5000M build

[catfishdb]

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[catfishdb]

Took a while to get here.....

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[GTRene]

Oh boy, it already looks shiny in the paint, now I have to be extra careful when installing everything... scary

Nice job so far.

[Slow M]

I LOVE this color on your M!!!
I've been working toward identifying a color for my own car. Something slightly less warm, but very much along similar lines.

Congratulations. A great Christmas present to yourself. Enjoy the holidays!
B

Edited by Slow M on Thursday 25th December 23:37

[catfishdb]

I have been looking forward to seeing it painted for some time. I haven't actually seen the car in person yet.

The colour is an old Porsche colour from the late fifties used on the 356....Stone Grey. A colour that Porsche brought back a few years ago for their lineup.

Arthur

[GTRene]

Slow M said:

?? I LOVE this color on your M!!!
I've been working toward identifying a color for my own car. Something slightly less warm, but very much along similar lines.

Congratulations. A great Christmas present to yourself. Enjoy the holidays!
B

Have you seen that ND Mazda MX5 that someone posted? it has also such sort color with black wheels, it looked amazing, I would not have guessed on a color card that it would look like that Mazda.

[GTRene]

GTRene said:

Slow M said:

?? I LOVE this color on your M!!!
I've been working toward identifying a color for my own car. Something slightly less warm, but very much along similar lines.

Congratulations. A great Christmas present to yourself. Enjoy the holidays!
B

Have you seen that ND Mazda MX5 that someone posted? it has also such sort color with black wheels, it looked amazing, I would not have guessed on a color card that it would look like that Mazda.

ah this post

TREMAiNE said:

Great piece, Ben - I was thrilled to see you'd bought an ND as I knew you'd considered it for a while.

How do you compare it to the NC? Is there anything you miss from the older car?

I love my ND3, owned from new and spec'd out with almost every option ticked. It could do with a beefier exhaust, though.

My Morgan 3 Wheeler obviously offers a more visceral experience (and dare I say more fun than a Caterham), but as an all-rounder, the MX-5 goes toe to toe with the 987.2 I owned back in 2016...

from

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[catfishdb]

Black wheels you say.....

Edited by catfishdb on Friday 26th December 02:14

[Slow M]

GTRene said:

GTRene said:

Slow M said:

?? I LOVE this color on your M!!!
I've been working toward identifying a color for my own car. Something slightly less warm, but very much along similar lines.

Congratulations. A great Christmas present to yourself. Enjoy the holidays!
B

Have you seen that ND Mazda MX5 that someone posted? it has also such sort color with black wheels, it looked amazing, I would not have guessed on a color card that it would look like that Mazda.

ah this post

TREMAiNE said:

Great piece, Ben - I was thrilled to see you'd bought an ND as I knew you'd considered it for a while.

How do you compare it to the NC? Is there anything you miss from the older car?

I love my ND3, owned from new and spec'd out with almost every option ticked. It could do with a beefier exhaust, though.

My Morgan 3 Wheeler obviously offers a more visceral experience (and dare I say more fun than a Caterham), but as an all-rounder, the MX-5 goes toe to toe with the 987.2 I owned back in 2016...

from

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

The metal or mica flake makes the color look a bit muted, to my eye. In those two pictures, at least.

Edited by Slow M on Friday 26th December 18:45

[Slow M]

I saw this, the other day, just as I was thinking about going back to the paint store, to have them mix it up for me. This is EXACTLY what I had in mind. Subaru H6Q Desert Khaki.

Like I said, very much along similar lines, and now I have a code to work with.

Depending on lighting/context/background this shifts between gold and sage green.

[catfishdb]

And so it begins. Putting all the bits back on.

[catfishdb]

[GTRene]

catfishdb said:

And so it begins. Putting all the bits back on.

nice work, looking good and so fine you can choose what materials to use, what is available these days.

[catfishdb]

....and so it continues....trying to see if there is enough time left before summer to complete the interior. Or drive it as is....interior next winter.

[catfishdb]

[catfishdb]

that last one was a bit fuzzy......

[GTRene]

Looking good, do you place the front windshield yourself ? (looks tricky) or by a specialist since polyester body (flex?) and glas window , don't know, but what are your plans about such, I guess the rear window (or plastic?) as well?