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> Is there such thing as plaid overdose?
Mikey914
post May 22 2023, 02:30 PM
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Got a customer that has my plaid seats and wants a set of door panels, as well as dash face material and material to cover tge door pockets.

I'm not applying the door pocket material as it would drive me crazy if the stripes didn't line up. But it will be nice to see it once it's done.

May look pretty cool on the pockets. Kind of like those pictures where something is hidden, camouflaged by being painted the same.


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post May 22 2023, 02:32 PM
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post May 22 2023, 02:33 PM
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post May 22 2023, 02:50 PM
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Yes. Too much can just be too much. The Porsche O-Part interiors come to mind.

It's personal taste and I do like plaid, but that'd be a bit much for me.
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post May 22 2023, 02:55 PM
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Seats can look cool. Anything beyond that looks tacky, imho.
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post May 22 2023, 04:22 PM
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I think the original plaid 911 Porsche is in the museum in HQ
It was front seats and door panels.
Can’t recall if the dash wash changed also.

Then the 928 arrived….things went from there
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post May 22 2023, 06:51 PM
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Plaid overdose is a real thing….
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post May 22 2023, 08:35 PM
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I chose this look
Tweed seat inserts
The rest is leather
I waffle on the dash face, but new dash top is stock black

I love the tweed inserts. Prior to that I would always have to sit on a very hot seat after parking for a bit.
I never put the top up.

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post May 22 2023, 11:40 PM
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That looks perfect to me.
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post May 23 2023, 04:18 AM
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The silver 914-8 has tweed inserts. Apparently favored by Ferry Porsche.
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post May 23 2023, 04:58 AM
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Plaid overdose is a real thing….


Someone must have a rehab program
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post May 23 2023, 06:30 AM
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post May 23 2023, 07:22 AM
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I once knew a Scotsman named Brad.
He did a paint job that was terribly bad.
He said, "I confess, this terrible mess,
Was an attempt at Metal Flake Plaid".

I read this ditty as a kid back in the late '60s in a 'Hot Rod' magazine.
Funny how some things stick with you forever.
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post May 23 2023, 08:05 AM
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Factory Overdose on a 916

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post May 23 2023, 08:16 AM
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The Bill Blass edition, the Calvin Klein edition, the Eddie Bauer edition. Did the 914 miss out on these designer cars?
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post May 23 2023, 09:02 AM
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QUOTE(carr914 @ May 23 2023, 06:05 AM) *

Factory Overdose on a 916

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post May 23 2023, 10:55 AM
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Glad to be plaid?

If it were my car, I would add a band of black vinyl along the bottoms of the door panels about 4” wide to tone down the plaid and mimic the mix of vinyl and plaid on the seats .
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post May 23 2023, 12:47 PM
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QUOTE(Jamie @ May 23 2023, 08:02 AM) *

Is this for real, or a Photoshop job? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)


It's real. One of the 916s was done up this way. Remember, they were prototypes, for trying out ideas. It's unlikely that all of that would have made it into production, if they ever had made a series run of the 916.

..... Then again, it was the early 70s......

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post May 24 2023, 07:51 AM
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this might just qualify as overkill- just seen in instagram


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post May 25 2023, 10:44 PM
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