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> CptTripps' Restoration 2 - The Grey Matter Build, Back in Doug’s garage
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post Mar 27 2014, 06:45 AM
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Just got a few pics from Dan. I'm real happy with the color. Very unique, and there certainly isn't another 914 out there in this color.

I'll take more when I go over later today.

Excited!!!


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post Mar 27 2014, 07:58 AM
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Almost like a Jag Dove grey... little lighter... like it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 27 2014, 08:00 AM
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i do like it, i thought that was just a grey primer a first, is it a non-porsche color?
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post Mar 27 2014, 08:08 AM
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Looks pretty much just like you wanted it. You're gonna make it to the meet too aren't ya? That's crazy.
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post Mar 27 2014, 08:13 AM
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Chris: Unless it's snowing...or raining like hell, I'll be driving it there.

Todd: Yeah, that's exactly right. I wanted a deep grey that wasn't metallic at all.

Philip: It's not a Porsche color. There's a "Porsche Sport Grey" that I was going to go for, but it was a little too "brown" for me. I have this color matched up perfectly with a perforated vinyl and an Alcantara that should really make it look special.

I forgot to mention. Thanks to bdstone914 for getting me a set of hats in a hurry so I could get the rear arms together quickly. That made all the difference!
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post Mar 27 2014, 08:16 AM
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QUOTE(tdgray @ Mar 27 2014, 09:58 AM) *

Almost like a Jag Dove grey... little lighter... like it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Upon further inspection, it looks like it's exactly Jaguar Dove Grey. JA004/JAG-25449 is SW 94905.
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post Mar 27 2014, 10:30 AM
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Looks great!
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post Mar 27 2014, 10:47 AM
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Love it! Thought it was going to be lime-green to match your parts...

Little darker than this

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post Mar 27 2014, 11:23 AM
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Love it! Thought it was going to be lime-green to match your parts...

Little darker than this

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That's the color I originally wanted, but bailed on it when I saw one in person. Looks amazing on a 911...would look like ass on a 914. (IMHO) There's a 'brown' hue to it that makes it look a little too old-fashioned for my taste.
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post Mar 27 2014, 11:32 AM
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Even though there is no such color, it looks like "gloss battleship grey". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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post Mar 27 2014, 12:32 PM
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I'm going for a whole "fighter jet" theme with the car, so I could have left it in primer and been just fine. (I DID think about that at one point...)

I've got to run to the house, and then over there to drop some things off to him. (spray bed-liner for the bottom and wheel wells.) I'll take more pics then and see what we're dealing with.
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post Mar 27 2014, 03:33 PM
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I LOVE the color!!! I like the 911 color too, but I can't wait to see this thing together. Killer.
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post Mar 27 2014, 05:28 PM
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I stopped by to drop some things off tonight. Overall, the body looks awesome. There dust in the paint, but it should buff out without issue.

I live the color. It's exactly what I was looking for.


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post Mar 27 2014, 05:35 PM
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So when are you adding one of these?

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There are hereHere! Aircraftspruce

Or us an old computer joy stick. Thrustmaster F16 anyone?

I would go for the real thing from Aircraft Spruce.
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post Mar 28 2014, 12:24 AM
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With the right wheels and tires that combo is gonna look killer, and if you're as attentive to that choice as you've been to everything else in your post it's gonna knock it outta the park! Great color and great job so far! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Mar 28 2014, 06:57 AM
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Thanks guys.

I actually thought about a joystick like that for the shifter. I may still do it at some point, but that actually may add "labor" to driving the car...which I'm trying to avoid. It'd be cool to wire up the buttons for "Launch Control" and a few other goodies that I'm thinking about.

I spent all night on the wiring harness and getting everything mapped out and ready. I ran out of heat-shrink tubing for my Rhino label maker, so I ordered more from Amazon. I'll have it on Saturday and can work on finishing that in the morning before I run off to get the tub from Dan. I'm half-tempted to have him hold off on buffing it out too much. I may need to anyway after I have it in my garage for a week and walking past it. I'm going to look into a plastic sheeting of some kind to protect the paint until I get it ready for the final buff-out. Like that stuff that they have on the car from the factory before it gets to the dealer?
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post Mar 28 2014, 05:08 PM
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My weekend is starting off right!

Stopped by to see the body before I pick it up tomorrow. Dan buffed out one quarter for me, and it looks like a mirror.

He sprayed the Raptor Liner on the bottom, and in all the wheel wells. Tinted to match the body color. Looks great too! Should offer great protection from rocks and such.

Tub comes home tomorrow, sans hoods and doors. He'll deliver those on Monday. I wouldn't be able to use them yet anyway. I'd rather be able to get stuff in/out of the car easily.

Here is a sneak peak of the car in (gloomy) daylight.


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post Mar 28 2014, 07:16 PM
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post Mar 28 2014, 07:19 PM
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That Raptor liner has a nice textured finish to it.
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post Mar 28 2014, 10:05 PM
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Spent the night working on cleaning out the garage. After that, I started on the hubs.

Got the studs pulled on everything and then blasted the rear hubs and painted them. Nothing is going back on this car that hasn't been cleaned and/or replaced.

I used 2 of my 2" spacers to seat all the studs. I pressed them in, then used an impact wrench to get them seated and straight.

So...I've got that going for me...which is nice.


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