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Robbie J

Club Member
Absolutely, there must be dozens hidden away! It’ll be just like having a Silver, White or Black car in the 21st century… (or an orange car for the 70’s)

Honestly the best bet to make sure you’re not mainstream is to have a pink Z, that boat hasn’t sailed yet :rolleyes:
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is that pink enough for you
 

Robbie J

Club Member
of course, the other issue is the other car is Blue.... arrived off the boat today, the second one as the first was in a Typhoon and flooded

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Robbie J

Club Member
any pictures of a 920 Safari Gold with flares?

car is booked September for the paint, bumpers rear wing and flares dark grey the rest of the chrome with new wing-mounted mirrors....
 

Mr Tenno

Digital Officer
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uk66fastback

Club Member
I don't think that's the factory Safari Gold! As 110 is halfway between red and orange (to me) I'd say that car above was halfway between 918 and Safari. Maybe closer to Safari, but there ain't a lot in it!

It's a bit 'too orange'
 

Mark N

Club Member
any pictures of a 920 Safari Gold with flares?

car is booked September for the paint, bumpers rear wing and flares dark grey the rest of the chrome with new wing-mounted mirrors....

Here's mine, and it does look different in the flesh, more brown.
Sunlight and artificial light have greatly different effects on photos.
 

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chrisvega

Well-Known Forum User
It's just the photo, the car does look 'mustard' in person.

No it's not just the photo. Mike is right, that is on the bright side of Safari gold.
I saw an original paint Safari Gold 240Z recently and it was nowhere near as bright, even allowing for the aged paint.

Also only the 240Z and never the 260/280Z were offered in Safari Gold.
In that case no real necessity to remain true to original factory hues, just go for any colour you like.

No doubt Dave will be along soon to let you know the exact colour shade he used, but also depends on paint manufacturer, water based or cellulose etc.....
 

Mark N

Club Member
It will also depend on your monitor and picture settings.
Best thing to do is to get your painter to do a test panel and make up your mind from that after viewing in different lights.
I don't know how close mine is to the factory shade as I have never seen an original 920 car in the flesh but I love the colour I have.
 

Robbie J

Club Member
I have access to 10bit/16bit monitors (above HDR) but unless I have colour graded picture it means nothing, I'm surprised I like it but I do and the flares look OK. Need to work out how we get the exact paint match now
 

Mr Tenno

Digital Officer
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No it's not just the photo. Mike is right, that is on the bright side of Safari gold.
I saw an original paint Safari Gold 240Z recently and it was nowhere near as bright, even allowing for the aged paint.

Fair enough I stand corrected! EXTRA:D
 
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