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Thank you John. In your experience would side bypass combined with the battery cut enough weight (75lbs) to make a noticeable change to the cars character when street driving?
That depends on your street driving haha. we definitely feel the difference on track, but if most of your street driving is typical around town and highway I'd say you'd only feel some difference under acceleration and braking. If you're pushing the car hard and driving some excellent roads, I'd say you'd feel the car is a bit more nimble and responsive. Think of it like if you were about to run through an obstacle course, and you had a choice of doing it wearing either pool floaties or weights around your wrists and ankles haha. The lighter the better, and 75lbs is certainly not a small amount of weight.
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Saw her for the first time in the flesh yesterday. I am so glad I went to Touring! I love the full leather interior with yellow stitching. Here are some pics before the transformation begins, yes I am hardly a professional photographer.
Having now seen the car I decided on this for the styling.
- Powdercoated satin black wheels with diamond cut polished lip
- Satin black decals (low cost and easily removable if I prefer the retro/classic look)
- If not too costly, wrapping headlight trim in satin black
I am considering only doing the front end in PPF and going for a full Dundon exhaust
Two questions:
1) Will putting stripes lead to a noticible discolorarion when the stripes are removed in a couple years?
2) Would PPF reduce the risk of point 1
I am getting ready to pull the trigger on tweaking my touring and I could use some advice.
Aesthetics:
- Stripes and Side Decals:
- Matt Black or Dark Matt Grey?
- 911R or Sports Classic Stripes?
Would you say the sports classic stripes are Matt black or dark Matt grey?
- Wheels (Going Black with Polished/Diamond Cut Lip):
- Satin Black Wheels or Painted in Bodycolour?
The polished/diamond cut lip is a must to match the chrome/high polish window trim.
Sound/Performance:
This car is for street use and whilst a boost in performance for the track doesn’t matter to me, having a more agile and pronounced sports car feel on the road does and I am therefore considering:
A) Exhaust:
I was going to go for a Soul Rear Bypass (Good bang for buck and if I want to upgrade to full Dundon etc I can do so without a big hit) and disconnect the valves, but many here have reported it is already too loud on the inside of the touring. Can owners give their thoughts please? I have been driving my .2 GT3 RS for about 400 miles now and love the sound. A bit more volume wouldn’t be bad.
Or
B) Side Bypass and Lithium Battery:
I have also read many people mentioning part of what makes the R so special is carrying less weight. This is making me consider a side muffler delete combined with the lithium battery.
- How much is the lithium battery? Any major downsides (cost to benefit ratio, amount of charge etc)? Do Porsche sell them?
I welcome opinions and thoughts. I am hoping to have the above finalised and implemented before the end of summer and will post lots of pics.
i have the RS 30 battery $700 and saves approx 35 lbs .. no downside
Having now seen the car I decided on this for the styling.
- Powdercoated satin black wheels with diamond cut polished lip
- Satin black decals (low cost and easily removable if I prefer the retro/classic look)
- If not too costly, wrapping headlight trim in satin black
I am considering only doing the front end in PPF and going for a full Dundon exhaust
Two questions:
1) Will putting stripes lead to a noticible discolorarion when the stripes are removed in a couple years?
2) Would PPF reduce the risk of point 1
I would think there would be less risk on a black car, but perhaps a detailer/PPF installer can weigh in. Really like the 911R stripes in matte black. Understated - perfect.
Having now seen the car I decided on this for the styling.
- Powdercoated satin black wheels with diamond cut polished lip
- Satin black decals (low cost and easily removable if I prefer the retro/classic look)
- If not too costly, wrapping headlight trim in satin black
I am considering only doing the front end in PPF and going for a full Dundon exhaust
Two questions:
1) Will putting stripes lead to a noticible discolorarion when the stripes are removed in a couple years?
2) Would PPF reduce the risk of point 1
Smart move getting plain wheels and coating yourself, you know that factory black wheels with lip color option adds $2300 to the price of the car. You can all that below for less
Originally Posted by BrntRubber
Having now seen the car I decided on this for the styling.
- Powdercoated satin black wheels with diamond cut polished lip
- Satin black decals (low cost and easily removable if I prefer the retro/classic look)
- If not too costly, wrapping headlight trim in satin black
I am considering only doing the front end in PPF and going for a full Dundon exhaust
Two questions:
1) Will putting stripes lead to a noticible discolorarion when the stripes are removed in a couple years?
2) Would PPF reduce the risk of point 1
07-18-2018, 05:35 PM
