Black GTS is here
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Originally Posted by Asterix
...and with the speaker surrounds, maybe you could just take our word that it is factory and leave them on. You know you want to.
Originally Posted by sweanders
I read through my Exclusive book and the M-codes are usually having to do with mobile phone related equipment. Is the phone in your car installed from factory?
Originally Posted by JPTL
This is the Crown Jewel. 
When Chuck says ...I'm guessing that's a bit like Tiger Woods saying that his drive could use some improvement. If the paint needs help here & there, the pictures sure don't show it.
There should be a new profile status for Chuck....a step beyond "Addict". Something like "Aficionado" or "Curator" or "Connoisseur".
Isn't there a specific word for the owner of a collection, or museum who is an expert on the collectibility/value of the artifacts?
How about:
When Chuck says ...I'm guessing that's a bit like Tiger Woods saying that his drive could use some improvement. If the paint needs help here & there, the pictures sure don't show it.
There should be a new profile status for Chuck....a step beyond "Addict". Something like "Aficionado" or "Curator" or "Connoisseur".
Isn't there a specific word for the owner of a collection, or museum who is an expert on the collectibility/value of the artifacts?
How about:
Please... I know there's probably a name for my problem.... SICK is more like it! Really, the paint looks terrible! Not something that cannot be fixed but it really does look bad. I think you know, before anyone see's this car it will be "standing tall" or at least "taller".
Originally Posted by Big Dave
I like those wheels just the way they are!
Originally Posted by Pierre Martins
Chuck, that is one of the meanest looking 928's I've seen. I like it. 
Congrats!
Congrats!
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Here are some pictures of the wood wheel, speaker bezels and washer nozzle. H, I don't know the answers to your questions but will certainly figure them out over the next few months. Not sure about the little button on the intermitent wiper control.
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Real nice Chuck. I am sure when you are done it will be "all that and a bag of chips".
I am not a big fan of wood interior trim on the 928, but love it on older cars and Jags, etc......
However, in this particular instance, I like it and could easily live with it.
As for the rear washer...neat little gizmo, but glad it ain't on my car. Looks a bit funny just sitting there all by itself. I am sure you will be over that one too in a few months. I would expect that the unit draws from the main resevoir and has it's own pump. (one more little thing to go wrong in time). The button on the intermittant would probably be for that washer. I doubt that Porsche would have hooked the fronts and back up together...this would cause all washers to to flow and all wipers to commence wiping. You can't even get more than one window to activate at a time on the later cars. Another thought is the rear wiper switch as well, maybe the forward or rear position "held" activates it.
The car is rightious and I can't wait to see it when you have gone through a case or two of Q-Tips!
I am not a big fan of wood interior trim on the 928, but love it on older cars and Jags, etc......
However, in this particular instance, I like it and could easily live with it.
As for the rear washer...neat little gizmo, but glad it ain't on my car. Looks a bit funny just sitting there all by itself. I am sure you will be over that one too in a few months. I would expect that the unit draws from the main resevoir and has it's own pump. (one more little thing to go wrong in time). The button on the intermittant would probably be for that washer. I doubt that Porsche would have hooked the fronts and back up together...this would cause all washers to to flow and all wipers to commence wiping. You can't even get more than one window to activate at a time on the later cars. Another thought is the rear wiper switch as well, maybe the forward or rear position "held" activates it.
The car is rightious and I can't wait to see it when you have gone through a case or two of Q-Tips!
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Got the "Darth Vader" look.
Someone sure went a long way to get wood around all them speaker grilles.
My S4 has the intermittent wiper and intensive washer control under the pod.
Any controls there on the black GTS?
Black wheels always look mean. Even meaner on a black/black/black car.
Too bad about the missing McIntosh equipment.
Ernest (NYC)
Someone sure went a long way to get wood around all them speaker grilles.
My S4 has the intermittent wiper and intensive washer control under the pod.
Any controls there on the black GTS?
Black wheels always look mean. Even meaner on a black/black/black car.
Too bad about the missing McIntosh equipment.
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I was thinking further on those speaker surrounds and had a thought. What if, instead of someone going through the effort of matching the surrounds to the rest of the wooden interior items, they went through the effort of having everything replaced by the same aftermarket manufacturer? A possible way of making everything match correctly.
Now that you heard the bad news, just ship the whole non-genuine wood inventory from your car to me - PM me for my address
Now that you heard the bad news, just ship the whole non-genuine wood inventory from your car to me - PM me for my address
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Originally Posted by Asterix
Now that you heard the bad news, just ship the whole non-genuine wood inventory from your car to me - PM me for my address
I was going to do that but, I just became convinced it is in fact a factory original and not aftermarket. Sorry.
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Originally Posted by Nicole
Yeah, I'd take the stuff also... And I'm sure it does not fit on RHD and pre-S4 models - LOL!
Originally Posted by Chuck Z
I was going to do that but, I just became convinced it is in fact a factory original and not aftermarket. Sorry.