Coupe Underside Paint

[HB Chris]

We need a definitive answer as to which paint colors and other materials were utilized when our coupes were assembled. I am starting this thread to gather proof as to what is correct. Please reply if you know for a FACT which is correct, I am not looking for speculation. I have seen many different combinations, just look at BaT, but there are very few truly original coupes still out there. It is possible that City Pack cars are different from Lightweight coupes as well. I have talked to a few knowledgeable coupe owners as a start.

Ultra-lightweight CSL:

Front and Rear Valance: Satin Black, no body Schutz
Wheel Wells: Body Color, no body Schutz
Underbody: Body Color, no undercoating

CSL City Pack:

Front and Rear Valance: Body Color with Schutz
Wheel Wells: Black with Schutz
Underbody: Body Color

CS/CSA/CSi:

Front and Rear Valance: Body Color with Schutz
Wheel Wells: Body Color with Schutz (several early 2800CS reported to have black wheel wells)
Underside: Grey Undercoat over khaki primer

Once we have consensus I will delete this thread and create a FAQ thread.

 

[rsporsche]

Chris - perhaps we merge it with the FAQ -

E9 - Color placement - what color goes where?​

 

[Wes]

My City Pack (RHD) car had a grey rubber type stuff all underneath it. Car had never been touched before I got it - assuming was OEM.
Have some pics somewhere.

I thought ultralights had some kind of light bedliner that was c=same colour as the body and BATs had something similar but in black.

Happily stand to be corrected.

 

[sfdon]

Grey rubbery stuff.. yep

 

[bavbob]

My Euro. Grey rubbery stuff over khaki primer
73 CS

 

[paul cain]

U.S. Market 1974 Coupe with 33k original miles. Patricia Mayer, the one owner car. This is the original stoneguard. On this example it is flat grey.

 

[HB Chris]

My Euro. Grey rubbery stuff over khaki primer

CS or CSi?

 

[kwyjibo]

I know it would be extra work to keep the information current, but could you add product info? For example, it looks like Wurth is no longer making grey - or at least, all I can find right now is the black stone guard.

 

[Dixon P]

I know it would be extra work to keep the information current, but could you add product info? For example, it looks like Wurth is no longer making grey - or at least, all I can find right now is the black stone guard.

You can still get grey, I just bought some.

 

[kwyjibo]

You can still get grey, I just bought some.

can you reveal where you bought them? I'm only finding out-of-date and/or "out of stock" pages via google

 

[HB Chris]

I know it would be extra work to keep the information current, but could you add product info? For example, it looks like Wurth is no longer making grey - or at least, all I can find right now is the black stone guard.

We will never know the brand but Wurth looks correct.

 

[Stevehose]

This came off my frame rails when I scraped it to bare metal - light grey rubbery stuff

 

[HB Chris]

I think we know for sure what was on US coupes, khaki primer and light grey undercoating. Just not sure if euro coupes got the same application.

 

[eriknetherlands]

My May 73, Swiss delivered csa had grey undercoating over khaki primer as well.

 

[HB Chris]

My May 73, Swiss delivered csa had grey undercoating over khaki primer as well.

CS? CSi?

 

[wkohler]

My 4/70 2800 CS (2270237) had never been restored or repainted. It has black paint in the wheel wells and it was done before anything was installed on the car including the bumper brackets, any of the clips that hold the wiring harness on the inner fender, any of the grommets for the brake lines or even the subframe. No overspray on anything. The rest of the car (floors, etc) has the normal schutz color. 2270236 was done the same way from the photos I have received of that car.

Wheel well color

All I’ve ever heard is that these cars had body-color wheel wells. On my 4/70 Polaris 2800 CS, that does not appear to be the case. I was doing some cleaning today on the car after removing the engine by dropping the subframe and while cleaning, I discovered this black paint. There’s no...

e9coupe.com

 

[eriknetherlands]

CS? CSi?

Sorry, thought CSA was common for an automatic CS.
(Otherwise I would have written CSiA)

 

[HB Chris]

Sorry, thought CSA was common for an automatic CS.
(Otherwise I would have written CSiA)

Oops, I missed that!