Red lips gone. Picked up the car.
04-11-2010, 01:29 AM
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04-11-2010, 03:59 AM
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Thanks for the photos. Very enjoyable.
As for the corner markers, unless you swap out the wing end plates and the mirrors or smoke the tail lamp lenses, I think the orange/red corner markers look find and the clear/grey/smoked (hard to say) look a bit odd (especially on a white/red car.) Again, hard to say.
Personally, I don't understand how or why Porsche leaves these loose ends. Maybe to test or measure customer behavior. Though I might be overly generous in my estimation of their efforts to gauge their customer!
In the context of the red/white "growing" on you, at least for me, the first few times I beheld the red/white I had no hesitation in saying "cover it up! cover it all up!" but after two weeks and a bit, I've moved to more of a feeling that the car can "carry" the appearance. It's not something to drive to work or commute or whatever, but hell, if I can drop off my older daughter at school, she'd be giggling all the way. And if I happen to drive it on the street one weekend just to drive it, I can ignore the ostentatious nonsense, the gawking and the street racer provocations.
I just drove it twice to and from the track and each time, it's a chore to drive long distance and annoying to have people "pace" beside the car to look it over, but so it goes.
I still expect to leave all the red bits untouched (either covered with white or faux carbon fiber plastic film or stored in a box) but that will also entail removing the wing assembly so the car is basically a white 911 with a modern rendition of the duck tail.
Suits me.
As for the corner markers, unless you swap out the wing end plates and the mirrors or smoke the tail lamp lenses, I think the orange/red corner markers look find and the clear/grey/smoked (hard to say) look a bit odd (especially on a white/red car.) Again, hard to say.
Personally, I don't understand how or why Porsche leaves these loose ends. Maybe to test or measure customer behavior. Though I might be overly generous in my estimation of their efforts to gauge their customer!
In the context of the red/white "growing" on you, at least for me, the first few times I beheld the red/white I had no hesitation in saying "cover it up! cover it all up!" but after two weeks and a bit, I've moved to more of a feeling that the car can "carry" the appearance. It's not something to drive to work or commute or whatever, but hell, if I can drop off my older daughter at school, she'd be giggling all the way. And if I happen to drive it on the street one weekend just to drive it, I can ignore the ostentatious nonsense, the gawking and the street racer provocations.
I just drove it twice to and from the track and each time, it's a chore to drive long distance and annoying to have people "pace" beside the car to look it over, but so it goes.
I still expect to leave all the red bits untouched (either covered with white or faux carbon fiber plastic film or stored in a box) but that will also entail removing the wing assembly so the car is basically a white 911 with a modern rendition of the duck tail.
Suits me.
04-11-2010, 09:50 AM
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They tend to hang out at the Vatican
The clear lenses will look OK, they did on my last GT3, the dealer automatically replaces them, but they did not get them in on time. I guess the will mail them to me when they come in. Must be a DOT thing..
The satin white with red is nice because they match the lights, seat belts, pull straps and calipers. i prefer they were all black, but the red is classic RS, like the old ones and the 996RS.
Without the cartoonish lips and decals, I like it. It will be my daily driver, but I think it won't gather lookers like the orange and green RS....
04-11-2010, 06:54 PM
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first awsome! your machine is fantastic.
we're all big boys here and know the math on much of this stuff...so if you dont mind my asking, how much does it run to wrap a car like that? color dependent? other vendors you considered??
i have a 911 i might want to wrap similarly.
again, awseome and use in best of health.
we're all big boys here and know the math on much of this stuff...so if you dont mind my asking, how much does it run to wrap a car like that? color dependent? other vendors you considered??
i have a 911 i might want to wrap similarly.
again, awseome and use in best of health.
I just drove it the first 50 miles..
First imprssions:
much more noice into the cabine from the engine, more comfortable.
The more comfortable is difficult to explain. The seats, maybe because I sit higher, tires, not lowered yet, but the car is much more a normal car than my GT3 was.
I think it is a beauty, the color came out nicer than expected. The guys from C2 Design impressed me all the way through the process, but you don't know until you pick up the car..
Now I am even more impressed. Skinz from Miami did a great job in double and tripple wrapping the car. You have to look for a seam to know it it wrapped!!
The wife even approved enthusiastically, she's comfortable in it also, they did a great job and surprised me with some details that are just cool. The way the K40 was build in, the brackets for the seats, everything done perfectly.
No rattles, and I got a good old fashioned cloud of blue smoke at initial startup
First imprssions:
much more noice into the cabine from the engine, more comfortable.
The more comfortable is difficult to explain. The seats, maybe because I sit higher, tires, not lowered yet, but the car is much more a normal car than my GT3 was.
I think it is a beauty, the color came out nicer than expected. The guys from C2 Design impressed me all the way through the process, but you don't know until you pick up the car..
Now I am even more impressed. Skinz from Miami did a great job in double and tripple wrapping the car. You have to look for a seam to know it it wrapped!!
The wife even approved enthusiastically, she's comfortable in it also, they did a great job and surprised me with some details that are just cool. The way the K40 was build in, the brackets for the seats, everything done perfectly.
No rattles, and I got a good old fashioned cloud of blue smoke at initial startup
04-11-2010, 07:23 PM
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also 450sel 6.9
original 500E by AMG
bullwing.... hahaha i meant gull wing
there are other great mbz, but that's way before my time.
04-11-2010, 10:19 PM
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a couple of pics, can't help it.
There was also a 600..
I love old mercedes when they build the best car possible and then found out what they had to sell if for with a 2 year delivery time...
A full wrap is 3-5K similar to a custom clear bra.
Festival of Speed was fun, walking distance from hotel, wife liked the hotel.
Another customer won a price for his SL65.
I drove home through a thunderstorm, 300 miles, lots of 2 lane overtaking.
Car is dirty, front wheels black and tank emtpy, wife still happy!? Must be love.. Or the starwberries and Champagne I got her ;-)
The car is better than I imagined, hard to explain, softer, maybe seems also softer because the seats are better and the car is not lowered yet. More polished I would say. I can't detect the Dynamic engine mounts on the street with or without street button.
No rattle anywhere, but that can't last long..
Also no sound besides the typical vacume sound until 4K RPM..
The loud plug needs to be unplugged ASAP. Will do first thing AM. Now always quiet till 4K RPM, I have not been below 4K RPM much today.
Home 30 mins, it still sits there with the fans blowing :-)
There was also a 600..
I love old mercedes when they build the best car possible and then found out what they had to sell if for with a 2 year delivery time...
A full wrap is 3-5K similar to a custom clear bra.
Festival of Speed was fun, walking distance from hotel, wife liked the hotel.
Another customer won a price for his SL65.
I drove home through a thunderstorm, 300 miles, lots of 2 lane overtaking.
Car is dirty, front wheels black and tank emtpy, wife still happy!? Must be love.. Or the starwberries and Champagne I got her ;-)
The car is better than I imagined, hard to explain, softer, maybe seems also softer because the seats are better and the car is not lowered yet. More polished I would say. I can't detect the Dynamic engine mounts on the street with or without street button.
No rattle anywhere, but that can't last long..
Also no sound besides the typical vacume sound until 4K RPM..
The loud plug needs to be unplugged ASAP. Will do first thing AM. Now always quiet till 4K RPM, I have not been below 4K RPM much today.
Home 30 mins, it still sits there with the fans blowing :-)
04-11-2010, 10:31 PM
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how are you ever going to get to the FE behind passenger seat?