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Old 06-01-2016, 09:31 PM
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I love the look of the gts except for the satin black wheels. I think u would not mind it so much if it was a gloss black but still would rather have a silver finish. These are the closest representation of them in silver but on a turbo. What do u guys think? My car is Carrara white metallic
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Old 06-01-2016, 09:37 PM
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I think so, a GTS with silver wheels would be awesome. The black just look like they've never been cleaned to me.
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Personal choice, but to me the black wheels, especially on a white GTS, makes the car because of the other black accents.

I love the black wheels, I just hate cleaning them.
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The silver looks with white. Looking to switch mine up soon to the new color called "Brake Dust" T
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Paint them gun metal.
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I like the silver wheels on the white car, a lot. I also think that whether its a Carrera, Carrera S, or GTS has less to do with it.....i simply like silver wheels on white production cars (higher spec or real race cars i might opine differently on).

Silver is the new black.
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I'm biased since I had the factory paint my CL wheels in GT Silver to match the targa roll hoop.
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Originally Posted by TorqueChap
I'm biased since I had the factory paint my CL wheels in GT Silver to match the targa roll hoop.
Where's the like button? Nice!
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My GTS's Carrera S wheels are painted GT silver to match body color. I like the look as I don't care for black wheels and I think it looks sportier than the shiny finish on a silver wheel.
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Originally Posted by oalvarez
Where's the like button? Nice!
Thank you


Originally Posted by Still restless
My GTS's Carrera S wheels are painted GT silver to match body color. I like the look as I don't care for black wheels and I think it looks sportier than the shiny finish on a silver wheel.
Would love to see more photos!
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I've been thinking about this a lot. My fantasy is to upgrade to a GTS. I really don't prefer the black wheels. I love that someone else's painting them silver. I thought about getting HRE's wheels. Now to convince my better half....
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My GTS wheels are at the painter's as we speak. He's bringing them back Saturday. GT Silver with a Satin finish, like they had when they were black. Inner barrels are staying black for dust mitigation. Can't wait to see them. I wasn't aware anyone else had done this yet; post up some pix for us, TorqueChap and StillRestless!

To get an idea of the look I had to take the configurator and build a GT Silver GTS (last year), then select Carrera S wheels and choose Body Color Paint on them. Since they're different wheels it wasn't a perfect representation of course, but at least let me get an idea.
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Originally Posted by NoGaBiker
My GTS wheels are at the painter's as we speak. He's bringing them back Saturday. GT Silver with a Satin finish, like they had when they were black. Inner barrels are staying black for dust mitigation. Can't wait to see them. I wasn't aware anyone else had done this yet; post up some pix for us, TorqueChap and StillRestless! To get an idea of the look I had to take the configurator and build a GT Silver GTS (last year), then select Carrera S wheels and choose Body Color Paint on them. Since they're different wheels it wasn't a perfect representation of course, but at least let me get an idea.
NoGaBiker, no pics until I pick up the Targa at the factory on June 22. As eager as you are to see the result. Porsche told me that GTSilver most closely matched the targa bar based on all stock (non-PTS) paints offered on 2016 models.

Do you have any pics from your configuration? Either way, can't see what your ride looks like with the new wheels!
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Ahh, so yours still isn't here. I remembered discussing it but figured you had your car already.

I'll get mine back on Saturday and take some pics for the good of all who are considering this. Just realized Still Restless said he has the 5-bolt S wheels -- for some reason I assumed they were the CLs when I first read it.
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With white, I really like bronze. Like the Volk Racing wheels.


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