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At first, I wanted Lizard Green, but then after seeing it in photos, I felt it is a bit "too much".
I really liked the yellow I saw today on the GT4 - but yellow stitching requires yellow calipers, and I don't want the PCCB, and I won't paint my calipers yellow (any other color is fine).
I REALLY want Orange - but no matching seat belts.
Looking for ideas
I sooooo want to pull the trigger on Lizard Green w/Gentian. 48 days to decide.
I specced leather Steering Wheel and Shift **** as I’d get annoyed with keeping the race-tex in tip top condition. And that is how I know when you spec Silver/Red/Yellow stitching and opt for leather Steering Wheel/Shift **** you get black stitching makes 0 sense in real world but I guess to Porsche it makes sense
Couldn't agree more. Even my SA (who is awesome) didn't know this when I ordered. It was frustrating, but in person doesn't bother me much.
I doubt you can even clean it after it got to this point, but I told the dealer to let me know when they are done detailing it
To me it looks like they used the wheel fabric to clean their hands and will add that if that same owner would have had a leather steering wheel and shifter in that car it would look just as bad. I'll wager the rest of the interior needed a bath as well, I can see that even the shifter boot is filthy!
I am pretty sure that it can be cleaned up, some people don't care at all about things like this so it wouldn't matter what the material was.
Couldn't agree more. Even my SA (who is awesome) didn't know this when I ordered. It was frustrating, but in person doesn't bother me much.
Yeah, my SA did not warn me neither. I honestly thought it was an error on the configurator itself. Didn’t even think it would come like that. Well it is what it is now
Here are the steering wheel and gear lever from the car I saw today. It was even more disgusting in person.
I had a Racetec steering wheel in my 997. I now always spec it in leather. Even if you always wear gloves etc the shifter boot always looks dusty and collects lint.
I wasn’t fortunate enough to spec my spyder. When I first saw the interior two things jumped out at me, firstly the person didn’t spec heated seats (dumb), secondly I thought the trim was plasti dipped. It turns out the trim is leather wrapped, which I don’t think is a very popular option. The stitching is grey / black so it is quite subtle (I like that). I don’t really care for the leather dash, but I really like that ticking that box brings the racetex on the lower dash and door card. I think the muted interior goes well with the elegant gentian blue exterior. I may change the seat centres to something more interesting, but I’m in no hurry to do that (also the 18 way seats are incredible).
Suede doesn't do well with wear. The idea is to absorb sweat on track (haha) days, so one can imagine it will get worn and filthy. Mine is leather on touch surfaces.
Suede doesn't do well with wear. The idea is to absorb sweat on track (haha) days, so one can imagine it will get worn and filthy. Mine is leather on touch surfaces.
I wasn’t fortunate enough to spec my spyder. When I first saw the interior two things jumped out at me, firstly the person didn’t spec heated seats (dumb), secondly I thought the trim was plasti dipped. It turns out the trim is leather wrapped, which I don’t think is a very popular option. The stitching is grey / black so it is quite subtle (I like that). I don’t really care for the leather dash, but I really like that ticking that box brings the racetex on the lower dash and door card. I think the muted interior goes well with the elegant gentian blue exterior. I may change the seat centres to something more interesting, but I’m in no hurry to do that (also the 18 way seats are incredible).
I think it looks great! May I ask what you don't like about the leather dash?
Here are a couple of interior pics from my new CGTS 4.0 (CWM). Overall, I wanted the black/white contrast with some red accents to complement the red brake calipers.
18-way seats
White gauges, Guards red sport chrono
Carbon fibre trim and illuminated door sills
Embossed storage compartment
Smoking package
Multi-function steering wheel
Burmester sound system
Also shown is the T-Design cupholder installed - a great "find" on the "What have you bought your 718 lately?" thread!
Thanks to fellow Rennlisters for your patience and advice. So much of what I read and learned from the community ended up in this car.
12-23-2022, 07:30 AM
makes 0 sense in real world but I guess to Porsche it makes sense
