F308gt4

You'll probably have to do what I did- I couldn't find any pics of them on a green 997: Buy a set of magnetic ones and see how they look. If you like the look, get the "permanent" ones and sell the magnetic ones to another rennlister.

Iceter

It's been said before but a can of black Plasti-Dip is a great way to see if you like black stone guards. It's durable and completely reversible.

jsalah

Man, your car looks awesome.

Anyone have any idea (or can photoshop for me?) what a set of matte black magnetic guards would look like on a black C4S? I'm wondering whether it would look kind of neat -- a subtle play on light resulting an an appearance of even wider body, or it would just look silly....?

qikqbn

Thanks! I appreciate that!

I found a couple of black cars with matte black stone guards. It's definitely a subtle look that I think looks good, but it's all a personal preference with these guards. I like them.

jsalah

Thanks. That one with the Turbo wheels is basically my car (except mine's a cab) so that gives me a very good idea... Might try it someday.

qikqbn

Black cars are all about reflections! Now that I think about it, In a way I think the Matt black stone guards may take away a little from the nice, distorted, reflections coming from the bulbous, wider, rear fenders on a black car. That's another plus to having magnetic stone guards. You can add or replace depending on mood
Have you thought about adding GT2 side skirts? They are on the GTS models too and they fit on our wide body 4S cars... They look good with the stone guards and I love them on mine. just a thought ;^)

CTCOOP

Magnagrafix has some "Speedster" Carbon fiber magnetic stone guards for 997.2 up on their catalog. Anyone actually seen those on a car? Could look amazing or tacky... not sure.

06C2s

went to order mine and Magnagrafix recommend the "speedster" style for my 997, he claims they will completely cover the clear ones from the factory... will post and let you all know when they come in

F308gt4

That's what I ordered, and they were close, but it wasn't exact. But, it was close enough that it wasn't all that noticeable unless you looked up close.

CTCOOP

Sorry, just to confirm you ordered the regular OR the "Speedsters"? Hoping the Speeders cover the whole factory one... Thanks

blassy

He suggested I order the Speedster style for my 997 too. They aren't exact but pretty close. Certainly better than the regular ones would have been.

qikqbn

I was recommended the "Speedster" magnagrafik stone guard matte black. That is what you see on my car. Covers the original pretty well, but its about an inch short on the bottom section. So if you cover your original with the magnetic one you will still have about 1 inch of the original uncovered near the bottom. If you have a darker colored car you will not really notice it after awhile or other may not even notice it if they do not know to look for it.

SoCal C2S

I have the speedsters in matte CF and about an inch of the clear on the bottom remains exposed. However they do the job just fine.

Edgy01

Am a little concerned about putting the black ones on and pulling off the OEM--someone might think I'm trying for a Speedster look.

marettm

Big fan of black stone guards - have them on my 08 C4S

Other mods:
black + red C4S trunk badge
GT3 stick shift / alcantara **** + steering wheel

Kept the rest mostly stock on purpose as the look is perfect in my opinion, but the stone guards brought it all together for me - even with the polished (not black) OE turbo wheels.

Hope everyone likes!