Paint to sample GT 3

Greetings: I know that you will get hurt when it comes time to let the car go. Any opinions on the paint to sample ? Is it terrible if you choose something like light Torquoise with a black interior ? Almost the 1950's color of a T-Bird. Hey I probably should not have said that. I need to get my water gel now. Sure you would never get a parking ticket in New Mexico. I know the resale would be poor. Any opinions on paint to sample in general ? Bugatti Blue is perhaps nice looking also. Color is really not that important to me. It is more important when you have the option to build your car from scratch. I am more interested in the car than the window dressing. Of course they could make this far easier by releasing the RS later in 04 and upsetting the people that already got their first. Anyway we are a "little" market here in the USA. I am thinking of the following options: Full leather interior xenon X-45E colored gauges (if available) painted exterior color rear console and door handles. paint to sample.

Blood orange would be nice - reminiscent of the early 911.

I'm sure we can think of some great colors to paint a new GT3, maritime blue, viper green, signal orange, sepia, etc. But you can be sure if it's not silver or black the resale value will really hurt.

I suppose turquoise is a bit much. The Murciealago Green ain't bad either perhaps ?

Get the color you want. Just remember the special order colors can be hard to match (for touch ups and repainting). Silver and black, whatever, there are tons of them out there... boring!

You know, now that you mention it...The MclarenF1 in its final year sported a really sweet looking deep burnt orange that was simply stunning! Any idea what that color was?

Found it (still don't know the color name )... this is a sweet color. By the way the ENGINE was color matched to the body, how cool is that!

OH NO!!!! Sorry but, this is color smells like ***!

How long will you keep the car, and how many miles will you put on it? I specified paint to order on my 02X50, but I expect to keep the car 10 years and put on 150,000 miles. By that point, the resale value is gone, and is independent of the color. But, I'll have enjoyed every mile. AS

What color paint do you have on your 02 X50 ? Did you have to wait an extra two months for the car to be finished ? You do have a point where after several years it would not matter. I hope to keep the car a long time.

Here are photos of Howard Yevsky's viper green RUF 3400S. He wanted to order a viper green 986S from the factory back in 2000, but Porsche wasn't selling paint-to-sample to US customers at that time - so he went to Ruf.

Greetings, For some reason Porsche will not paint to sample the GT-3. I know I tried. I even contacted PCNA, no dice! Best, Don

Viken Bedrossian just posted this on the Colbalt Blue string showing Porsche's new pricing for paint to sample for the GT3

This is a much more accurate rendition of that car's color. I still don't know the name of it, if it has one, but it is very similar to Zanzibar red.

I like the Viper Green color. That is Sierra Hotel. Who cares about resale. You live once. Gotta have something to stand next to the Lambo's !!! LOL

Wow, Option 99. This must be recently added. Is there a code for non metalic paint to sample? My order guide does not show what is posted. Is this a ROW order guide. Thanks. Best, Don

This is the newest US order guide dated 9/10/03. There doesn't appear to be a non-metallic color to sample but I have a feeling there should be one. I mean, I don't see why they could offer one and not the other.

Thanks Viken. I will call the dealer. Best, Don

WOW! That color on my next C4S is a strong possibility. I love it more than Zen Blue...I really do

That green is HOT! PCNA wake up!!!! Another thing we can't get not!?!?!?

OK, You guys are kidding right? You know that color smells like *** all day long right? I'm gonna go get my RayBans and look at it one more time and try not to hurt my eyes in the process...maybe I am missing something. However, I can assure you of one thing though- It MAY work for you but...for an African American brutha like myself, I could NEVA git away with parading down main street without getting looks like I should be drive'n it with a a big droopy hat equipped with a peacock feather, shoes on the clutch with goldfish tanks in them, and a license plate that reads "HUGYBEAR"! And a mouth full of gold teeth when I smile like this ->

Nice one Dblnutz....great imagry

RalphK- While I was told the car would take an extra 2 months, it took less than half that long. I provided a painted card (also clear-coated) and kept a duplicate for later confirmation. The color is a 1980 Porsche color then called "Casablanca beige metallic"- it's no longer known to Porsche. It's a bright metallic gold. In part, the time is supposed to be necessary for them to make sure it doesn't interfere with some infra-red sensor. I was told the paint-to-order cars are on a separate line- don't know if that's true. My car came thru with no flaws, and has been back to the dealer only for an oil change (and tires). Having the body shop paint the card is helpful in figuring out what interior colors you want, and to make sure they got it right. Porsche provided a darker headliner than I specified- but it worked out fine. AS

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Cobalt blue, the color I would most want, please no gold

F1 Prototype Chassis Index XP1 Unpainted, destroyed while testing in Namibia XP2 Unpainted, the MIRA crash test car XP3 Silver, McLaren promotional car XP4 Bright Electric Blue, McLaren promotional car XP5 Dark Metallic Green, McLaren promotion car, the 240mph record car F1 Chassis Index 001 1994, 3rd car built, Magnesium Silver 002 1993, 1st car built, Dorchester Grey 003 1994, 2nd car built, Carbon 004 1994, 4th car built, Grand Prix Red 005 1994, 5th car built, Jet Black 006 1994, 6th car built, Magnesium Silver 007 1994, 7th car built, Jet Black 008 1994, 9th car built, Cobalt Blue 009 1994, 8th car built, Magnesium Silver 010 1994, 10th car built, Magnesium Silver 011 1994, 11th car built, Carbon 012 1994, 12th car built, Dark Silver 013 1994, 13th car built, Magnesium Silver 014 1994, 14th car built, Titanium Yellow 015 1994, 15th car built, Jet Black 016 1994, 19th car built, Aubergine 017 1994, 16th car built, Calypso Red Pearl 018 1994, 17th car built, Midnight Blue Pearl 020 1994, 18th car built, Mid Blue Pearl 021 1994, 20th car built, Blood Red Solid 022 1994, 21st car built, Genesis Dark Blue 023 1994, 23rd car built, British Racing Green 024 1994, 22nd car built, Carbon 025 1994, 24th car built, Dark Purple Pearl 028 1995, 29th car built, Grand Prix Red 029 1994, 25th car built, Brazilian Brown Metallic 031 1995, 27th car built, Special White 033 1995, 26th car built, Base Silver 036 1995, 30th car built, Pale Blue Metallic 037 1995, 28th car built, Special Silver 038 1995, 31st car built, Base Silver 039 1995, 32nd car built, Creighton Brown 040 1995, 34th car built, Magnesium Silver 042 1995, 33rd car built, Base Silver 043 1995, 36th car built, Black Metallic 044 1995, 37th car built, Base Silver 045 1995, 38th car built, Dark Silver 046 1995, 39th car built, Genesis Blue Metallic 047 1996, 41st car built, Magnesium Silver 048 1996, 44th car built, Brilliant Metallic Blue 049 1996, 43rd car built, Mercedes Brilliant Silver 050 1995, 40th car built, Magnesium Silver 051 1996, 42nd car built, Dark Metallic Green 052 1996, 45th car built, Dark Blue Mica 053 1995, 35th car built, White 055 1996, 46th car built, Magnesium Silver 057 1997, 48th car built, Magnesium Silver 059 1998, 59th car built, Magnesium Silver 060 1996, 47th car built, Yellow 061 1997, 49th car built, Dark Burgundy 062 1997, 53rd car built, Magnesium Silver 063 1997, 51st car built, Magnesium Silver 064 1997, 50th car built, Magnesium Silver 065 1997, 52nd car built, Magnesium Silver 066 1997, 54th car built, Magnesium Silver 067 1997, 58th car built, Magnesium Silver 068 1997, 57th car built, Mercedes Brilliant Silver 069 1998, 60th car built, Mercedes Brilliant Silver 070 1997, 55th car built, Mercedes Brilliant Silver 071 1998, 61st car built, Historic Orange 072 1998, 62nd car built, Jet Black 073 1998, 63rd car built, AMG Green Velvet 074 1997, 56th car built, Magnesium Silver 075 1998, 64th and final F1 road car ever made, Yquem

I was just informed that the latest order guide is mistaken. Paint to sample (plain or metallic) is NOT available on the 2004 GT3 as of now.