2 questions re 75 GT4

My GT4 was repainted by po and is azzuro color. Po chose not to paint the black below the doors. I'm considering having this done. So the 1st question is. Does anyone have pictures they can provide that show how this was painted, not just below doors but also the quarter panels and below grill area and front? Second querry. My grill is silver and chipped and I would like this redone properly, but someone suggested this may have been black originally. Can anyone show pictures of their original car so I might get this done correctly. My car is 10908. Thank you in advance for the help

 

Is this the look you are after?

Yes, the lower grill and rear valance is black, upper grills are a dark gray with a textured like finish. Dino 208s have silver...
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Are you looking for just below the door sill, or the lower half the the car from the reveal down (boxer).

If its the door sill down there was a good thread several months back that had a discussion and images illustrating various options. I'll see if I can look it up.

 

I always preferred the car one color- Mine is red all the way to the sills- which I think looks cleaner.
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Found it, conversation starts on page 2 and then goes on and on. We all have opinions, I like it black, but it's whatever you want. This thread should help in forming your own opinion with lots of great gt4 shots.

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/308-328/372726-gt4-my-opinion-great-every-angle-2.html

 

Here it is on my 208GT4, I like it the way it was done, sometimes the lower door shut line is used to break the line between body and sill but then it is not a traigh line, on mine the black is approx 2 cm below the door.
If I ever was to respray the car I would leave it in body color as per the brochure of the aerly GT4's

 

Pasting picture in the mail failed, here it is...
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Aero, thanks for the pic my car looks just like this, but without the black paint. Still have a question about how paint looks in front below grill and in rear. In other words, if the car were on a lift and you took pics how does this look?

 

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1726791&stc=1&d=1371496102

Sorry, not the best pic-
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Ed, a couple of pictures of the rear, first how the car was (black besides the exhaust) and later painted in body color, as it should be. Note the exhaust stripes and Ansa label, these only held for a couple of runs, they are completely burned now.... For my car (208) this is not the original exhaust.
Also a picture of the front, I do not like the way the black area is painted, it is definately not original, maybe coming winter to change that. The front now has the white indicator lamps as used in Italy and the car is now on XWX tires on restored Cromodora wheels.
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Thanks for the help. That's exactly what I needed to see.

 

No thanks, can you share some pictures of your car, I would love to see one in this color without the black sills, when I do a respray, probably not in the coming 10 years, I would like to have thes in body color as well.

 

Ed,

If you are a new GT4 guy I can send the factory instructions on how the instructed dealers to do this and other documents if you would like. Many like both ways of painting. I am keeping mine as I got it
Here is a pic of the factory with just the lower sills painted

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I have been a GT4 cheerleader for over 20 years.

Do you know what the original color was the year and serial #?
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My car is 10908 1975 May. It was orig brown. Painted azzurro met in 2004. I will take some new pics as soon as I can. Yes please provide whatever docs you can, I really would like to know how this was painted by factory.

 

email me and I will

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Hey Robert, I just pm'd you also-would like to see what you have for factory instrux. I'm painting mine hopefully sooner rather than later and I'm trying get all the info I can-thanks!