You're welcome. And yes, too bad that car is no longer.

 

I need to work on my reading skills because I just saw this request. Give me some time to resize it tonight! A 4K display, humm, finally someone to put my 36MP file to use!

 

Many thanks Pete for the break down. While going through the thread for the meet in NY/NJ that red GT4 really stood out. I had seen Guards Red in person before and didn't much care for it, but that had me having second thoughts until you clarified it's Carmine. Fabulous color.

 

Since I'm getting black, it has been brought to my attention that this is another color you want to be cognizant about your clear wrap choice. XPEL Magnum PPF is suggested

 

Does any one have a picture of Black side by side with JMB?

 

Thanks for all the color pics!

 

Great post, thanks OP.

 

^ Great post??? - now I am back to the drawing board .

Carmine Red still my choice but Jet Metallic Black inching very close-wrap the whole car in the Xpel Stealth PPF - I think it would look awesome in black

 

I didn't include this photo of Jet Black Metallic because it can cause some confusion.

The day was cloudless and sunny so the black basically reflected the sky and appeared to be bluish.

LND_2363 by Peter Moy, on Flickr

 

The lineup (L-R) in bright sunshine.

Agate x 2
Guards Red
Dark Blue Metallic
Carmine Red
Jet Black Metallic
Sapphire Blue Metallic

LND_2340 by Peter Moy, on Flickr

 

Having seen them side by side - If maintained properly, nothing beats pure black.

JBM is a beautiful color - but definitely not nearly as black as true black in the sun. It's almost like a salty black.

Flip side is that it looks like it's tons easier to maintain.

 

Xpel Magnum -- dare I ask...

I'm going with Xpel on my Jan delivery black.

 

What is Xpel Magnum?? - did not see on their site

 

It's like Trojan Magnum : condom for big boys.

Sorry,couldn't help it...

 

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Yes, there is a bit of mystery surrounding the color of this car! Here is that
exact same .2 997 gt3 RS in the outdoor in front of Paul Miller's dealership
back it it's day. The natural light is better than the OP's interior shots, but
the day was overcast & 'dark':





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There were four metallic greys popular at the time which had been used by
Porsche as regular offerings for various model years in that general period -
'Slate Grey Metallic', 'Meteor Grey Metallic', 'Atlas Grey Metallic' and 'Seal
Grey Metallic'.

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Here is 'Slate Grey Metallic':





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Here is 'Meteor Grey Metallic':





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Here is 'Atlas Grey Metallic':





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Here is 'Seal Grey Metallic':





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The RS registry is reporting this PTS '11 gt3 RS as 'GT Silver', which is
clearly the wrong information. The dealer (Paul Miller), who custom
ordered this car on spec, referred to the color in their advertising of
the period (May/2011) as 'Slate Grey'. From recollection, Paul Miller
is not known for being a 'daring' dealership that orders unusual or
historic/vintage PTS colors for spec. As a matter of fact, they seldom
order any PTS on spec! So I think they chose a relatively safe 'grey'
metallic color from Porsche for the era, which was popular in its day,
although one that was not available on the gt3 RS at the time...except
via PTS.

And since Paul Miller ordered this gt3 RS & identified it as 'Slate Grey'
in their ads, I will give them the benefit of the doubt & say that this
color indeed was as they reported it: 'Slate Grey' but add ...'Metallic'.
As Daniel correctly pointed out to us, this 'Slate Metallic' color (code 23F)
is not currently approved for the 991/981.



My dos centavos, for what it's worth.



​Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel