Agree that the blacked out wheels just don’t look quite right. The blue wheels is an interesting idea. I may play around with that concept a little. In the meantime, I’ll start with a more conventional approach of having the lips and highlights in polished silver.theprf wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:28 am I'd paint those wheels matching blue with polished accents. They almost disappear with the blacked out treatment. Looks like the 914's levitating.
I get the huge bumpers, too, I have a 1978 Datsun Z with huge bumpers. But since I've had it for 35 years I am used to it now and it looks "right". At least the Z bumpers are chrome.
The more I look at the ‘75 bumpers, the more I like the look. I was reading a book over the weekend “Porsche 914 - An Enthusiast’s Guide,” and apparently back in 1975, the bumper redesign was very well received. The California and Maryland versions got 2 big lumps on the front and rear, as did all of the ‘76 cars. I don’t like those. But, without the lumps, I think the ‘75 bumpers look clean and modern. It’s funny because the X1/9 has the exact same issue. The early cars had minimalist chrome bumpers versus bigger black bumpers for the later cars. I actually like the later bumpers on the X1/9 over the earlier versions.