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At this point I convinced myself to go ahead and pain the car myself. I had already done all the dirty work, I figured I should go ahead and do the last 10%. I went to a local paint supplier and purchased Spies Hecker primer, base, and high solid clear. Everything went according to plan. The primer went on great and sanded smooth easily.



Base coat and clear coat also went without too many hiccups, just a few runs.





A week later I went to purchase another quart of paint as I had run out and still had the bumpers and deckled to paint. The paint I was given was not at all like the first batch. I had ordered Porsche code 61H Modegrau or Fashion Grey. You can see the difference of the two colors in this sample. After investigating it turned out the real Modegrau was the second batch, the color on the left. This meant the entire car, fenders, and doors had been painted the wrong color. The paint mixer apologized and gave me a gallon of the right color for free. He had mixed the wrong color the first time. I had to sand all the clear and base off the parts I had already painted and finally this past weekend was able to repaint everything in true Fashion Grey.








This was probably a blessing in disguise. I had some imperfections in the paint and runs that needed to be addressed anyway. Painting the car again allowed to correct all those problems and avoid them again. I am much happier with the results the second time with zero runs and only a few scattered debris that'll sand right off. Also the color is much nicer than the first bland grey I was given. Its the color I was really expecting based off the pictures I had seen online.