low miler

I'm going to have the intake and valve covers repainted on an '89 GT that I've restored and do not know the color or paint code that Porsche originally used. So, if anyone who has had theirs painted correctly (goldish silver and not just silver), and knows the correct paint color/code, please do share.............

Thanks in advance!

Todd

Charley B

I thought they started life Silver and aged to a Golden color over time.

ROG100

What Charley said - Silver is the color.

WallyP

The original color is a cheap-looking aluminum paint. Pick out an attractive "molten silver" color and make them look better than new...

low miler

You would think that with all the 20K cars I've owned that I would have known they were silver to begin with. I guess you learn something new everyday! Thanks for your responses guys. I'm off to get a good lookin' silver!

Jim bailey - 928 International

Yes the NEW S-4 Intake we have on the shelf is SILVER ! When we get a fire car in the Intake paint often gets very "golden" . More than one powder coater has carefully matched that golden silver when refinishing !!! When you pull the intake it is a great time to do all the rubber,knock sensors, idle stabilizer, heater hoses, flappy vacuum unit, etc...helps make the car ready for the NEXT 100,000 miles

dr bob

The 'primer' is a mild brown mustard color, and the finsih is siver. That's what gives the 'gold' hue as it ages, and why it fades to that sorta gold-looking mud color at the end.

If I was looking at spray-can colors, you could do a lot worse than the Wurth wheel silver color. It looks to be a perfect color match. The clear-coat may or may not maintain the original finish quality, but a thin coat will add alot to the protection. A couple listers have warned me that they think the clear might not be the perfect choice with the engine bay heat, though. I'm still going to give this a try on mine.

The picture below was taken to illustrate manifold height after a motor mount replacement, but give you a decent look at intake color.

Charley B

Jim Bailey There are knock sensors under the intake?

Nicole

Yep - they are in the center of the "V"

Rob Edwards

FWIW-

I've been meaning to order a few cans of wurth silver to do my intake and D90's, and this thread reminded me to look around for a source. If you Google long enough, you find posts on car boards complaining about uneven spray patterns from the can, and others telling them it's operator error... Well, apparently Wurth initiated a recall due to paint clogging back in 10/06. Everywhere I've looked they're sold out.

So, for those of you that painted your intakes silver, what besides Wurth silver did you use?

dr bob

I'm pretty sure that we could ride over to the local auto paint supply store and buy a quart or two of the right colors. Have an assortment of spray guns, including a touch-up gun that holds about a spray-can's worth of paint. Solvent, hardner, clear-coat too would be needed.

My cam covers and intake could use the treatment but they aren't as desperately in need as yours, Rob. You are welcome to use any of the equipment of course, or wait until I find a daily driver so I can take the time-out on the 928 for the work.

Seats are the next priority, followed by HVAC vacuum diaphragms before the summer strikes hard in SoCal. Plus I started saving up for a new set of front tires, and a set of hard rack bushings. It's the little stuff now.

Rob Edwards

Yell if you need help with the steering rack bushings- I know a trick or two for getting them out.....

Let me know when you're going to do the vacuum diaphragms, I'd love to watch/help. Maybe we can do a group buy on replacement diaphragms? My HVAC is more or less inoperable, and while I've got a mityvac I don't have a clue on how to use it.

dr bob

Aren't we a capable group? My MitiVac expired (probably from lack of use...) so it's on my replace-soon list. You only discover that the tools are non-op when you need them. Stuff like this looks like a race between the vacuum-actuator an dthe vacuum-tester to see which can fail first. Oh well...

The center console stuff is a good afternoon of fun I suspect. An extra set of hands means we can lift the corner of the hood and sanitize the blower and the evaporator too.

The guy that makes the MBZ replacement silicone rubber diaphragms and actuator bits is right near you, with a Newport address IIRC. I asked Roger in Texas since he had mentioned that he has some of these already, in another thread, I need to PM him I guess to see where we are on all this. I'd just as soon do all of them in one shot, and be good for another 15-20 years. Hopefully longer really -- If I'm going to be buried in this thing, at least the working A/C will be a blessing where I'm probably going.

Fabio421

Why do we never see polished S-4 intakes? Lots of folks polish the spiders but I don't think I have ever seen a polished S-4.

Rob Edwards

Bob-

If you can find the contact info for the guy in Newport, I'd be happy to go pick up two (or more?) sets of diaphragms. You're more than welcome to my mityvac in exchange for a lesson in its use. I smell SoCal HVAC clinic.....

Meeting with a contractor this weekend to rectify the horrible conjoined-twin of a mutant garage of mine. I'm hoping to end up with proper space for a lift, shark clinics, etc. Like this garage? I didn't think so: