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Old 06-15-2020, 11:53 AM
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Old 06-15-2020, 11:54 AM
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p.s. other T related posts compiled here https://rennlist.com/forums/991/1058...l#post14885037

p.p.s. I hope the rain stops soon so you can enjoy the car!
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Originally Posted by BlackOptic
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p.p.s. I hope the rain stops soon so you can enjoy the car!
Rain stopped and had some nice weather. Live in NC and have taken it to the mountains twice already. Cant wipe the smile off my face
Old 06-15-2020, 12:44 PM
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Awesome, thank you. I’m sure I can order from dealer but if looking for used, I would need to find a take off set from a T, is this correct? Thanks again for the info
Yes, but they are out there if you hunt around. Just remember if you paint, you'll be messing with the cars spec from factory. That may (or may not matter) to some for resale... If it were me, I'd do what you want and don't save the car for someone else, just as you are contemplating...

As mentioned separately, the titanium and agate are virtually identical, so you could probably get away with the agate. It's just not what Porsche did from the factory.

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One poster who had black wheels, just wrapped the mirrors black and put the rear GTS spoiler grille on that comes in black. It looked great.
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Old 06-15-2020, 02:13 PM
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Why not powdercoat your existing black wheels? They look like they are the same style as the OEM carerra t wheel.
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personally I would have the wheels painted the same colour as the mirrors.
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Old 06-15-2020, 03:42 PM
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Love those wheels! I have a Basalt Black 4S with SportDesign 20's, and would swap for a the Carrera S 20's in Platinum in a heartbeat. They are the perfect match for my paint color and lightly tinted windows (40%).
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Have considered powder coating but at that point I may as well paint mirrors/rear grill. I actually prefer the black on the white car but thought it might be easiest to find OE wheelset.

wrapping might be an option and would be cheap.

Im pretty OCD so now I’m looking into black badging on rear, painting mirrors, replacing rear grill. Even considering black headlights. Then there is the sticker on the side 🤣

Not too concerned with resale value as I bought the car to drive and enjoy
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This is what you want, here is the item # for the rear. Go to suncoast and fill out the form for requesting an oem wheel. Provide this item # for the rear along with your vin and they will be able match the corresponding fronts and put together a set for you.

I just Went through this as installer scratched the heck out of my wheel when changing tires. I Shopped multiple sites and dealers, Suncoast was the least expensive hands down.





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Looking for a set of the black Carrera T rims!
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Originally Posted by rosenbergendo
Looking for a set of the black Carrera T rims!
Not looking to sell at this time
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Wow its really hard to figure out a good wheel color for a white car. You could either paint same color as car or go with a set of plat silver. Niether in my head are perfect solutions. The white will look after market and although the silver would look factory they are not the perfect compliment. Perhaps a set of the fuch knock offs would be best on a T and you might get some weight savings over oem.
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Thank you all for the input. I prefer the stark contrast of the black wheels so leaving black for now to see if I can live with it. If it drives me crazy I'll just have to bite the bullet and order/paint the trim to match. The black headlights are a difficult one to swallow at $4500
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Originally Posted by egrossman
Thank you all for the input. I prefer the stark contrast of the black wheels so leaving black for now to see if I can live with it. If it drives me crazy I'll just have to bite the bullet and order/paint the trim to match. The black headlights are a difficult one to swallow at $4500
forget about the black headlights, they look great but it's a waste of money to change them. you can buy black surround vinyl to make them look a bit better. wrap your mirrors black, and get a black 911T emblem only, discard the PORSCHE. it will be a cheap upgrade and will look great.


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