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As some of you may know I traded in my GTS cab for a TTS cab.
Delivered 11/17/23. Impressive transport time. The duo picked her up late afternoon on 11/15 at Porsche Salt Lake City and got to my house in Maryland by 11/17 around 6am.
Pitch dark while everyone was asleep in the house.
The dealer told me the PPF did not look good and when I saw it in person I knew I'd have to get it redone. Or should I just leave it and go raw? I couldn't.
Gentian blue is so nice, but my daily driver is a similar metallic blue and so is every other Tesla and there are A LOT of Teslas. So the decision was made and instead of doing a traditional PPF, I was gonna do a color change wrap. Best part is, it was about half the cost of what PPF shops around me like Glaswerks would've charged.
I know some of you purists just rolled your eyes, but I wanted to make this car special to me. I was giddy.
Let the fun begin. I met up with my wrapper. He showed me samples and a few cars he did. The colors were nice but there was no pop, no glass like wet look. They looked like an unfinished paint job riddled in orange peel. Not even the much touted brand Inozetek whose wraps are said to look like paint. Bummer. Coupled with vinyl wraps being 3-4 mil thick, it wouldn't have offered much protection.
And this is why I love Rennlist. I found this thread by Mr. Wolfe and his car looked amazing. We exchanged a few PMs and he unequivocally vouched for the product and confirmed it still looks good as day one.
My mind was set. Let's do a liquid wrap. I found a shop local to me that does it. I met up with Ben, the owner of Rogue and went over everything in detail. Great guy and so passionate. Done.
All I have to do now is decide which color to go with. You're only limited by your imagination. Spent days looking at colors and just like ****, it spiraled down a rabbit hole where you started with beautiful starlets and by the end you wind up looking at toothless meth heads. I digress. It was too much. I hit rock bottom with Brown Metallic.
I got clean then decided to narrow it down to PTS colors. From there I forced a top five: China Grey, Telestio Grigio, Slate Grey, Black Olive and Brewster Green. It was tough. It was easier coming up with my children's names than this TBH.
And the winner is: *drumroll*
Black Olive 2A7. I love this color.
Here are some pictures of the process. It involved spraying no the peelable foundation then color, clear, flow coat, clear, compound and denib then polish.
Thanks. I wish I could tell you but I've only been able to get maybe 50 miles behind the wheel. Will report back when I'm able to get some quality time.
11-17-2023, 02:43 PM
