what's the proper undercoating for a 914-6? Options

[siverson]

I tried extending a thread on the originality forum, but not much luck there:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=152778

Anyone have photos of an original or 100% properly restored 914-6 showing the rear fender wells and bottom side of the rear trunk? It seems like black undercoating is never right as it was just applied by the dealers or ports (or something), and besides it's ugly.

So, it seems like the good options for these areas appears to be:

1. metal -> primer -> body color paint

2. metal -> primer -> grey PVC undercoating

3. metal -> primer -> grey PVC undercoating -> body color paint

Or ?

-Steve

[sixnotfour]

That is not enough proof, every six I have ever had or cut up has had the thin undercoat, per my picture of the green -6, that I am 2nd owner of.
Metallic 914-6's maybe different, because of the 2 part piant..

[racerbvd]

That is not enough proof, every six I have ever had or cut up has had the thin undercoat, per my picture of the green -6, that I am 2nd owner of.
Metallic 914-6's maybe different, because of the 2 part piant..

Well, I researched it talking to friends what were worked for Brumos when the Sixes were new, talked to the PCA's 914 guru at length, talked to other friends who do concours Porsche restorations and raced & wrenched when the Sixes were racing IMSA, ect, ect, ect, and it is clear that our Six also came with undercoating, but talking to the PCA concours weenies (the old ones, not the boxster breed currently judging) and I posted the results and what I was told and what I was told that I needed to do if I wanted to be competitive at "Parade" level. I sure wish they told me that they recognized that some 914-6s did indeed come from Porsche (not the port, where it will would show up on the dealer paperwork and varies in color and quality, so I was told) with the undercoating, as scraping off the factory undercoating was a major PITA and having the bodywork to make the bottom look perfect is very $$$$.. If you can find concrete info (and I have been told this is the single biggest issue concerning what is "correct" on the bottom of a "Six" for decades) it would help others do the right thing & maybe save some money. I posted the question on multiple boards and still, what I posted was the most info I could find out on the subject.


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