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What do you guys think of Guards Red? Is it really a 'showy' color? I really love the color especially on all 911 but i don't want the color to be too 'showy'.

Also, is it hard to maintain Guards red? My cars in the past had always been either Black and Grey.

Pls kindly share your opinions, very much appreciated! Thanks.

Stephenkng

Maybe Carmon Red is your alternative. I got one and love it.

mountainmaniac

Always loved it. Something about red and Porsche together, it just seems right. 15 years ago in college I got a 944 Turbo and a girl came rushing into my house, "I heard you got a RED Porsche!!" Ever since then I've wanted a red 911. Red was a bad color on the 996 though. Looks better on the 997. Flashy, yes. But I think it will come back into style as we all grow tired of our shades of grays and blacks.

Porsche_Smile

guard red is the only red P-car should have..... it's a classic

4thporsche

I have had 3 Guards Red P-Cars. Not by design but because they were off of a dealer lot. Great color. Goes with Porsche. Relatively easy to maintain. Current car is Atlas Grey, miss the Guards Red.

jnx

I had an 05 Guards red car, very nice color and easy to keep clean. I liked it and at the time was somewhat rare.

RonCT

Your gut tells you it is "showy" and I think in general people would agree. There are many that love the color, including me. The least showy colors might be gray, silver, black... Most showy bright Red, Yellow, and even the Cobalt Blue I have is more on the showy side than not.

Chris C.

I think the 997 looks best in bright colors...showy is a matter if personal taste. I think Guards is muted for example compared with speed yellow!

Love the cobalt Ron - one of my first choice colors, along with GR of course.

Tedder Bear

I love the porsche guards red, especially on a 997. It, the speed yellow, and cobalt blue look great. I struggled with my color decision. My S4 was red, and the car before was red. I also had a yellow vette earlier.

My wife talked me into trying another color and as I never had a blue car I went with the cobalt blue. Glad I did, but the guards red still looks great!!!

oalvarez

i'm surprised mjones hasn't chimed in seriously, he should be able to give you some thoughts on the color red and how it handles dirt. i've seen his red p-cars and they're beautiful.

caf

As others have pointed out, GR looks better on a 997 than a 996. I can't figure out why, though.

Paladin

My '06 997S cab is guards red. It definitely stands out in a crowd. I often describe it as "give me a ticket red" or "mid-life crisis red" - although I've yet to get a ticket in my 2 months (1100 miles) of ownership. I'm sure that won't last.

Concerning care, I've been obsessive - and loving it. I've never been this way before. I now have a whole shelf of various Sonus, Klasse, P21S, Meguiars and Zymol stuff. My favorite product of the bunch is Sonus Glass Polish. It makes the windshield absolutely invisible! Amazing.

I think that any flat color is more 'nagging', under close inspection, than a metallic, in showing light surface scratches. This is my first flat color in a long time. As far as dirt, for what little my garage queen has seen, it appears to remain quite well hidden. At least as well as my silver grey BMW 545i 6 speed sport daily driver. Can you believe that I used to think that the 545 was somewhat of a sports car! I have a new appreciation for it as a luxury sedan now.

Like many Porsche finishes guards takes on different 'hues' in different lighting conditions. I notice that in the brightest light the car can take on an orange-ish tone and it's not particularly my favorite. Which isn't to say that I don't like it, I do, it's just very showy. At dusk or in shade it's a magnificent bold deep red hue - my favorite. I love how the color shows off the rear curves. And I think that for a cabrio it is just the s***! Hope this helps.

Chris C.

The bright finishes all obscure minor swirls well. Guards has a very deep red tone when polished, but yes it does have a lot of orange in it.

ELUSIVE

I wouldn't buy any other color Porsche. Well maybe if I was buying a 2nd one I'd get a different color. But when I have one Porsche it will always be Guards Red.
Ever since I was a child it was the color that I associated with Porsche. For some reason there are very few. Many of the other colors just look far to boring for me for such a wonderful sports car.

I find Guards Red much easier to maintain that black.

Oh, and if you get red you absolutely positively MUST get the clear side markers.

MJones

Guards Red..is great.
A classic Porsche color
Easy to maintain, even looks good dirty.
Showy...not
There is alot more Red cars on the road than you realize.
My Carrera S was GR..and now my GT3 is GR