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    Wheel Well Color 71e

    I have a late 71E and wondered if the inside of the wheel wells were originally black or body color. This car appears to have been sprayed black with cosmoline but silver body color appears underneath. Any thoughts? Thanks.

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    I am not sure but I think wheel wells were always black, even if the rest was body color.

    If I were doing the painting, I would do them black correct or not, because my current white fiberglass panels just don't seem right if lit from certain angles that expose the wheel wells. Although, I do like this photo:
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    mscott you are right...

    They were painted black over the body color... after time passes the body color starts to show...

    Here's some pics of, of all things, a silver '71E...

    Hope this helps,

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    Hmmm... A 1971 911E with Alloy ATE calipers?

    Are those the Boge hydro-pneumatic self-leveling struts or had this car had a 911S brake upgrade?
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    Yep......
    Hydro struts, sway bar block-offs, alloy brakes
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    Hi,

    Black was original as others have mentioned but I don't think using body colour is moving to far away from originality.

    In case a picture helps here is full body colour on a 70 car we are restoring

    HTH

    Alan


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    What are guys using to get the textured surface for the undercoating? I am going to pull my front fenders off this winter to refinish the underside and may go the factory look - textured undercoating, body color, black.
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    Wurth beige SKS stoneguard is the best product. Experiment with the gun to get the texture right.

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    Thanks for the info. I'm going to have to do the underside, wheel wells, and the trunk again.

    I'm curious, did you happen to zinc chromate all the surfaces under the SKS stoneguard to help with rust prevention, or just go with this protectant.
    I notice that aircraft use zinc chromate to prevent rust, and it works pretty well. Piper aircraft goes so far as to dip body parts instead of spraying them before assembly. It's that green looking undercoating that is put on before the primer. I'm not sure if Porsche ever used it, but it makes sense considering the potential rust issues with these early cars.

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    Factory is: primer, undercoating, body color, satin black brushed on.

    I have a 71S under restoration, I will do it slightly different to seal even better: acid/epoxy primer/sealer, undercoating, primer/sealer, filler etc, body color, satin black where needed according to factory original application.

    Use the best primers and paints, like Lesonal, Du Pont, Hecker Spies, Sikkens etc. All owned by Du Pont I belive(maybe not the first). I am using lesonal because the cars original Albert Blue was a Lesonal paint on my car.

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