991 GT3 RS - Paint To Sample - Idea's Please

991 GT3 RS - Paint To Sample - Idea's Please

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RSVP911

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8,192 posts

132 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Hi there lucky enough to be getting my hands on a 991 GT3 RS and without sounding ungrateful, I'm a little underwhelmed by the four colour choices

White - good RS colour , but done to death lately.

GT Silver Metallic - really great colour and really suits the RS - however , its a little tame for an RS

Ultraviolet - no thanks

Lava Orange - its quite nice - but quite nice shouldn't be a reason to choose it ?(looks slightly flat and washed out in real life - no where near as rich and deep as the rendered images) Also its now a standard Porsche colour - surely the launch RS colour should be kept for the RS ?

OK so we have PTS - any suggestions please ; I have decided I don't want to go Riviera , Mexico or Voodoo , as much as I like them , they seem to be becoming a standard choice on GT cars.

I quite fancy Signal Yellow , but I'm not sure if historically this was ever an RS colour ?

Lastly , has anyone gone PTS and been given the old "you can have it but it will delay your car 100 years" line from their OPC ? My car is a November build ( I assume there is some truth in this depending on the colour that you choose?)

Discuss .......................... please - if you don't mind smile

Edited by RSVP911 on Thursday 18th June 21:22

davidc1

1,544 posts

161 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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I have a boxster spyder on order.if I was gonna go pts , I would go maritime blue , or the 993 turbo launch colour of arena red.
Nice problem!!!

Heathrow

444 posts

129 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Peppermint green.

Please do it.

IMI A

9,410 posts

200 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Heathrow said:
Peppermint green.

Please do it.
yes mint green!

J-P

4,350 posts

205 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Gulf blue.

Sandy59

2,706 posts

210 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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I actually think it looks best in white from the pictures I've seen so far, but yes a common colour now. I also thought about SY, but then again I'm tempted by the UV to be honest.
I then wondered about an off white cream colour I've seen not sure the name though ??

I was told there should be no delay for PTS if ordered now for a November build, but not sure it that's actually how it works. I also read somewhere there may be a certain small period for all PTS cars to be built, but not sure when that would be exactly if it is the case.

A friend of mine is getting a white one in August/Sept I think, so might wait to see that one first before finally deciding.

Guards red looks great on the standard GT3 ??

keep it lit

3,388 posts

166 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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ULTRAVIOLET!

come on this is THE colour for this car think 7.1 green.

only other choice would be LAVA as this is after all an RS wink

bored to death with all these puffy blues......

Mermaid

21,492 posts

170 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Sandy59 said:
Guards red looks great on the standard GT3 ??
Or another Porsche classic - Flat black.

RSVP911

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8,192 posts

132 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Heathrow said:
Peppermint green.

Please do it.
Ah Minty - this was the colour of the 964 3.6 Turbo that Tiff drove on TG all those years ago - awesome - but sorry , just not brave enough frown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82aDO0MuYQ4

RSVP911

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8,192 posts

132 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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This is exciting - please keep them coming - photos please just to spice it up a bit - I'll start with this : Signal Yellow :




RSVP911

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8,192 posts

132 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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davidc1 said:
I have a boxster spyder on order.if I was gonna go pts , I would go maritime blue , or the 993 turbo launch colour of arena red.
Nice problem!!!
Yes thanks you're right - great problem to have smile

Maritime - good shout



I think this is also MB - any thoughts ?


mollytherocker

14,365 posts

208 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Rubystone! It would be awesome!


mollytherocker

14,365 posts

208 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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That 993 GT2 is an Audi colour. I forget the name, Naga or something?

Heathrow

444 posts

129 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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RSVP911 said:
Ah Minty - this was the colour of the 964 3.6 Turbo that Tiff drove on TG all those years ago - awesome - but sorry , just not brave enough frown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82aDO0MuYQ4
OK, something less wild then, but still fairly distinctive.

How about Audi RS Blue?

Heathrow

444 posts

129 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Great minds - the 993 pic above is Audi RS Blue.

IMI A

9,410 posts

200 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Mermaid

21,492 posts

170 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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mollytherocker said:
Rubystone! It would be awesome!


thegoose

8,075 posts

209 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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mollytherocker said:
That 993 GT2 is an Audi colour. I forget the name, Naga or something?
It's RS blue I believe , you're probably getting confused with Nogaro blue which is a bit different (google image search to see).



OP, as I understand it if you choose a colour that Porsche have used before then it shouldn't be much/any delay. The big delays are when it's a colour they've not done before, I.e. when they really are making a paint to sample (be that sample a nail varnish, or other manufacturer's colour etc), in this case they take months to formulate the paint and test it etc over a period of a few months before they're happy enough to paint and guarantee a whole car in the chosen colour.

Phooey

12,575 posts

168 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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22S (Signal) looks cool(est) imo




Mermaid

21,492 posts

170 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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thegoose said:
in this case they take months to formulate the paint and test it etc over a period of a few months before they're happy enough to paint and guarantee a whole car in the chosen colour.
the magnesium roof is a new element for Porsche painters.