Ok, so I’m gonna bring up a tired topic - color choice. Sorry.
I’ve seen the Rennbow site before, and have used it as a tool to help narrow my search for a silver metallic that I think I would like best.
The classic Silver Metallic (SM) is my default choice, although sometimes it appears just a bit too light in color, especially in strong light, like this:
I think my ideal silver would be something a touch darker. I would also like to go with a darkish brown upholstery (baseball glove?) with med-dark Gray GSW carpet, and polished wheels as shown above. I know silver and brown is not classic, I’m going with an outlaw vibe, inspired by an Emory. The problem as I see it is that some silvers have a subtle color hue that may not go well with brown.
Seal Gray is popular now - looks fantastic - but I don’t want to go that dark. So what is between Seal Gray metallic and the more classic Silver Metallic?
I know this is super subjective, and looking at web photos can be deceiving.
I’ve circled several colors on the Rennbow site that might be of interest to me. I’m wondering if anyone has gone through a similar comparison. And if so, what choice did you make, and are you thrilled with the result? And has anybody seen (or own) a silver brown combo that works (that didn’t sell for half a million)?
GT Silver Metallic is one possibility, after all that is what Emory used. I hear it costs more, and not by a trivial amount. The Rennbow image of GTSM appears to be only a wee bit darker than SM. Has anyone seen GTSM and SM in the flesh next to each other, and in your opinion, is there something about GTS that justifies a cost bump? First photo @Aaron’s car, second photo is GTSM from Mr. Emory (that rocks a brown interior):
Crystal Silver Metallic has my attention. @Marty Grzynkowicz‘s old wide body is CSM and I’ve seen and driven that car earlier this year., and the paint still looks great. The Rennbow site also appears to render CSM the wee-est bit darker than SM but hard to be sure. The word Crystal makes me wonder if it simply has more sparkle. Anybody seen the two side by side?
Marty’s when new...
...and today (owned by Raffi @ford356outlaw):
The other two that I might consider based on photos I’ve seen are Pewter Metallic and Sapphire Metallic. These colors look fantastic and they seem to be about midway between Seal Gray Metallic and classic SM in darkness. But PM and SaM also appear to have a slight tint, so I wonder if they would be a tough pairing with brown. SaM perhaps a touch blue, and PM seems to me to have a slight Gray-Green (?) tint depending on the photo. Could I get away with brown upholstery, or would that create a clash of hues? Anybody see a car with either of these with brown interior? And yes, I know something like Ox Blood would be killer, and I can’t say I’ve completely ruled it out.
Here is Pewter Metallic (photo from @bee4bee ). At least I assume this is metallic - bee4bee’s one and only post says ‘Kirk at VS called it Pewter’ and that it was intended to match 5603, ‘56 Graphite Metallic’.). This car is gorgeous - loose the bumper and change upholstery to brown and park it in my garage please.
Sapphire is shown below (this car once owned by the one and only @Theron who provided the first photo. I forget who became the subsequent owner and provided the second photo). Yeah, lighting makes a difference...the second photo makes the color appear much lighter (and is also gorgeous, it too needs to be in my garage). But does the slight blue tint make it a bad match with brown?
I know others have used paint codes from other than Porsche mixtures (Chrysler and Toyota among others have been represented on this site), but I don’t think I need to make this harder on myself. If only I could see them all lined up in person.
I really like what I see in the photos for Crystal Silver Metallic, Pewter Metallic and Sapphire Metallic, and of course GT Silver Metallic. The slightly darker hues look a bit better with polished wheels I think.
I know, this is tremendously subjective, and this post might be more about me thinking out loud, but if anyone has gone through a similar thought process or has seen samples of what I’m talking about, I’d love to hear your opinion if you think you can help.
Thanks,
Jon