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I'm sure it's not just me but I find matte paint repulsive. Someone who frequently parks on my street has a matte candy apple red E65 7 series and it has got to be the ugliest car on the planet.
Then again, an E65 with any paint is one of the ugliest cars on the planet.
Porsche (unlike say MB, BMW or Audi) doesn't yet offer a 'matte' or any other 'Frost/Frozen' line of paints on its models - neither as a current standard selection nor via PTS!
Originally Posted by FrstPorsche
I don't know about that. It seems they have painted some 918's matte black.
Originally Posted by NateOZ
Factory installed wrap over Primer as part of the Weissach Package to save weight vs paint.
Originally Posted by FrstPorsche
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Yes, surprisingly Porsche does offer these three vinyl wraps on the 918. They are applied directly to the carbon fiber (CFRP).
The outer shell is not first coated with a primer. By not applying any paint & primer to the outer shell, you save 5.1 pounds
on a Weissach Model (and that includes the minimal weight penalty of the vinyl foil wrap).
Yes, surprisingly Porsche does offer these three vinyl wraps on the 918. They are applied directly to the carbon fiber (CFRP).
The outer shell is not first coated with a primer. By not applying any paint & primer to the outer shell, you save 5.1 pounds
on a Weissach Model (and that includes the minimal weight penalty of the vinyl foil wrap).
Or, if you fancy matte black on your 918, you can go this route:
06-18-2015, 05:05 PM
