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Old 02-05-2016, 06:37 AM   #1
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If I had to do something wild I would do a porsche racing inspired theme, nor the fast and furious or the hot rod flames are a good fit for a porsche, the only porsche that I ever seen with flames and looked good was a satin black outlaw 356 speedster
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Old 02-05-2016, 06:45 AM   #2
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If I had to do something wild I would do a porsche racing inspired theme, nor the fast and furious or the hot rod flames are a good fit for a porsche, the only porsche that I ever seen with flames and looked good was a satin black outlaw 356 speedster

ya something subtle is more along what i was thinking. maybe a non stock color lol with ghosting or some off color accents. just thinking out loud.
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Old 02-05-2016, 06:48 AM   #3
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i just read a thread on here about a guy who posted up pics of his 20' wheel and a "poke and stick" something... man this forum tore him up i mentioned a motor swap when i first joined and i thought i was going to get banned lol

say it with me... change is ok to each their own.
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not saying i would paint my porsche this color but it would be interesting to see. just kind of what i meant by my first post.
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not saying i would paint my porsche this color but it would be interesting to see. just kind of what i meant by my first post.
I saw a 987 in front of Petco earlier this week that was a very similar color to that. Perhaps slightly less copper and more brown. But striking and not something you see every day.
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I saw a 987 in front of Petco earlier this week that was a very similar color to that. Perhaps slightly less copper and more brown. But striking and not something you see every day.
i had a Colorado that was burnt copper and looked pretty sharp. i think a copper genre might look nice on a boxster.
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Old 02-05-2016, 07:42 AM   #7
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Well if you want to be different here are a couple unique colors

Thunder blue metallic:



Spice orange (similar to what you posted above):



Laguna seca blue:



Phoenix yellow:



Blue turqoise:



Riviera blue:



Rosso dino:

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Old 02-05-2016, 07:46 AM   #8
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I like the Lava Orange that is on a small number of new cars. It is a very bold color. The other 'out there' livery I like is from the '84 Rothmans 953's that won Paris-Dakar that year. Two tone paint with stripes.
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Old 02-05-2016, 08:18 AM   #9
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i just read a thread on here about a guy who posted up pics of his 20' wheel and a "poke and stick" something... man this forum tore him up i mentioned a motor swap when i first joined and i thought i was going to get banned lol

say it with me... change is ok to each their own.
meh. I got called a hairdresser for considering a Porsche 'clubsport' logo on my car as it is pretty much a track whore at this point. apparently the new gt4 clubsport is for sissies. here is a thread that looks at an 'outlaw' approach to boxster paint:

http://986forum.com/forums/general-discussions/54708-silver-car-red-hood.html

and some of the recent special edition porsches have the ghosting thing happening with stripes and logos:





if you don't want to do permanent, here's a fun place to look for some race-inspired vinyl ...

https://magnagrafik.com/WholeCatalogue.pdf

and here are the sport edition colours available on caymans a few years back ...


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Old 02-05-2016, 08:43 AM   #10
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good pics, thanks guys.
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Old 02-05-2016, 09:48 AM   #11
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Love the Mexico blue.

For my silver 986, I really want to ghost the 986 on the rear trunk. Not sure who to see about this or exactly what I want, but it is in my project list.
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Old 02-05-2016, 01:09 PM   #12
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Hmmm... not sure where all the exotic colored cars are either.

My 2008 Boxster S Limited Edition #5 of 250 in GT3 Orange


My 2008 Cayman S Sport in Signal Green (with Hans Peter Porsche standing next to it at 2014 Porsche Parade)


2007 Cayman S in Carmen Red (sold this car when I bought my CSS)


Exotic colors are out there, you just have to look for them.
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