Painted front lip
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Painted front lip
My C4S with the PASM on order has the normal front bumper with the painted front spoiler. Does anybody has a picture of this in a light color?
(my car will be Azzurro Thetys Metallic PTS)
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(my car will be Azzurro Thetys Metallic PTS)
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The front lip on the SportDesign front fascia is painted in exterior color.
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I spec’d the painted front lip so had to take the SPASM but it is with the non sportdesign bumper (don’t like the design). So it is half non sportdesign, half sportdesign but have yet to see one that has this too.
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If you weren’t already planning on PPF, definitely PPF the painted lip, because it takes a beating. I just replaced mine at 35k+ miles. It was badly pitted.
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I really like the way that looks. I purchased one post delivery and it is the black plastic color of the factory OEM piece. Due to the beatings these things take, I think I will just leave it black.
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It'll look nice on the showroom floor. But that will not last if you actually drive it anywhere on public roads. If you order the car with FAL and keep the nose fully elevated at all times . . . . . maybe (and it'd be fairly amazing in and of itself if) it'll survive a few days or weeks. This is not something that PPF will save you from.
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How peppered and pitted the front lip becomes depends on road conditions and how closely you follow other vehicles. How careful a person is as they enter/exit driveways, etc. also factors into how much damage the lip incurs.
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I've had my car with the painted front lip for 5 months or so, it does take a beating. I took a driveway wrong the first night I had the car and scratched it. Beginner mistake, but I waited to repair to see how many I would make. I've made two additional beginner mistakes since then. I've spec'd out the cost to get a new one, and paint, and it's about $900. Or you can just replace with black plastic for $200. It gets tumultuous is some situations where you need to make a left turn across oncoming traffic and have to wait a long time for traffic to clear so you can crawl nearly sideways to get out of a gas station or whatever it may be. I don't have FAL but would have optioned it if I spec'd the car myself.
I'd almost rather repair with touch up point as I know it's going to keep happen, and it does look a lot better painted than with the black. It's a personal decision, but it doesn't bother me/isn't very noticeable even scratched to most people who aren't closely inspecting the car. 5 months in and I still haven't fixed it, but I still haven't occasionally learned my mistake. All personal preference if you want to keep dropping $900 every time you do, but I'm inclined to have an imperfect painted one, beat it up, and replace when it's really noticeable vs. every time I get a little scratch.
I'd almost rather repair with touch up point as I know it's going to keep happen, and it does look a lot better painted than with the black. It's a personal decision, but it doesn't bother me/isn't very noticeable even scratched to most people who aren't closely inspecting the car. 5 months in and I still haven't fixed it, but I still haven't occasionally learned my mistake. All personal preference if you want to keep dropping $900 every time you do, but I'm inclined to have an imperfect painted one, beat it up, and replace when it's really noticeable vs. every time I get a little scratch.
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I don't follow folks closely and mine was badly pitted when I recently replaced it. It's very much in harms way down there. Porsche uses black plastic in specific areas for a reason.
