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Old 12-31-2022, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MaddMike
Got home from Florida today and these were in my driveway. Now to figure out what I want to mount on them. Color combo is pretty wild.


Beautiful! Is that the anthracite finish or something else?
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Originally Posted by TitaniumVT
Beautiful! Is that the anthracite finish or something else?
They are the dark bronze. I needed to change it up a little from the stock platinum that way I have other looks and can "change out the shoes". I think the bronze will look good with the shark blue. It makes the color look a little darker and richer. Very happy with my color choice on these.

I need to figure out the center caps. I ordered an extra set of Porsche center caps and I think I'll have to have them painted locally as I want the OEM look as much as possible.



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Thanks for the quick reply. The dark bronze finish is an outstanding color choice. It's a great complement to your Shark Blue paint. Please post more photos once you have them installed!
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PSA, the Motorola AA wireless is $30 off at Best Buy. I just bought one but I figured I would put it out there.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorol...ref=NS&loc=101
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Originally Posted by MaddMike
PSA, the Motorola AA wireless is $30 off at Best Buy. I just bought one but I figured I would put it out there.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorol...ref=NS&loc=101
"Plug the MA1 adapter into your car's existing Android Auto-enabled USB port" this isn't going work with Apple Carplay.

There are other devices that will such as Carlinkit 4 https://carlinkitcarplay.com/product...actory-carplay
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Originally Posted by Z06jerry
"Plug the MA1 adapter into your car's existing Android Auto-enabled USB port" this isn't going work with Apple Carplay.

There are other devices that will such as Carlinkit 4 https://carlinkitcarplay.com/product...actory-carplay
Of course it won't. It is for Android Auto (AA) which is what I said it was for. This is the only authorized adapter for AA as Motorola and Google have a partnership.

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Old 01-02-2023, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by MaddMike
What center caps did you go with? I am trying a black set if not, I'll probably have to have them painted.
just went with what they came with, black and silver, I think if you could get some bronze porsche ones they would look fantastic, I don't really mind mine that much but would change them if I could. Let me know how it goes. ​​​​​​​



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Originally Posted by smegman
just went with what they came with, black and silver, I think if you could get some bronze porsche ones they would look fantastic, I don't really mind mine that much but would change them if I could. Let me know how it goes. ​​​​​​​

Those seem to have a much smaller center cap. The Apex are designed to use the Porsche center cap (which I like) BUT obviously, there is no matching Porsche wheel color and the Porsche center cap has a lot more surface area before the logo. I ordered a set of black center caps but I think I will have to have them painted once they come in. I reached out to Apex to get the exact paint codes.
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Originally Posted by smegman
just went with what they came with, black and silver, I think if you could get some bronze porsche ones they would look fantastic, I don't really mind mine that much but would change them if I could. Let me know how it goes.

Does bronze show a lot of break dust like black ?
silver wheel do the trick as they don’t reflect black dust.
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Originally Posted by LoodorneGT4
Does bronze show a lot of break dust like black ?silver wheel do the trick as they don’t reflect black dust.
yeah it does but my car is quite dirty as you can see, guess it depends on your tolerance of it, I don't mind all that much
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Cool

Use this generously in-between washes, it's definitely helped me to cut down on the brake dust.



Closest thing to somewhat keeping your wheels clean longer without CCBs.
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Originally Posted by MaddMike
PSA, the Motorola AA wireless is $30 off at Best Buy. I just bought one but I figured I would put it out there.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorol...ref=NS&loc=101
Originally Posted by Z06jerry
"Plug the MA1 adapter into your car's existing Android Auto-enabled USB port" this isn't going work with Apple Carplay.

There are other devices that will such as Carlinkit 4 https://carlinkitcarplay.com/product...actory-carplay
Originally Posted by MaddMike
Of course it won't. It is for Android Auto (AA) which is what I said it was for. This is the only authorized adapter for AA as Motorola and Google have a partnership.
Did you buy it for your 718 (this thread's title) which doesn't natively support Android Auto? Is your PCM hacked for AA? FWIW there's others for AA and a few for AA and Apple Carplay. And many for Apple Carplay

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best...d-android-auto




Carlinkit Mini for wireless CarPlay ...yes I need a vacuum lol!


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Originally Posted by Z06jerry
Did you buy it for your 718 (this thread's title) which doesn't natively support Android Auto? Is your PCM hacked for AA?

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best...d-android-auto



Carlinkit Mini for wireless CarPlay ...yes I need a vacuum lol!
Of course. Why would anyone want a wireless adapter if they didn't have AA enabled? I couldn't care less about Carplay. We have that in the family car that my wife drives but she never drives this car and I only use AA. It is simply a couple line of code to enable it. "Hacked" is a strong word.
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Originally Posted by nixsky
How did this come out? Did you order the strut bar also? Would you mind sharing the part number with me pls? (For the trunk finisher, not the dog&#128514
On a whim decided to install today. I like how it came out and to me it looks much better under the glass on this car. I did somehow not realize there were all black filler lids that go with the rear finisher from the RS. So mine are still the OEM GT4 ones with the thin silver ring on them; to my eye it looks A.O.K. and will stay like this, at least for the next few months.

If/When I get a bug up my rear-end to do the strut cross bar, that's probably when I'll order the all black filler caps.

Anyway, I'm happy with it in the 10-minute review phase.
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