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Guards Red

If enough folk order painted grills then they'll probably switch to colour coded grills in Rev B Q3 '05.


And as for the colour fading: everything is now clear! or should that be a varying degree of CMY[;)]
 

ORIGINAL: thboxster

If enough folk order painted grills then they'll probably switch to colour coded grills in Rev B Q3 '05.

[:eek:]But you can't order colour coded grills it isn't a factory option
 
current reds are not formulated from natural pigments due to cost, green issues etc, and as such much more difficult to match 2nd time round as they are chemical compounds, any colour matching is down to falling the eye , some thing that sodam lighting cant/wont do.
 
"I was discussing car paint matching today being an easy task compared to years ago etc and the owner said the one colour that he would avoid at all costs, even with all the technology for colour matching, is RED!

Apparently under street lights at night the car will look like a patchwork quilt so thats a bloody good colour to avoid on ones pride & joy IMO."

Thet are just too damned lazy to do a decent job, metamerism affects other colours (yellow included)
 

ORIGINAL: JCB..

Makes you wonder what's so different about red. I wonder if the other primary colours would do the same?

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/nov98/912228411.Ch.r.html


This does not really apply to automotive paint

The biggest factor affecting fading is the Lightfastness index, then resistance to environment e.g. nasty stuff in rain. A lot of reds are single pigment colours
 
Hi David

Porsche red seems to be as good as or if not better than Ferrari red for fading.

Why have I been unsubscribed from 944 Titanic?

Tom
 
Just go for the colour you want ...nothing to do with anyone else they are not paying for it!! .I have Speed Yellow and love it ,Guards Red would be my other choice .Enjoy your new car
 
Who are you buying the car for?

Oh yes - YOU

Go for the colour and spec YOU want [:)]

Look forward to seeing the new car at a register event [8D]
 
I had guards Red for 16 yrs on my 944 turbo and loved it -saw a boxster in it with dark interior and it looked great to me and easier to manage than many metallic's so go for it,depreciation will not be significantly worse such after major purchase, good luck
 
Nick ..you are indeed a brave man choosing that colour ,in some areas in Scotland you would not be safe driving down the streets[:D][:D][:D]
I like it ....your car looks stunning in your profile page
No matter what colour you chose it is always the wrong one when it come to trading it in ...sir you should have gone XYZ

 
And take the salesmans advice with a pinch of salt....

"Black is a good safe colour for when you trade in Sir, things like Yellow just won't sell pre-owned"

2 years later...

"Black?, ah... Can't give so much for that Sir, we've got lot's of Black - now if it had been something like Yellow..."
 
ORIGINAL: Mark Bennett

And take the salesmans advice with a pinch of salt....

"Black is a good safe colour for when you trade in Sir, things like Yellow just won't sell pre-owned"

2 years later...

"Black?, ah... Can't give so much for that Sir, we've got lot's of Black - now if it had been something like Yellow..."

..... dealer instruction book page 101 "Never tell the customer he has a rare colour during trade-in negotiation"

.... Now I am just waiting for the same excuse [:D]
 
I've had my 987 for 22mths, I wanted Black and the wife wanted Guards Red, so we have a stunning Guards Red Boxster S. Everyone I speak says how good it looks and how it shines (clay bar & Zymol annuanly) So glad I didn't get my way as I'm told Black is a nightmare.

Go for it, I've no regrets

Steve
 
You say all boxes ticked so trust that means you are going for PASM and 18ins, a much more difficult decision than Guards Red, a great colour. Standby for torrent of posts about PASM......
 
ORIGINAL: Mark Bennett

And take the salesmans advice with a pinch of salt....

"Black is a good safe colour for when you trade in Sir, things like Yellow just won't sell pre-owned"

2 years later...

"Black?, ah... Can't give so much for that Sir, we've got lot's of Black - now if it had been something like Yellow..."

I was / am [:D] seriously considering Natural Red Leather next time around but have been warned off by several OPC that this is an impossible colour interior to shift and would have seriously bad affects on the residual

I recently enquired, on a friends behalf, about an ex demo being sold with lots of boxes ticked including full Natural Red Leather/Arctic Silver and asked the dealer if that was not a hard colour combo to shift ...he said no not at all Arctic always wanted and the Red Leather makes it something really special :ROFLMAO:

In the end one has to buy what they want I guess and certainly not what the salesman wants you to buy otherwise we would all be driving PDK's [:eek:][:D][;)]
 

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