Let's be upfront here: I'm probably not gonna do a damn thing with mine, other than perhaps re-spray the SS rocker covers black due to a lot of crappy looking flake-off. But the PO also gave me a set of negative PORSCHE decals. Unsure about those.

Post your photos - I'm trying to decide what's a good look for my color.

I'm a fan of body-color these are SS rocker panels, too

Would body-colored rockers also necessitate body-colored valances? Seems like it might look odd to do one but not the other... my car and Wayne's as examples of consistency either way.

I like body color on the valances, personally. and rockers because otherwise they kinda disappear and make the car look like it is sitting higher. I only wish my bumpers weren't body color, but that was a DAPO move, not mine. btw, the valance and rocker panels are rattle-can, but match pretty damn well.

as an answer tho, the rear valence I don't think would matter if it was black on yours, or front for that matter... to me, the black valences disappear.

I prefer black rockers on stock bodied cars -
With flares, I can go either way -
But, please stay away from the fiberglass "covers" on stock bodied cars...
They look like very cheap plastic (to me)....

TE

I've had black painted, black in paintable undercoating (unpainted) that had nice texture. Now I have black with white negative lettering and even though the lettering is trashed and the black is faded I think I like it the best. Sorry no picture avaliable right now...

I like the raised lettering rockers. We had it on Papa Smurf when he was a stock body car - black with light blue lettering - them moved it to Huey (changed the colors).

Like the body color front bumper/valence too....

I agree with Wayne on the painted rockers. It makes the car look lower if they are body color. My rear valance is body color, but since I seem to have a habit of scraping parking curbs on the front, my front is rattle can black. I'd like it to be body color too.

Ron's Car is sehr sexeh

Has anyone done body-colored rockers with the Porsche decal on the rocker?

Yes..kind of...

I kinda like this treatment:

To me, body-colored rockers make the car look overweight. I prefer black.

--DD

If you're going to put the stripes on the bodywork, that makes them retro.

If you put the stripes on the rockers covers, it makes it newtro.

I've been there for regular & negative sripes. Glad I took them off. Too busy & too much trouble to remove.

Keep it clean - no stripes.

Goes against my beliefs, but the monocolor pans & rockers look good (to ME) in any color. Do it to a stocker? No. Do it to a stroker? No question.
Pat

Since I am a "Newbie" I was reluctant to say that but I agree. The only time I like them painted is when the car is black

Stunning car. Definetly black like Dave said. Nice contrast with the sail vinal. Could do a satin powercoat on all your rockers and valances fairly cheap. Think they even offer texture.

I like the body colored rockers on a LOW car. On my own, which has white rockers like the paint, I have a strip of black bumpy vinyl stuff that is very similar to the roll bar treatment at the top edge of the rockers, air dam, and valence. I think it provides a visual break, and mimics the look of a 911's wide rub strip below the doors. Generally, I agree, black lower body makes any car look lower. It is done by all the builders.

I never grow tired of looking at this car. The color, the rims, the stance... It all works! I am planning on a similar stripe on mine, no matter what the color.

an eggplant car with great paint is a BEAUTIFUL thing

I'm not big on the stripes, but they do look MUCH better on the rocker than above it.

or maybe this car is just so nice I look past it

I agree.

I've seen a few cars that look good with body colored rockers, but overall, they make the body look too stocky. Black all the way. Although, I have wondered what raw carbon fiber would look like...

I am glad this tread came up, because I am on the fence with regard to how to take mine. I think that a lot of the cars that look really good with body-colored rockers are either flared, or have benefited from "massaged" panels.

The large gap between stock rockers and fenders can break up the look and, depending on the color, make the car look very disjointed, or '80s for lack of a better term. Someone earlier mentioned a rubber strip between the panels, and I do think that helps, although I would worry the the execution could lead to rust if not done properly or monitored periodically.

I have my car flared, including the rockers and valences (all steel).

The black looks great on a stock bodied car, the body color looks great on a flared car.

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I recently purchased a pair of aftermarket ABS raised letter 'PORSCHE' rockers that I found brand new. I have not yet installed them, I am still on the fence whether or not to swap them out for my factory steelies.

I had these on my 1st 914. I thought they looked ok. they install over the metal rockers... at least mine did.

Sorry, I have a problem with the PORSCHE lettering AND the NARP logo together. Either it's Porsche, or NARP, not both.

Just MHO.

Just thinking (typing) out loud here.

1. Black rockers with tastefully done body-color pinstripe/outline at the bottom and connecting to the fender arches

2. Black rockers with perfectly matched body-color positive Porsche decal

3. Replace the rockers with deployable launchers carrying a-hole-driver-seeking missiles, a la James Bond.

I like them painted to match myself. It shows how low to the ground our cars really are. As for my -6 car it will have the standard black rockers!!

Love your car...I'm a fan of monochromatic as well!

I'm a fan of


Oh yeah. That'l rock(er) their world.

All that metal painted the same color makes the 914 look "thick" in the middle. Obviously, if the car is black, it's ALL body color, but a black car avoids that "overweight" look that DD refers to.

Paul

Not if the car is flared and lowered (look at my car again and tell me it looks "fat")

Alice is a pretty cool Rocker.....




Sorry....looking at this title for three days...I had to!

Another option. Not saying Iwould or wouldn't do it. Just an option

Oh dear god..... say it ain't so.

don't forget... sheena is a Punk rocker

I'm just saying

Rocker?...I hardly knew her!

Ewww.
If I had to mold it in I would rather extend the door too. Along these lines...

Yeah...make it even worse!

Let me get this straight... You like the molded style of the blue one better than the white one? Personally I wouldn't do either. To each his own.

I agree...they both suck, but the design of the white car makes me wanna hurl even more so.

Mine just for reference. This look is growing on me so I may keep it.

I'm bringing my poll thread back from the depths.

I'm still probably not doing anything more than respraying my rockers black, but what about a pinstripe, in body color, that outlines the rocker to give it some definition?

Thoughts?
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Pardon the crappy mock-up in MS Paint! Sit back from your screen or squint to get the idea.

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Body filler and rust are probably having a fight to the finish on that blue car.

barf

My opinion is...

Nope, don't do it!

On the eggplant car--Are the stripes stock white positive size or custom made size. I like that style on the rockers

Here's mine, stickers and all... Steel flairs and rockers

This is really creepy. I may have to go back to black rockers...