I've always wanted a white viggen. DOOOOOOOOO it

 

And call it project moonshine

 

Changing color is a PITA. Keep it black.

Plus... (Dark) Viggen - TrollTuner

 

Keep it black but clear it? All of my favorite cars have been black so I am bias but they were also mechanically the better.

There are a few threads on the other forum "Tunnys Black Cars" & "Tunnys Black Cars 2" ..

It just worked out that way since I have had about 50 cars and never really bought a car by color except for our current Saab.

Changing color is a beech. The hatch and jambs and think of all of that under hood acreage?

 

White has always been the one color I wish was available for Viggens. I don't really like fancy whites though, I just like a really clean and pure white.

 

5 versus 3 door hatch

Well in white it wont look incredibly stupid anyway since it's a 5 door hatch.

I get some pissed off but I bought it new in 1995 and we had it till last year so I am allowed an opinion?

In those first years .... well one big reason you couldn't get white easily was the dealers could not sell them. Yeah, I got our car at a very deep discount and as one dealer said over the phone ... "because my car is red not white".

The 3 door; they looked like a freaking egg. I nicknamed our car "Humpty".

The longer look of the 5 door takes the "egg" look away nicely.

 

White, dark windows, double-three spoke wheels, and you've got my dream 3-door.

Or do like I did with my ratty black C900, keep it a little ragged on the outside (I never really have to wash it) but put all the go fast stuff in it and just drive the hell out of it - with what you'd spend on paint you could build a pretty serious powertrain.

 

I'm going to have a serious powertrain... My dad has painted about 12 cars in the last couple years... so i'm going to do all the prep with him and then he'll end up painting it... so cost is going to be minimal either way...

But i'm not going to do all the work to have a extremely nice car and leave the outside looking rough...

 

What is the best way to cut in around the engine bay (fenders and firewall), when you are changing up on color?

 

I agree white would be absolutely killer if done well. Instead of Polar White, I'd go with Arctic White, and leave all of the gray trim, door handles, etc. as is unlike that boo boo MAACO Viggen that was on TSN a while back. Here's Arctic White on an XWD Aero:

However, if you did leave it black, you could make it unique by doing it in Metallic Jet Black ala the Turbo X. This would certainly cut down on labor as you could get away with leaving the door jambs, engine bay, etc. regular black. Source a black pearl grille and a set of TX wheels and you'd be set. Here's a quick Photoshop I did a few years back on my car with just TX wheels, but you get the idea:

In the end though, my vote goes to Saab's newest color that I doubt any of us have yet to see in person, but would just be over the top cutting edge, Sunset Red.

 

as far as color change i was going to keep the engine bay black... painting up to the where the fenders bolt to the body (there is a nice edge there to stop at) and painting the radiator support and all the front pieces...

and yes I would keep all the trim and door pulls the regular color which on the viggens is more of a grey than a black...

I do like that sunset red color too... but white is just hot... and i had thought about doing some other vaariation of black as well...

 

Oh and the wheels i'm planning on running for now are a set of bbs rk1's in gun metal grey or maybe more of a graphite grey if I go with black so it doesn't blend as much... maybe next year updating to 18's

 

I do not think you are going to find Turbo X wheels without paying dealer full price.

I have only seen one set for sale (hit Google), last year. None in the scrap yards either. I kind of gave up looking.

 

go white all day

 

Matte black.

 

My heart says white, my brain says black.

Since you're getting a good deal, I'd say go white. That'd be hawt.

 

I always liked how white saabs look so I say be different and go with white... Plus it's much easier to keep Looking nice and shiny

 

Ymc

Yellow monte carlo ftw!!!

 

GT30 White Viggen...sick. I've always thought a white Viggen would be excellent. go for it

 

Color change will be costly, if it's done right. If it's not done well, it will chip, show in places and just not look right. Go black again, but this time through a metallic flake in. It will help with hiding swirls, flaws, etc as the car ages and weathers in the future.

 

Dan-The-Kid i'm painting my 2001 VIGGEN CV black into matte black its at the body shop
its going too look great. BYASTREMSKI I PICK UP A 02 RED VIGGEN 2DOOR NO ENGINE IM DOING THE PISTON FROM GS 90.5 I LIKE THE WHITE WAS THINKING OF DOING WHITE TOO BUT TO MUCH RIGHT NOW TOO MUCH PROJECT ON MY HAND SO I DID ALL MY PCS. IN WHITE POWDER COATING.
MY JETS
97 9000 AERO 5 SPEED
01 9-3 VIGGEN CV
02 9-3 VIGGEN 2DR
04 9-5 AERO 5 SPEED
05 9-5 AERO WAGON AUTO

 

White sheetmetal. Dark tint. Gunmetal wheels. Done.