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Old 04-06-2013, 05:11 PM   #1
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Took a few pics today, enjoy!

I love this car! Im really confused what the color is on it, to the naked eye it looks like a DARK charcol grey, sometimes it seems black but when I mess with some of the sharpening functions on photoshop, its like a green color... All depends on how the sun is hitting it....



















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Good looking ride. Is the interior yellow?

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Old 04-06-2013, 05:27 PM   #3
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Good looking ride. Is the interior yellow?

Thank you! Its Sierra Beige, so, its a mustardy color. I messed a little too much with the color enhancements on that pic LOL.
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Thank you! Its Sierra Beige, so, its a mustardy color. I messed a little too much with the color enhancements on that pic LOL.
I believe they call it Savannah Beige.

BTW, The ride looks good. I have the same color interior.

I sent you a PM a week or so ago regarding your amber corner lenses and have not heard back from you. Do you still have them?
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The color code onthe sticker under the front hood should be able to give you a lookup for color of exterior. My guess is forest green metallic or something like it...although yours looks darker maybe.
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I believe they call it Savannah Beige.

BTW, The ride looks good. I have the same color interior.

I sent you a PM a week or so ago regarding your amber corner lenses and have not heard back from you. Do you still have them?
AH! You are right it is Savannah Beige... I knew it was, not sure why I wrote Sierra beige?

I still have my old headlight set but may keep them. If I ever sell the Boxster, Id remove the litronics and put the stock lights back in, Sorry. Have you tried eBay? I noticed you're in MA, there is a salvage yard in Concord NH that has a boxster in stock they may have those corner lights.
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The color code onthe sticker under the front hood should be able to give you a lookup for color of exterior. My guess is forest green metallic or something like it...although yours looks darker maybe.

My front trunk has a sticker reflecting paint code "L744" Which translates to Black Pearl.... I just see different colors in the sun. Must be the metalic flakes in the paint.
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Here's a weird tidbit I picked up a while ago, seems counter intuitive, but give it try sometime: I read an article in the local paper on taking car photos once and the photographer mentioned that the best light to really make your car pop in a photo, is overcast skies. Now I only take car photos on cloudy days and I see that they look great.
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Here's a weird tidbit I picked up a while ago, seems counter intuitive, but give it try sometime: I read an article in the local paper on taking car photos once and the photographer mentioned that the best light to really make your car pop in a photo, is overcast skies. Now I only take car photos on cloudy days and I see that they look great.
Dave, I could see why taking photos on overcast days is important. They say the same thing for wedding pictures. The lighting and reflections are not as intense. This was a clear sunny day and I got the reflections of everything off of my car! I think sunny would be OK if there was nothing to reflect or cast shadows around you.
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Here's a weird tidbit I picked up a while ago, seems counter intuitive, but give it try sometime: I read an article in the local paper on taking car photos once and the photographer mentioned that the best light to really make your car pop in a photo, is overcast skies. Now I only take car photos on cloudy days and I see that they look great.
This is true for most picture taking.

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