Color of headlight housing
- Greg Bryan
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Color of headlight housing
I'm looking for a color match for the headlight housing for a recently purchased '65 912. I'm assuming that it is the same or similar to the '65 356.
Although very worn, it appears to be almost a primer gray color - flat or semi flat.
I did look for past threads and found this from 2009:
Krylon "Stone Gray"
Rustoleum "Light Gray" or "Smoke Gray"
All work well. Buy the satin finish version of either or use a clear satin finish over them.
Anyone have a favorite product to do this?
Although very worn, it appears to be almost a primer gray color - flat or semi flat.
I did look for past threads and found this from 2009:
Krylon "Stone Gray"
Rustoleum "Light Gray" or "Smoke Gray"
All work well. Buy the satin finish version of either or use a clear satin finish over them.
Anyone have a favorite product to do this?
Greg Bryan
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Re: Color of headlight housing
My brother is restoring a very original 65 912, one family owned. Here are some shots.
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Re: Color of headlight housing
I used krylon "aluminum " then clear coated. I'm pleased with the results.
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Re: Color of headlight housing
Not sure if this helps but here is a photo of an unrestored headlight bucket from Miss April. I can send you an full pixel shot if helpful. I do not know of a spray paint that replicates this color.
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Thank you Adam, Richard and Paul - I'll experiment with the paint above. I have the time as the car is going to the metal man to get some rust holes fixed. I'm not going to strip the car completely - just get the worst done for now and then a complete job later - I don't want to get into a full blown resto at this point - a rat-rod sounds like fun for a while.
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Greg, is it a painted dash car? Those are my favorite.Greg Bryan wrote:Thank you Adam, Richard and Paul - I'll experiment with the paint above. I have the time as the car is going to the metal man to get some rust holes fixed. I'm not going to strip the car completely - just get the worst done for now and then a complete job later - I don't want to get into a full blown resto at this point - a rat-rod sounds like fun for a while.'65 912 Sunroof
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Re: Color of headlight housing
Not a painted dash - one of the last 65 VINs and is actually registered as a 66. Kind of a fancy 912 with 5 gauges and a sunroof and built at the Porsche factory as opposed to Karmann.
Not matching drivetrain, so anything goes!
Not matching drivetrain, so anything goes!
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Re: Color of headlight housing
My '58 T2 Speedsters headlight buckets have been this chrome color forever, but I think it is likely incorrect. Can anyone confirm what the proper color finish should be?
Thank you,
Steve
Thank you,
Steve
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Re: Color of headlight housing
I've never spotted a color difference between the sealed beam headlight units in my:steve raucher wrote:My '58 T2 Speedsters headlight buckets have been this chrome color forever, but I think it is likely incorrect. Can anyone confirm what the proper color finish should be?
Thank you,
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Re: Color of headlight housing
I have always thought that preA and A had a flat silver finish and B and C had the flat grey finish.
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Re: Color of headlight housing
Here's a photo of a pretty unmolested 1955 Speedster (I wasn't trying to get the headlight in the photo).
It looks like the same old light grey to me.
It looks like the same old light grey to me.
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Re: Color of headlight housing
Follow up - I bought about 10 cans of paint and experimented with matching the 912 buckets. Like Jim, I've observed that the housing color was very similar over the years.
Here's the stuff I settled on - perfect, probably not, but close.
Paint - Valspar Color Radiance - Hazy Stratus - 84507 Since the Valspar is high gloss and the original paint appears to look almost like grey primer, I finished it off with: Rustoleum Matte Clear Finished product
Here's the stuff I settled on - perfect, probably not, but close.
Paint - Valspar Color Radiance - Hazy Stratus - 84507 Since the Valspar is high gloss and the original paint appears to look almost like grey primer, I finished it off with: Rustoleum Matte Clear Finished product
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Re: Color of headlight housing
Looks good to me, Greg! Can't wait to see the newest acquisition.
Mike
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