How many purists?

Good morning! Well, my MY84 shell is going to the body shop for a complete paint by the end of this month or in early July. I've yet to decide on the color and am conducting a poll of the 928OC members as to which way to go. Not that that will make any real difference but the results should be interesting. The way I see it I have 4 options. 1- original color (not my favorite option as if I'm staying true to the VIN then I would have to do the same interior and I'm not fond of the current color combo), 2 - a Porsche color from the same MY (try to stay true within the MY but this would also suggest an interior that was available with that particular exterior color), 3 - any Porsche color, and 4 - any color (not necessarily Porsche). For a little more background, I am making some modifications such as: 1 - removing the integrated spoiler and using a raised wing (something like the one sold by 928 Motor Sports), 2 - removing the power antenna and installing a shark fin on the upper part of the read hatch, and 3 - removing the rear seats and installing a custom audio system in that location. No drive train mods or suspension mods. Let's hear what everyone thinks! Thanks.

I probably wouldn't be wild about the spoiler mod, but I wouldn't cringe at anything else you mentioned. I'm not much of a purist where it concerns paint and interior. I have an '84 that I plan to repaint, too, and I plan on modifying the original color.

With the mods I would not worry about the model year. I would stick with a Porsche color however, you favorite considering the interior and whether you are radically changing colors or not etc. Enjoy your car, make it your own. But I do like to keep Ferdinand in mind where appropriate.

The previous owner of my L700 color code black '85 928 let his woman drive the car one day, and it was sideswiped in traffic. The body shop told him that they could NOT make the damaged door match the rest of the paint on the car, which had typical Florida oxidation. Meaning, he didn't wax it enough....

Instead, this ASSHOLE repainted the whole car a Saturn color called "Black Gold". A mid '90's color, I was kicked off of the Saturn fan website after I joined and asked about this, and even posted a pic of my 928.

Just for that.

The people that run that site must be the same ones that run Rennlist-

In any case.... When I bought the car in 1999 my idea was to have a professional respray done, along with the removal of the rub strips. The thing is...while I like my current car and it costs me next to nothing, I still want a later model SILVER car. The "UPS truck but metallic" color has kind of grown upon me, but the problem with dark colors on a 928 is that it does not show off the cars lines very well.

REPAINTING your car a different color NEVER works and ALWAYS brings down the value. Keep that in mind-

I would say stick with a Porsche color and start by looking at your MY. Don't blame you for removing the S spoiler out back...frankly I'd remove the one up front too... but that is just me. I prefer the OB cars (even with a stand off rear wing) to the S. I prefer the GTS to ALL and the S4 is 2nd fav...but I digress. Now the S spoiler PLUS the Perfex Splitter and the stand off wing...NOW WE HAVE A WINNER!

The "S" rear rubber spoiler I really like, one of the reasons I got this model in fact. I think the front one could be a little better maybe but I like it too. I do like the GTS and S4 as well. But the 83 body which has no rub strips is classic. To me it shows off the tremendous styling and gives off a little more "sharky" silhouette. That is what is fun, each year has it's own little thing that someone prefers or not. That keeps us related but they do not all look like.... well.....911's