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

[siverson]

I just stumbled on these photos so I thought I'd share here.

The "in progress" photo actually looks like a pretty good shot of what the factory coating should look like (white/grey in the middle areas), but then it was "over restored" to yellow everywhere. Is that right?

-Steve

[McMark]

Yellow everywhere is right, except just a dusting. Full, solid paint is, as you said, over-restored.

[siverson]

The yellow car is this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-914-914-6-...=US_Cars_Trucks

-Steve

[siverson]

And to add my opinion - I really don't mind the "over-restored, color everywhere" look. I think it looks nice, protects better, and is probably how the factory would have done it if they weren't in a hurry.

Now the thick, ugly black undercoating that was then often sprayed on top of the color - that is ugly.

-Steve

[racerbvd]

What about this one??

[Matt Romanowski]

I have access to an original, one owner six. It has won many PCA Concours awards at the Parade over the years and is one of the nicest original sixes in the country. I checked with the owner as to what was on it from the factory. It has the grey PVC undercoating, then full coverage body color, then the dealer had put black undercoating on over that.

I can get photos at some point if people want to see it.

[Garland]

See prior post for before pictures.

It's not a 6 but here is what I went with. Wurth white alloy, Wurth clear lacquer.

[rick 918-S]

I have access to an original, one owner six. It has won many PCA Concours awards at the Parade over the years and is one of the nicest original sixes in the country. I checked with the owner as to what was on it from the factory. It has the grey PVC undercoating, then full coverage body color, then the dealer had put black undercoating on over that.

I can get photos at some point if people want to see it.

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[OmaPossu]

... I checked with the owner as to what was on it from the factory. It has the grey PVC undercoating, then full coverage body color, ...

Thats exactly how Porsche Classic answered me when asking how to paint my -six original way.

[Cairo94507]

When Scotty shoots my Six the bottom will get full coverage body color.

[puffinator]

After spending an inordinate amount of time removing the black undercoat from my -6 I didn't find a gray color undercoat, it is more of a yellow/beige. The primer is a light gray but not the undercoat. Does the factory gray undercoat age to this yellow/beige color? My underside looks the same as the piece Scotty had in an earlier post side by side with a gray blob of new undercoat. Are there any products that are close to the yellow/beige undercoat?

[scotty b]

I think there is either some color change over time or they used a different color. Cairo's car actually had some pieces that looked beige and some looked more grey. A 73 S I'm also doing looks more grey. It has 43,000 original miles. I'm looking at a new system and will report back after the first of the year. the rep was supposed to come out this week, and called yesterday to say it won't be until after the first. He swears I will be able to match ANY texture perfectly. I've also been talking to a Ferrari restoring that is having the same issue now that SKS is only in black. He had the same results I did with the U-Pol Gravi-tex. Looked great when sprayed but layed down too smooth overnight so it's a no go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)