porsche acid green paint

[cvharps11]

So im trying to locate the right paint code for acid green. I have a black s4 with black bbs and a tint and i plan on painting the calipers and the red parts of the s4 badges. What do ya guys think? I think it will look sick and i havent seen it on anyone elses.

[rsxsty1e]

please don't.

[james 408]

imho loud colors are for exotic looking cars.

But since you're doing highlights on a blacked out car, i can see it looking good. a little bit will go a long way though. I might start with something small before you go all-in. and personally i wouldn't touch the badges.

[redline61]

Not my thing but not too bad. I think it would look ok as long as you don't do something like painting the wheels green.

[landfill]

Can't lie though I've seen a couple orange wide body b5's and they look awesome.
I don't know how gt3 green would look though?

[ilyafil]

Don't paint your calipers. Have them powder coated.

[Turbo Nerd]

[landfill]

Badass powder coating and wheels^^^

[badbiturbo]

I believe the factory name of the color is LimeRot

[bobkatkat]

So im trying to locate the right paint code for acid green. I have a black s4 with black bbs and a tint and i plan on painting the calipers and the red parts of the s4 badges. What do ya guys think? I think it will look sick and i havent seen it on anyone elses.

Ahhhhh I think it has been done with the calipers and the badges in Porsche Acid Green.... like on my car!

[viceprp]

Any color goes with black. Just be sure to have them PC.

[rippin'av]

I think that looks pretty sick in both examples! Not so sure about the painted emblem however...

[hibiscusS4]

Ahhhhh I think it has been done with the calipers and the badges in Porsche Acid Green.... like on my car!

omg now i dont hate my silver so much. your s4 is amazing

[cvharps11]

That looks good on the silver. Where did you find the paint code for powder coating?

[bobkatkat]

omg now i dont hate my silver so much. your s4 is amazing

The advantage of silver and white is you can do any highlight colors and everything will look good where a red car, just for example, would have very few options. I have a white b8 and that will get a green treatment also because i am thinking of doing orange on the B5.

That looks good on the silver. Where did you find the paint code for powder coating?

While there are a lot of codes for acid green for Porsche that i tried to mix two versions and both ended up looking like the early grass green that was on the old 914s. I was looking for the 918 caliper colors. I ended up custom matching from a bunch of photos of the 918 calipers and trim pieces.

When I was media blasting the factory silver coating off the 18z calipers i was fully prepared to have to blast off plastic powder coat. It was silver paint and and black paint for the logo over a tough black primer. After digging a bit found out that none of the Porsche 18z and 17z come powder coated. High heat primer, base coat then for some colors(like red) a clear top coat. I have helped people install ecs BBK and they were painted also. I recently helped a friend repair the finish on his early 90's 911 that had some blistering and fading of his red calipers. Once again it was clear over paint. Very easy to fix by quick clear over.

Once you get over not needing to powder coat the color options opens up significantly. I did mine in Endura 2K. High heat primer, color coat and then top coat in clear. My rear calipers and covers i did just with primer and color coat and are holding up perfectly. I don't think i will ever powder coat anything again with the new high heat chemical resistant industrial coatings that are available now.

Can't argue with the eye popping results

[hibiscusS4]

amazing ya i was thinking either yellow or orange on mine then i thought about it and yellow is so played out.

[bobkatkat]

amazing ya i was thinking either yellow or orange on mine then i thought about it and yellow is so played out.

Orange is a faster color that yellow. Acid green adds 37 hp at the wheels.

[hibiscusS4]

haha oh damn. that has to be pure fact or else why would porsche use that color x.x

[audi-hammer]

omg now i dont hate my silver so much. your s4 is amazing

I think silver can look super aggressive with the right aesthetic mods. That is my eventual plan. Otherwise you are right silver S4's look like another German sedan, bad for getting anyone to appreciate your car but good for being stealthy to the police

[cinesnow]

if you like acid green, check out Lamborghini's "Verde Scandal" its pretty close to the same thing with pearl added, the paint code is 154.513

[bobkatkat]

if you like acid green, check out Lamborghini's "Verde Scandal" its pretty close to the same thing with pearl added, the paint code is 154.513

One of my cars is going to get the Arancio Ishtar pearl orange on the highlights. Code LAM.954164

[boy412]

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I ended up custom matching from a bunch of photos of the 918 calipers and trim pieces.

I'd say that looks spot on. Would you mind sharing the paint formulation? Or perhaps I can just send my calipers to you and have them blasted and re-finished?

I agree that paint is the way to go, at least when you're trying to do a color like that. Powdercoating is nice and everything but even with 6500+ different colors available there isn't anything that matches that "Porsche Acid Green".

[cvharps11]

I'd get down on that action too.