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MattS14 · 11-23-2001, 04:53 PM

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Is this a stock color?

Arcane · 11-23-2001, 05:16 PM

well, i'm at work right now and the video card on this pc is terrible.  so much for gov't computers. from what i can tell is that it is a dark forest green color.  if so, yes it's stock.

my240likenoother · 11-23-2001, 09:00 PM

i say no it looks kind matalic to me

Arcane · 11-23-2001, 09:15 PM

for now...i'd say go with my240likenoother's opinion...his video card is probably better than this pc's...

KoukiS14 · 11-23-2001, 10:08 PM

Uhmm... yeah... It looks exactly like my car hehe
cobalt green pearl

-Rob

MattS14 · 11-23-2001, 11:47 PM

koukiS14: can you post a picture of your car?

NoTuchn · 11-24-2001, 08:30 AM

unless its some tricked out metallic we cant see in the picture, its stock.

MattS14 · 11-24-2001, 02:14 PM

here is another picture of the car that is a little beytter quality.

<img src="http://www.netlook.com/auto/USFLJAX/pic/11984951/AT10100480-p3.jpg">

vancouvers14 · 11-24-2001, 08:26 PM

to check if its the original color, either go into the engine bay or take off the center console.  check the paint in those 2 spots.  even the most anal-retentive painter wont paint everything.

96SEChick · 11-24-2001, 09:05 PM

Wow, outside of the large white pinstriping, that is a beautiful car!

my240likenoother · 11-24-2001, 09:47 PM

i still say no with that much body work on the car (all the ground efects are blended into the body) he must of change the color but stayed with the idea of keeping it kinda the stock color

MattS14 · 11-24-2001, 10:31 PM

well the probelm i have is that im trying to buy an s14 and this one is right in my price range and its the year i want but its out of state so thats why im trying to figure out if it is a stock color.

BlankFlip · 11-24-2001, 10:46 PM

why would it be bad if it's a paint job?

Arcane · 11-24-2001, 10:57 PM

now that i got a better look at it...i'd still say it's stock...i've seen some 240's in that color...but not with the striping

anthony240 · 11-25-2001, 12:54 AM

yeah, and who would paint their car and add pinstripe? I say it's stock, it looks metallic cause the sun is shining directly on it, I agree with Cobalt Green Pearl. The sun brings out the pearl.

96SEChick · 11-25-2001, 10:16 AM

I agree with Cobalt Green Pearl, too.  97 & 98 are were the only years that color was produced, that's why many of us haven't seen it--only approx 6000 97-98 240SX's were sold in the US, so it is very, very rare.  As somebody meantioned in a post a while ago, some dealers would add the pinstriping before placing it on the lot.  So I am very, very sure that the color of this car is stock.

KoukiS14 · 11-25-2001, 01:49 PM

It IS metallic... just more smaller flakes to kind of give it a glow... I like my color choice. . hehe but with my tan leather seats, makes my car look like a rolling star bucks haha

anyway. . I like it. . I have no idea how to post pics of my car cause I have no webspace right now, but u can see some poor quality pics by clicking HERE.

If you want some brand new ones, lemme know and I'll go take a pic of my filthy car for ya =)
-Rob

KoukiS14 · 11-25-2001, 01:51 PM

Oh yeah.. and my car had the same pinstriping when I bought it. . haha gawd it sucked.. but it peeled off, I bought it Nov. 20 (one year ago) and used a hairdrier to remove that shit.. didn't wanna wait till it was warm out.

-Rob

MattS14 · 11-25-2001, 08:13 PM

BlankFlip: It would be bad if it was a paint job for 2 reasons. 1: if i bought the car i would look into getting the stock front bumber because i dont like the one that is on it right now and 2: if it gets in an accident it is harder to repaint custom colors

HippoSleek · 11-26-2001, 08:58 AM

Looks like a factory color to me - and looks like the pinstripes that I still have on parts of my car (one day I'll get to that other side!!).  If you still aren't sure, do a search - I think last week, someone posted the 240 color chart and how you can find this looking at the VIN No. (I think it was from unstable hybrids?).

As for the body kit - am I missing something?  Those look like factory skirts and a spoiler?

vancouvers14 · 11-26-2001, 11:17 AM

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i still say no with that much body work on the car (all the ground efects are blended into the body) he must of change the color but stayed with the idea of keeping it kinda the stock color
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how can you tell that everything is blended with that tiny little photo?

kitoro · 11-26-2001, 03:45 PM

the front bumper, skirts and rear skirts aren't stock. I'm too sure about the front bumper, but the skirts are definitely not stock.

burgy240 · 11-26-2001, 06:51 PM

The body kit is not stock but the color is.  Those of us with the blue/green color on the S14's can verify that even some of the stock colors have a metallic finish.  My STOCK color looks purple some times and blue others.  My mom asked me if I repainted my car last time I came home.(not that my mom pays that much attention anyway)  If you buy that car and want to sell the front bumper let me know hehe <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

11-26-2001, 09:37 PM

its stock. my friend has a 97 240 and when he bought it it was green exactly like that.
-mike

MattS14 · 11-26-2001, 10:13 PM

Burgy240: If i buy the car and i can find a stock from bumper i will sell you it. Would you be interested in the whole kit if i bought the car?

11-23-2001, 04:53 PM	#1
MattS14 Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	<img src="http://images.autotrader.com/770/819/77081917_000001_240x180.jpg"> Is this a stock color?

11-23-2001, 05:16 PM	#2
Arcane Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 597 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well, i'm at work right now and the video card on this pc is terrible.  so much for gov't computers. from what i can tell is that it is a dark forest green color.  if so, yes it's stock.

11-23-2001, 09:00 PM	#3
my240likenoother Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,261 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i say no it looks kind matalic to me

11-23-2001, 09:15 PM	#4
Arcane Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 597 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	for now...i'd say go with my240likenoother's opinion...his video card is probably better than this pc's...

11-23-2001, 10:08 PM	#5
KoukiS14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Indiana Age: 47 Posts: 944 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Uhmm... yeah... It looks exactly like my car hehe cobalt green pearl -Rob

11-23-2001, 11:47 PM	#6
MattS14 Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	koukiS14: can you post a picture of your car?

11-24-2001, 08:30 AM	#7
NoTuchn Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 126 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	unless its some tricked out metallic we cant see in the picture, its stock.

11-24-2001, 02:14 PM	#8
MattS14 Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	here is another picture of the car that is a little beytter quality. <img src="http://www.netlook.com/auto/USFLJAX/pic/11984951/AT10100480-p3.jpg">

11-24-2001, 08:26 PM	#9
vancouvers14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 868 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	to check if its the original color, either go into the engine bay or take off the center console.  check the paint in those 2 spots.  even the most anal-retentive painter wont paint everything.

11-24-2001, 09:05 PM	#10
96SEChick Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Age: 48 Posts: 1,814 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow, outside of the large white pinstriping, that is a beautiful car!

11-24-2001, 09:47 PM	#11
my240likenoother Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,261 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i still say no with that much body work on the car (all the ground efects are blended into the body) he must of change the color but stayed with the idea of keeping it kinda the stock color

11-24-2001, 10:31 PM	#12
MattS14 Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well the probelm i have is that im trying to buy an s14 and this one is right in my price range and its the year i want but its out of state so thats why im trying to figure out if it is a stock color.

11-24-2001, 10:46 PM	#13
BlankFlip Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Future Posts: 1,627 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	why would it be bad if it's a paint job?

11-24-2001, 10:57 PM	#14
Arcane Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 597 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	now that i got a better look at it...i'd still say it's stock...i've seen some 240's in that color...but not with the striping

11-25-2001, 12:54 AM	#15
anthony240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Norcal Age: 43 Posts: 1,234 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	yeah, and who would paint their car and add pinstripe? I say it's stock, it looks metallic cause the sun is shining directly on it, I agree with Cobalt Green Pearl. The sun brings out the pearl.

11-25-2001, 10:16 AM	#16
96SEChick Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Age: 48 Posts: 1,814 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I agree with Cobalt Green Pearl, too.  97 & 98 are were the only years that color was produced, that's why many of us haven't seen it--only approx 6000 97-98 240SX's were sold in the US, so it is very, very rare.  As somebody meantioned in a post a while ago, some dealers would add the pinstriping before placing it on the lot.  So I am very, very sure that the color of this car is stock.

11-25-2001, 01:49 PM	#17
KoukiS14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Indiana Age: 47 Posts: 944 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It IS metallic... just more smaller flakes to kind of give it a glow... I like my color choice. . hehe but with my tan leather seats, makes my car look like a rolling star bucks haha anyway. . I like it. . I have no idea how to post pics of my car cause I have no webspace right now, but u can see some poor quality pics by clicking HERE. If you want some brand new ones, lemme know and I'll go take a pic of my filthy car for ya =) -Rob

11-25-2001, 01:51 PM	#18
KoukiS14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Indiana Age: 47 Posts: 944 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Oh yeah.. and my car had the same pinstriping when I bought it. . haha gawd it sucked.. but it peeled off, I bought it Nov. 20 (one year ago) and used a hairdrier to remove that shit.. didn't wanna wait till it was warm out. -Rob

11-25-2001, 08:13 PM	#19
MattS14 Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	BlankFlip: It would be bad if it was a paint job for 2 reasons. 1: if i bought the car i would look into getting the stock front bumber because i dont like the one that is on it right now and 2: if it gets in an accident it is harder to repaint custom colors

11-26-2001, 08:58 AM	#20
HippoSleek Nissanaholic! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: elsewhere Posts: 2,081 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Looks like a factory color to me - and looks like the pinstripes that I still have on parts of my car (one day I'll get to that other side!!).  If you still aren't sure, do a search - I think last week, someone posted the 240 color chart and how you can find this looking at the VIN No. (I think it was from unstable hybrids?). As for the body kit - am I missing something?  Those look like factory skirts and a spoiler?

11-26-2001, 11:17 AM	#21
vancouvers14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 868 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from my240likenoother on 11:47 pm on Nov. 24, 2001 i still say no with that much body work on the car (all the ground efects are blended into the body) he must of change the color but stayed with the idea of keeping it kinda the stock color </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> how can you tell that everything is blended with that tiny little photo?

11-26-2001, 03:45 PM	#22
kitoro Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 275 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the front bumper, skirts and rear skirts aren't stock. I'm too sure about the front bumper, but the skirts are definitely not stock.

11-26-2001, 06:51 PM	#23
burgy240 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Tampa Age: 49 Posts: 2,151 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	The body kit is not stock but the color is.  Those of us with the blue/green color on the S14's can verify that even some of the stock colors have a metallic finish.  My STOCK color looks purple some times and blue others.  My mom asked me if I repainted my car last time I came home.(not that my mom pays that much attention anyway)  If you buy that car and want to sell the front bumper let me know hehe <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

11-26-2001, 09:37 PM	#24
Guest Posts: n/a	its stock. my friend has a 97 240 and when he bought it it was green exactly like that. -mike

11-26-2001, 10:13 PM	#25
MattS14 Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Burgy240: If i buy the car and i can find a stock from bumper i will sell you it. Would you be interested in the whole kit if i bought the car?