Carrera tail paint scheme

aways · 12-19-2005, 10:12 PM

I've recently purchased a Carrera tail that is painted guards red, including the central grille area. Most, but not all, Carrera tail pictures I have seen have the grille area painted black. Were all OEM tails painted with a two color scheme: the car color with the grill area painted black? or did some come in a single color? Any idea how difficult it would be to mask off everything but the central grille area and paint the grille black?

Thanks,

jorian · 12-19-2005, 10:22 PM

Easy to mask everything except the grill. Use a flat black. Best look too IMHO.

Kroggers · Kroggers's Garage

When I got my car, the deck was all red. I recently (during the summer) had the complete car repainted, and the shop returned it to the original lock (with the black), and I think it looks so much better...

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aways · 12-20-2005, 07:33 AM

Thanks guys for the advice.

I think the flat black grille paint may look the best too. Anyone else think the flat black is the way to go?

Wil Ferch · 12-20-2005, 09:47 AM

Actually its not "flat"..it's more like "matte".....

like Wurth trim paint......

Wil

aways · 12-20-2005, 11:27 AM

Thanks Wil and SoCal, I think I'll go with the Wurth trim paint. It loos like they have "satin" black trim spray and Europen blend Matte black lacquer... I guess the satin black trim the best? Also, is a self-etch primer coat required/recommended? Thanks again...

Wil Ferch · 12-20-2005, 11:28 AM

I think it's called "satin" black and I would contact Wurth ( or look on the can) for pre-priming instructions....

Wil

msterling · msterling's Garage

I can't help with the color as mine is all black on a black car but here is a pic of the paint scheme on my '88 carrera cab. I'm certain the paint is original. The screen is flat. The louvered area is a kind of splatter/matte. Might be tricky to mask those radius borders. The rest of the non rubber area seems to be same paint as rest of car. Tricky to take a good picure of the thing.

aways · 12-20-2005, 12:09 PM

msterling, Thanks much for posting those pictures. That helps a lot, and I agree, masking the rounded corners is going to be a bit tricky...

N11Porsche · N11Porsche's Garage

Hey Paul Kroggers,

That's an awesome looking SC and in my favorite color!!

Kroggers · Kroggers's Garage

Thank you Bill, it is a slow project which is getting better every year (Any excuse to post more pic's

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