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Car Forum / Saab Cars / May 2005Painting my SAAB - Taking votes
I'm going to paint my dull and dingy C900 this summer. I'd like to take a vote as to what color I should paint this beast. It was an edwardian grey at one time long ago, but would like to go different. The interior is a beige cloth. If you have a vote, and would like to share, that would be great. Pictures of a vehicle painted this color would be awesome, or just a shot of the color would work as well. Thanks a ton guys! -LC > I'm going to paint my dull and dingy C900 this summer. I'd like to take a > vote as to what color I should paint this beast. It was an edwardian grey [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Paint it a rusty brown / red colour. It should last a lifetime ;) > I'm going to paint my dull and dingy C900 this summer. I'd like to take a > vote as to what color I should paint this beast. It was an edwardian grey [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks a ton guys! > -LC A nice metallic black :-) Salutations: >> I'm going to paint my dull and dingy C900 this summer. I'd like to >> take a vote as to what color I should paint this beast. It was an [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > A nice metallic black :-) A dignified color choice in an undignified time. My personal choice and current issue too. SAAB always seems to look better in black tie. However, when the moon is full and the jar is empty, I have always though that it would be a total hoot to actually chrome a SAAB 900 and mirror the windows to match. Then - recess the grill completely flat with retractable lights like an old Charger. But then, there just doesn't seem any way to chrome the roof, pillars and rear quarters to match. They claim that some of the new paints are *pretty close* - but not really the full monty from what I've seen. That said - an all mirror C900T blowing by you on the highway at night would really be a show stopper given the shape and stance. I wonder how they pull it off on passenger airliners? Is that actually polished aluminium skin and if so, how to they keep it so clean? -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Mr Ray Charles - Mess Around http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/182.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time Dexter J, Hello again! Are you enjoying the Saab videos I've made available in an earlier post above? SaabGuy > Salutations: > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads > no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time Salutations: > Dexter J, > > Hello again! Are you enjoying the Saab videos I've made available in an > earlier post above? > > SaabGuy Hey SaabGuy. Nope - I'm afraid I am sort of in stasis on this machine right now as regards drivers. Bookmarked the link for future reference though. Last year or the year before - a chap put together some really great video of his C900 doing slalom in the UK. Homemade, but great stuff with really good tunes mixed in for flavour. Can't for the life of me find it on my drive (went looking when you asked) - but if you search through alt.autos.saab on google - you might be able to track it down. Make a nice addition if you are collecting private stuff. Cheers. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Mr Ray Charles - Mess Around http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/182.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time Dexter J, There is a lot of private videos out there, so this collection I am gathering is just official from Saab and anything else that is very closely related such as the Trollhätten Tourist Video that has a lot of Saab footage in it. What other videos do you have? SaabGuy > Salutations: > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads > no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time > Dexter J, > > There is a lot of private videos out there So you can't even conjugate verbs properly either ! Can't say I'm surprised ! Are you a *paid* troll ? Graham >There is a lot of private videos out there, so this collection I am gatheri= >ng is just official from Saab and anything else that is very closely relate= >d such as the Trollh=E4tten Tourist Video that has a lot of Saab footage in= > it.=20 Not wanting to be accused of being a top-poster.... 8-) If you have videos feature C900's, do they exist on a seperate page that I could link to somewhere? Otherwise, I'd be interested in archiving video files featuring C900's and making them available from the gallery section of my main C900 website at "http://www.saab900classic.net/gallery.html". So far I'm building up a collection of pics from various places (including selected ones of my own), but adding C900 vidoes to the mix would be a good addition I think. Regards, Craig.  SignatureCraig's Saab C900 Page --> http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900 Sydney, NSW Australia Craig's Saab C900 Workshop -- For all Saab C900 Enthusiasts world-wide! http://www.saab900classic.net http://www.saab900.org c900@lios.apana.org.au Come and explore our site, and check out our web-forums, mailing list, etc. > Dexter J, > > Hello again! Are you enjoying the Saab videos I've made available in an earlier post above? No - I'm pissed off with you arrogant top-posting actually ! I doubt many ppl here will be interested in you for long on account of your attitude. Graham > No - I'm pissed off with you arrogant top-posting actually ! Something needs correction here. It'd be best to tend to your own poor grammar before chiding others for theirs (in reference to your post of 5/3 @ 1:48 AM in reply to 'Saab Guy'). - tex >> No - I'm pissed off with you arrogant top-posting actually ! > > Something needs correction here. > > It'd be best to tend to your own poor grammar before chiding others for > theirs (in reference to your post of 5/3 @ 1:48 AM in reply to 'Saab Guy'). Great, now the troll has got the regulars fighting amongst themselves. > >> No - I'm pissed off with you arrogant top-posting actually ! > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Great, now the troll has got the regulars fighting amongst themselves. Dave, I didn't mean to. My apologies. SaabGuy "Dexter J" wrote <snip> > However, when the moon is full and the jar is empty, I have always though > that it would be a total hoot to actually chrome a SAAB 900 and mirror the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I wonder how they pull it off on passenger airliners? Is that actually > polished aluminium skin and if so, how to they keep it so clean? Sounds cool. I think the plains are clear coated over polished aluminum. It makes for a lot lighter plane without all the layers of paint in-between (thus a fuel savings). Stephen B. Stephen B, Did you enjoy the videos I posted above yet? SaabGuy > "Dexter J" wrote > <snip> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Stephen B. > They claim that some of the new paints are *pretty close* - but not really > the full monty from what I've seen. That said - an all mirror C900T [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I wonder how they pull it off on passenger airliners? Is that actually > polished aluminium skin and if so, how to they keep it so clean? It's polished aluminum skin, gotta be coated with something to keep it from oxidizing. James, What do you think about the Saab videos yet? Have you looked at the ones I posted above yet? I got nearly 61 of them up for all of us to enjoy. SaabGuy > > They claim that some of the new paints are *pretty close* - but not really > > the full monty from what I've seen. That said - an all mirror C900T [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > It's polished aluminum skin, gotta be coated with something to keep it from > oxidizing. > James, > > What do you think about the Saab videos yet? Have you looked at the ones > I posted above yet? I got nearly 61 of them up for all of us to enjoy. > > SaabGuy Hopefully James feels like me and couldn't give a flying f.ck about your saab videos. Phuoc Phuoc, Okay, not a problem. They aren't mine, they're everyone's to share. SaabGuy > > James, > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Phuoc > Phuoc, > > Okay, not a problem. They aren't mine, they're everyone's to share. > > SaabGuy Are you really as fuckwitted and thick as you seem to be? Phuoc > Phuoc, > > Okay, not a problem. They aren't mine, they're everyone's to share. > > SaabGuy Don't feed teh trolls... > James, > > What do you think about the Saab videos yet? Have you looked at the ones I posted above yet? I got nearly 61 of them up for all of us to enjoy. > > SaabGuy Haven't checked them out yet actually, been burried in other stuff. I do plan to have a look eventually though, I like most things related to Saab, at least classic Saab. > > They claim that some of the new paints are *pretty close* - but not really > > the full monty from what I've seen. That said - an all mirror C900T [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > It's polished aluminum skin, gotta be coated with something to keep it from > oxidizing. Clearly American Airlines have the recipe ! Graham > > They claim that some of the new paints are *pretty close* - but not really > > the full monty from what I've seen. That said - an all mirror C900T [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > It's polished aluminum skin, gotta be coated with something to keep it from > oxidizing. Ahh well that's the neat thing with aluminium. It makes its own very thin oxide layer to protect itself. I'm not sure what the airlines do. Believe it or not they consider the weight of paint ( or laquer ) when doing their sums about the economics of operation. Graham >Salutations: >>> I'm going to paint my dull and dingy C900 this summer. I'd like to >>> take a vote as to what color I should paint this beast. It was an [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> A nice metallic black :-) >A dignified color choice in an undignified time. My personal choice and >current issue too. SAAB always seems to look better in black tie. My current car is white (Saab's Cirrus White colour!), but today I finally figured out (doh!) that the rust eating into the hood just back from the front lip is coming from inside the pressed metal fold just above where the sprung hood latch attaches... grrr. so I might replace it with the hood that is in almost perfect condition on my donor car which is metallic blue. It'll match the interior of the car which is what I'd call 'steel blue' and gray. Next move is get some funky seat covers. The old sheepskin ones are gawjus to sit on but they're quite worn and really make the car look sad inside. 8-) Regards, Craig. SignatureCraig's Saab C900 Page --> http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900 Sydney, NSW Australia Craig's Saab C900 Workshop -- For all Saab C900 Enthusiasts world-wide! http://www.saab900classic.net http://www.saab900.org c900@lios.apana.org.au Come and explore our site, and check out our web-forums, mailing list, etc. > They claim that some of the new paints are *pretty close* - but not really > the full monty from what I've seen. That said - an all mirror C900T > blowing by you on the highway at night would really be a show stopper > given the shape and stance. http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-66860.html looks pretty good. That is painted steel not polished ali. And this stuf (ChromeFX) isn't just sprayable on metal. http://www.alsacorp.com/products/chromefx/chromefx_show.htm Signature"Sorry Sir, the meatballs are Orf" The poster formerly known as Skodapilot. http://www.bouncing-czechs.com Salutations: >> They claim that some of the new paints are *pretty close* - but not >> really [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > And this stuf (ChromeFX) isn't just sprayable on metal. > http://www.alsacorp.com/products/chromefx/chromefx_show.htm Hey there Skodapilot!! Long time no chat. How's every little thing on your side of the pond? Oh man - I don't care what the purists say - that BMW (aside from being a brand I don't personally like) is pretty keen looking. I don't get the 'illegal' traffic on the thread though. I know it is illegal to tint your windows in such a way that the authorities can't see in and/or you can't safely see out - but - how can a paint scheme be illegal? As to actual coatings, it looks like about $1,500 - $2,000 for the paint kit to cover a SAAB. This isn't all that far out these days if you look at some of the more serious custom paint out there. Wish I could see the machine in the flesh - if my old BSA tank was anything to go by, you would seriously need to shade the machine in the sun because it would start collecting heat pretty fast. Not a huge problem where I live up here in Canada - in fact the surface would probably be a bonus come mid-January here. Thanks, as always, for the trick links brother. What I wouldn't give for the free time and extra cash to actually do this to my Aero. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Mister Sammy Davis - Oo Shoo Be Doo Be http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/065.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time > Hey there Skodapilot!! Long time no chat. How's every little thing on your > side of the pond? Good, still Saabless, but spendiung too much money on the GT4/All-trac. Noticed a blow in one of the flexi sections of the exhaust. It was cheaper to buy a bigger bore stainless system than an OEM. > Oh man - I don't care what the purists say - that BMW (aside from being a > brand I don't personally like) is pretty keen looking. I don't get the > 'illegal' traffic on the thread though. I know it is illegal to tint your > windows in such a way that the authorities can't see in and/or you can't > safely see out - but - how can a paint scheme be illegal? I tend not to like a lot of BMW drivers (although that type tend have been priced out of the market and are now driving VW golf TDis now), but that paint is mental. I guess now you now have to prove that you are deliberatley trying to blind another driver. > As to actual coatings, it looks like about $1,500 - $2,000 for the paint > kit to cover a SAAB. This isn't all that far out these days if you look at > some of the more serious custom paint out there. Oh I know, I couldn't believe how innexpensive compared to the flip type stuff, but it is the special spraying/flowing equipment that costs. > Wish I could see the machine in the flesh - if my old BSA tank was > anything to go by, you would seriously need to shade the machine in the > sun because it would start collecting heat pretty fast. Not a huge problem > where I live up here in Canada - in fact the surface would probably be a > bonus come mid-January here. Of course, all the reflection would be extra visibility. > Thanks, as always, for the trick links brother. What I wouldn't give for > the free time and extra cash to actually do this to my Aero. I would love to take a C900 Carlsson/SPG, give it black bigger wheels, deep tint windows, and the big whale tail rear spoiler (rather than the rubber duck) and have the body fully chrome sprayed. I reckon with just the rubber rear edge of the spoiler and the wiper blades, in black, it would looks so sleak. Signature"Sorry Sir, the meatballs are Orf" The poster formerly known as Skodapilot. http://www.bouncing-czechs.com "Dexter J" wrote <SNIP> > However, when the moon is full and the jar is empty, I have always though > that it would be a total hoot to actually chrome a SAAB 900 and mirror the > windows to match. Then - recess the grill completely flat with retractable > lights like an old Charger. But then, there just doesn't seem any way to > chrome the roof, pillars and rear quarters to match. I bet it would also keep those high beaming SUVs a bit further back and less blinding. Definitely an advantage worth considering. Stephen B. Salutations: > "Dexter J" wrote > <SNIP> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Stephen B. >> http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-66860.html >> http://www.alsacorp.com/products/chromefx/chromefx_show.htm Again - sadly, a pipe dream for the moment. Still, keeping the above bookmarks for when it comes time to actually re-spray the Aero. I think the 1993 9000 would be an equally good candidate for the treatment given the lines. Better in many ways than the BMW linked above. First though - must find my missing 75hp. I have some very good leads from saabnet on that one which I'm working on next week. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Doris Day - Whatever Will Be http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/100.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time > First though - must find my missing 75hp. I have some very good leads > from saabnet on that one which I'm working on next week. Dexter, I recall that there are a couple of switch signals that, if sensed, put the ECU in base boost mode. I know the cruise control sends a signal and maybe brake light or Air Conditioner (though the latter makes little sense since that would be when you'd want more power!)? I think there was some good info on troubleshooting base-boost only problems on Tom Town send's' SAABMaster web site. http://www.townsendimports.com/ It's at <http://68.18.187.59/turbo_folder/turbo_apc_docs.htm> right now but he is hosting it on a server with dynamic IP address so the address changes pretty often. I have one of these exact same problems to troubleshoot also. It's on a '93 9000CSET that my daughter has been driving at school. Up 'till now, I have not been too motivated to get it fixed because she really does not need the extra boost and, well, I'm a lazy Dad. But she'll be home from college soon so what the heck... On that one I know the APC solenoid is bad in addition to something else because it was on base boost before I filched the solenoid to fix a '92 I used to have. Fun, fun, fun... -Fred W > I'm going to paint my dull and dingy C900 this summer. I'd like to take a > vote as to what color I should paint this beast. It was an edwardian grey [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > of a vehicle painted this color would be awesome, or just a shot of the > color would work as well. I think a metallic is a must for a great vehicle. Mind you - have you seen those *mica* filled paints ? I like the silvery golds myself. I owned a couple of Vauxhall ( GM - UK ) Cavaliers with a great colour that wasn't *quite* silver or gold but had a hint of gold and tended to 'adopt' the colour of its' surroundings. Rather nice. Everyone agreed it was a way cool colour. My neighbour called it 'oyster' IIRC. Does that appeal ? I can offer the GM UK paint code if you like. There are actually 2 similar colours - one with a hint more gold than the other - but they both have the same trick of being chameleon-like. It goes well with beige interiors too btw ! Graham > I'm going to paint my dull and dingy C900 this summer. I'd like to take a > vote as to what color I should paint this beast. Something that looks very cool is the classis two colour used on the 900 Lyx. Bottom part silver, top part light blue. Pictures at http://www.saabklubben.com/arkiv/900/900lyx.shtml Speaking about two-tone paint I have actually considered ivory and burgundy. If you want something out of the ordinary perhaps jade green (Gn12) may be an interesting choise. See http://www.saabklubben.com/data/farger/farger.shtml for a list of colours. Here's another link at my special editions website: <http://www.pjgh.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/saab/specials/pages/1983_lux.html> It's also referred to as the Lux. I've never heard it referred to as the 'Lyx' ... you learn something new every day. Thanks. Red or yellow. It'll get noticed. > I'm going to paint my dull and dingy C900 this summer. I'd like to take a > vote as to what color I should paint this beast. It was an edwardian grey [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks a ton guys! > -LC |
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