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Old 06-10-2015, 10:28 AM
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I'am doing a total respray on my -87 sometimes late this year, but I have not yet desided which color to choose.
I was originally thinking to use this beautiful red color (Samtrot metalic aka Velvet Red)


Looking at the sharks in the mountain, and find this cool color and paint or is it foiled...? Any idea what color/paint this is?




Which color looks good on a 928 ? Already have a black one, so I want to find something total different.

Old 06-10-2015, 10:34 AM
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I would stick with the original color. If you ever decide to sell it, if you had a color change. It's value won't be worth the same amount. Just my 2 cents and besides. I love black 928's
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Many, many great choices out there. Even if you limit yourself to only 928 OEM choices.
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I love the Velvet Red.

The grey one is MJ's I believe and looks like a wrap.

I'm a very big fan of Black 928s though!
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I would advise you to stick with the original color. If you are determined on a color change, of the options you posted I would go with the Velvet Red. That color just looks amazing on 928's.

I've always wanted to paint a 928 in a non-metallic orange... just to throw that out there. Saw a Blood Orange 993 TT and that looked pretty sick.
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The 928 wears that velvet red very well. Cars with aggressive shapes and angles can handle light colors (think Lambo) but a subtle design like ours is better with some color.
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Hard to argue with Velvet Red. If you want to go lighter, Coral Red is another factory color option, although it was offered in '91-'92 if that matters.
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Hah, don't overlook 'raspberry red' ...
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All 928 Colors thread: https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...-of-color.html
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Did not see that thread.

Thanks for the contributions. Lots of nice colors out there. It' gonna be hard choice to make
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What is the original color of your car?
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They also do matte paint, mine is similar to MJs without rub strips

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George's coral red is one of the most beautiful colors I've ever seen on these cars. I think it is my favorite color. That's what I'd paint mine. However, what color is the interior? Some outside colors do not look good if the interior color is way out of whack.
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i think I am in love with the Samtrot metalic(Velvet Red)
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Originally Posted by Want to be
I would stick with the original color. If you ever decide to sell it, if you had a color change. It's value won't be worth the same amount. Just my 2 cents and besides. I love black 928's
+1,

plus it will save a lot of money to repaint it ALL correctly..

can't go wrong with black. and you'll never go back !



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