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Would love to use the first one as my wallpaper on a 4K display. Any chance I can get a higher resolution version from you?
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
^ 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
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
I believe this color is Slate Grey but I'm not 100% sure. Sadly this car is no more. It was lost in the flooding after Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
Originally Posted by lessthan3mph
Perhaps this car was grey black (grauschwarz 7A1)?? Looks a bit like it to me.
Originally Posted by Ferrarisimo
Hard to tell for sure, but it doesn't look exactly like Gray Black.
Originally Posted by PistolPete
The indoor lighting made it tough to get that color right.
Since we have the VIN, is it possible to figure out what the color is?
Originally Posted by lessthan3mph
Excellent points. I just checked (based on the VIN) and it is a metallic colour
-- so clearly it cannot be grey black. (7A1 is solid, not metallic. BTW, it also
cannot be the usual (solid) Slate grey in either of its current incarnations
(615 or Y97).)
My next guess then: slate metallic. ()
Sadly, requested but rejected for 991 and 981 so impossible to reproduce again, at least for this generation of 9x1 cars.
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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.
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_LND9756 by Peter Moy, on Flickr
_LND9761 by Peter Moy, on Flickr
_LND9766 by Peter Moy, on Flickr
_LND9751 by Peter Moy, on Flickr
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