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jtorrebl 02-07-2018 07:19 PM

Darkened the 971 turbo wheels
 

Andial 02-07-2018 08:02 PM

Did you not spec the car yourself? Why are you making so many cosmetic modifications?

jtorrebl 02-07-2018 10:27 PM


Originally Posted by Ervin Wu (Post 14785292)
Did you not spec the car yourself? Why are you making so many cosmetic modifications?

no i didn’t spec my 4S. There are hardly any around. About 1 4S for every 10 regular Panameras.
i just grabbed one that had the sport options I wanted since there is very few selections available.
Will do next time. Unless there’s a GTS available by then. Then it’ll have everything i want pretty much

Aviaros21 02-08-2018 05:29 PM

a SA told me few months ago there was a fire at the plant where the 4S engines were made, thus limited availability.

Andial 02-09-2018 01:38 AM


Originally Posted by jtorrebl (Post 14785571)

no i didn’t spec my 4S. There are hardly any around. About 1 4S for every 10 regular Panameras.
i just grabbed one that had the sport options I wanted since there is very few selections available.
Will do next time. Unless there’s a GTS available by then. Then it’ll have everything i want pretty much

Makes sense.

Rhdcrxsir 02-20-2018 01:28 PM

That color looks great

jrjunior31 02-23-2018 03:36 AM


Originally Posted by Aviaros21 (Post 14787315)
a SA told me few months ago there was a fire at the plant where the 4S engines were made, thus limited availability.

I ordered an ‘18 4S in Sept. and the build lock date kept changing. They finally told me the exact same thing about delays due to a fire. I ended up just canceling the order.

jrjunior31 02-23-2018 03:42 AM


Originally Posted by jtorrebl (Post 14785571)

no i didn’t spec my 4S. There are hardly any around. About 1 4S for every 10 regular Panameras.
i just grabbed one that had the sport options I wanted since there is very few selections available.
Will do next time. Unless there’s a GTS available by then. Then it’ll have everything i want pretty much

Color looks awesome in pics have not seen it IRL on Panamera. Seen a bunch of sapphire Macans. I like your black badges. Did you ever consider bumper plugs for the side markers? Little pricey but the look is so clean.

DogWood 02-23-2018 11:46 AM

Looks good, the darker colors work great with that blue (adding custom touches is half the fun :-)

jtorrebl 02-26-2018 12:52 PM


Originally Posted by jrjunior31 (Post 14822937)


Color looks awesome in pics have not seen it IRL on Panamera. Seen a bunch of sapphire Macans. I like your black badges. Did you ever consider bumper plugs for the side markers? Little pricey but the look is so clean.

bumper plugs were only round i thought. You could always paint the sidemarkers at a body shop but you’d still see the outlined shape of that marker. So it wouldn’t be as clean a the euro non marker version. Plus the black matches the glossy black accents the car has so I don’t mind it. As long as that orange is gone!
ive done this on my old cayenne and wife’s macan. Looks better than stock

jrjunior31 02-26-2018 03:31 PM

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlis...a7e7add331.png

Originally Posted by jtorrebl (Post 14831124)

bumper plugs were only round i thought. You could always paint the sidemarkers at a body shop but you’d still see the outlined shape of that marker. So it wouldn’t be as clean a the euro non marker version. Plus the black matches the glossy black accents the car has so I don’t mind it. As long as that orange is gone!
ive done this on my old cayenne and wife’s macan. Looks better than stock

Bumperplugs are OEM sidemarkers put through a 19-step paint process to match the factory paint. I have them on my ‘15 and they’re available for ‘17 + as well...

https://www.bumperplugs.com/index.ph...product_id=139


jtorrebl 02-26-2018 03:47 PM


Originally Posted by jrjunior31 (Post 14831582)
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlis...a7e7add331.png


Bumperplugs are OEM sidemarkers put through a 19-step paint process to match the factory paint. I have them on my ‘15 and they’re available for ‘17 + as well...

https://www.bumperplugs.com/index.ph...product_id=139


nice. I remember the company used to do only the round 2 license plate plugs before. That was a long time ago. Thanks

jtorrebl 03-22-2018 08:46 PM

Changed the center caps to glossy black now to better match my dark theme, but now decided to get my wheels painted glossy black by the dealer. Saw an older panamera 970 with black rims that were painted by the dealer. My dealer says it won’t affect the lease turn in since it’s more desirable for their re sale

rsyed 03-23-2018 08:02 AM

do you have pics?

jtorrebl 03-23-2018 12:55 PM


Originally Posted by rsyed (Post 14890902)
do you have pics?

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlis...09b0c34766.jpg
Dirty rain pic.
Got that idea from my dad’s 2018 s560 same charcoal wheels with black center caps.


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