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And the color.
SwayBar's car is black and in impeccable shape. Matching / blending that will be a piece of cake requiring less tear down and blending into the surrounding areas.
I'd forgotten about the blending part.
When I replaced my flags with GTS mirrors, the paint guy remarked after looking-up the paint code for my black, he said it's pretty rare for a car to be 'pure black' - there are no other colors except black in the paint which makes everything super simple when it comes to body work.
When I replaced my flags with GTS mirrors, the paint guy remarked after looking-up the paint code for my black, he said it's pretty rare for a car to be 'pure black' - there are no other colors except black in the paint which makes everything super simple when it comes to body work.
I've found it interesting when doing a PPI on black cars of this age. Had one "low mile" GTS that some of us DFW guys looked at a few years back. There were 4 different shades of black on this car and it wasn't obvious until it was under some good florescent lights.
When I replaced my flags with GTS mirrors, the paint guy remarked after looking-up the paint code for my black, he said it's pretty rare for a car to be 'pure black' - there are no other colors except black in the paint which makes everything super simple when it comes to body work.
Yup - Treichel won't have any issues with your car. Wait and do the strips when you have the nose re-sprayed.
That's why there is no way I would have bought my 87 with rub-strips. Matching diamond blue metallic will be impossible, removing the strips would result in a complete re-spray to do it "right".
Actually black and silver are far harder to match than most would realize. My 70's black Porsche's were not a pure black. At the time the corvette was one of the few cars to have a pure black. A lot of blacks have mild brown tones.
I have seen some 993's all in polar silver, close production dates and not one was the same. Every cobalt blue Porsche I see is different and some color shift far more than others. Matching panels is very tough and the ability to do so can change all the times as paint formulas keep evolving and falling prey to EPA regulations. Although a good shop willing to take the time can do the job.
I damaged my Maritime blue we painted 3 years ago and the formulas had changed since. paint only lasts about a year or so once mixed so matching it took some work and then it changes with time. We got it nearly perfect although hard to tell since the door has clear film on it and the panel does not. Under HID, LED, fluorescent and sun light it all looks good. We did not want to remove the clear film on the door so we could not panel blend which most shops will insist needs to be done. just is easier on them.
Actually black and silver are far harder to match than most would realize.
I'm just going on what my body guy says and considering the caliber of cars at his shop on a day to day basis, he's as good as they come. He would agree with you on silver.
All things are relative. I guess it's more accurate to say every other color is more difficult than black, than saying black is easy?
I'm just going on what my body guy says and considering the caliber of cars at his shop on a day to day basis, he's as good as they come. He would agree with you on silver.
All things are relative. I guess it's more accurate to say every other color is more difficult than black, than saying black is easy?
Then technically that wouldn't be true black.....
You have to consider that a base is involved and matching without blending any color is work to get right. I have seen some very reputable shops screw up black. Easy is relative. I know of a lot of shops that will do a fantastic job when doing a full respray but when panel matching they fail miserably. Also take into account sun fade and weathering.
Yup - Treichel won't have any issues with your car. Wait and do the strips when you have the nose re-sprayed.
Erik, excellent idea!
It is interesting though that there are people out there who would prefer original paint with the usual road rash, versus a well-done respray.
What do you guys think?
That's why there is no way I would have bought my 87 with rub-strips. Matching diamond blue metallic will be impossible, removing the strips would result in a complete re-spray to do it "right".
That is a beautiful color. I remember the first time I saw the color at SITM a long time ago and just said, wow, that is a classy color on a 928.
I'm about to get my dented beauty redone and plan on eliminating the rub strips. I suppose that's all going to depend on how much the total cost is going to be.
12-14-2017, 10:08 AM
