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Old 04-26-2006 | 11:37 PM
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right now all the body work is done and is sitting in white primer.
i want a dark rich color. do color make a difference on re sell value?
Old 04-26-2006 | 11:43 PM
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the gaurds red is typical, but i think darkish green is a great color on these cars.

shouldn't u have figured this out first before primer?? lol
Old 04-26-2006 | 11:47 PM
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Are you painting under the hood?
Old 04-27-2006 | 12:02 AM
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Mine is sitting in a white coat that the PO Maaco'ed on there.
I will MOST likely be going with a dark green. Probably british racing green.

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Old 04-27-2006 | 12:06 AM
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Are there any pics of some british racing green 944's around?
Old 04-27-2006 | 12:09 AM
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yes im planing on doing the jambs and under the hood. thats the easy part . i want the color to be a good one for that show car finish. im a body tech so im really picky. and i cant decide.

i like riviera blue. but theres a lot of vw colors that i like .
house of kolor would be nice. tangerine (like the fast and furious car)
Old 04-27-2006 | 12:28 AM
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I love LY9Y! Satin Black Metallic, it looks aweseme when its fresh and wax'd. (unlike mine that needs re-painted badly)

Althou.. Dukes Rain Forest Green (or w/e its called) gives me a hard on.
Old 04-27-2006 | 01:03 AM
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Cobalt Blue Metallic. Ooh la la.
Old 04-27-2006 | 01:03 AM
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i've seen an old riviera with blue on it, but it was a really light blue, is that what you are thinking of?

some1 needs to post pics of their green 944's they look so freaking good.
Old 04-27-2006 | 01:07 AM
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I am partial to Guards/India red (have two this color) and Zermatt silver. Green certainly would be unique, there are very few wearing this color.
Old 04-27-2006 | 01:12 AM
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http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=1327
Old 04-27-2006 | 01:18 AM
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Here's the thread as I was following green 944/951's

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ight=green+944

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Old 04-27-2006 | 01:26 AM
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i never thought about green. i like it .
all of those have rims . i have cookie cuters, it wouldnt look right
Old 04-27-2006 | 02:28 AM
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From the Porsche site

http://content2.us.porsche.com/prod/...Document&popup
Old 04-27-2006 | 02:48 AM
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Rainforest Green is awesome! Tangerine...or better yet is the Arancio Atlas (orange pearl) that Lamborghini is spraying is mindblowing!

Cobalt Blue is great in person, its a PITA color though. Won't ever touch up, difficult to spray correctly, and hard to match in the first place. (same for most of the complex pearls and fx paints)

Have you seen Porsche's old Amethyst Metallic? That's really rich looking.


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