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Porsche Exclusive
Has anyone tried to order painted brake calipers through the Porsche exclusive program?
I ask because I spec'ed a Carmine Red Cayman GTS and I wanted to get black break calipers as I thought it would look better and was told Porsche no longer does that...
I ask because I spec'ed a Carmine Red Cayman GTS and I wanted to get black break calipers as I thought it would look better and was told Porsche no longer does that...
#2
Colors of Calipers
Of course, this can be customized easily & inexpensively once you take delivery of your Porsche.
Saludos,
Eduardo
Finally a sunny day in Seattle!
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#4
I saw the acid green brake calipers on a Panamera S e-hybrid at Tech Tactics this year. Personally, I liked them a lot though it could've been the novelty that intrigued me. Oh, and I mean acid brake calipers - not the Panamera "e-hybrid".
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Saludos,
Eduardo
Seattle
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#7
Steven: When I visited 'Porsche Exclusive' at Zuffenhausen last year they specifically mentioned that several customers had requested a different color on their brake calipers from factory. The issue had been debated internally & a decision was made NOT to allow it. Seems to me that 'branding' has something to do with it. They wanted the calipers' colors associated with a particular 'spec' of brakes rather than a design element to be customized in a deviating color at will. So at Porsche, PCCB brakes are 'Yellow', S/Turbo/gt3 are 'Red' & Base are 'Black'! Except for the Cayenne/Macan (whose 'S' models - including the Cayenne Hybrid - inexplicably get 'silver' calipers ), Porsche Hybrids now merit their own politically correct caliper color - 'Acid Green'! So even if you custom order a $845K+ 918 Spyder with an expensive exterior PTS color which is in visual conflict with the standard 'Acid Green' brake calipers, you are s*** out of luck!
Of course, this can be customized easily & inexpensively once you take delivery of your Porsche.
Saludos,
Eduardo
Finally a sunny day in Seattle!
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Of course, this can be customized easily & inexpensively once you take delivery of your Porsche.
Saludos,
Eduardo
Finally a sunny day in Seattle!
.
Can you (or anyone else) help me?
I've always loved the acid green of the Panamera Hybrid calipers! I'm in the process of ordering a Cayman GTS in PTS for the same acid green and ended up with Acid green/birch green/ light green/ lichtgruen code 253.
Is 253 the paint code of the calipers?
I've found these pics on line for Birch green;
Which all look perfect and a little more yellow, so I've ordered the car in the 253 paint code but the dealer sent me this pic which looks more green to my eyes;
Or am I going PTS colour blind!?!? I want the colour of the Hybrid calipers!
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Eduardo,
Can you (or anyone else) help me?
I've always loved the acid green of the Panamera Hybrid calipers! I'm in the process of ordering a Cayman GTS in PTS for the same acid green and ended up with Acid green/birch green/ light green/ lichtgruen code 253.
Is 253 the paint code of the calipers?
I've found these pics on line for Birch green;
Which all look perfect and a little more yellow, so I've ordered the car in the 253 paint code but the dealer sent me this pic which looks more green to my eyes;
Or am I going PTS colour blind!?!? I want the colour of the Hybrid calipers!
Can you (or anyone else) help me?
I've always loved the acid green of the Panamera Hybrid calipers! I'm in the process of ordering a Cayman GTS in PTS for the same acid green and ended up with Acid green/birch green/ light green/ lichtgruen code 253.
Is 253 the paint code of the calipers?
I've found these pics on line for Birch green;
Which all look perfect and a little more yellow, so I've ordered the car in the 253 paint code but the dealer sent me this pic which looks more green to my eyes;
Or am I going PTS colour blind!?!? I want the colour of the Hybrid calipers!
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
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#9
Many thanks for that Eduardo, I think my concern was that the first two pictures seem to be a different shade to the third picture, with the first two seemingly more yellow and the third more green, but maybe thats just my eyes playing tricks on me??
#10
The second photo is of a 'Lichtgrün/Birch Green' 991 gt3 taken by another photographer in Germany. You decide which color is more representative.
Third & fourth photos are of actual sample color at 'Porsche Exclusive' in Germany. Same 'Sony' Costco digital camera...and photographer of #1.
Moral of the story. Only trust your own eyes. You need to see a color in person to really understand, appreciate and absorb its true characteristics.
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
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#12
https://rennlist.com/forums/porsche-...you-think.html
If you have the time, find the color you like, have it locally painted in a business-envelope-size piece of metal & have 'Porsche Exclusive' match it via Paint-to-Sample. Why settle?
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
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#13
-nh4.
* = Google says that's, "No, none for you." in German but I can neither confirm nor deny that!