.

Thems fightin’ words. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I searched specifically to find a silver car. Of course, you can see that I’m biased. I agree that in bright daylight the silver cars wash out and the primary color cars have a lot more pop. But move it indoors and the silver really highlights the curves on the car.

[porschetub]

Appears the good DR has gone quiet due to amount of guys that have colour changed,@ the end of the day it is what the owners wants to do as mentioned I like my silver but would like Ivory White because it is so serviceable and easy to touch up and it works for these cars.
My last full resto (and last) was a 87 euro Golf GTI in Alpine White looked really sharp.