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Old 02-07-2018, 07:19 PM
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got the charcoal grey wheel center caps
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Did you not spec the car yourself? Why are you making so many cosmetic modifications?
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Originally Posted by Ervin Wu
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

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Old 02-08-2018, 05:29 PM
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a SA told me few months ago there was a fire at the plant where the 4S engines were made, thus limited availability.
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Originally Posted by jtorrebl

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.
Old 02-20-2018, 01:28 PM
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That color looks great
Old 02-23-2018, 03:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Aviaros21
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.
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Originally Posted by jtorrebl

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.
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Looks good, the darker colors work great with that blue (adding custom touches is half the fun :-)
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Originally Posted by jrjunior31


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
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Originally Posted by jtorrebl

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

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Originally Posted by jrjunior31



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
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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

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do you have pics?
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Originally Posted by rsyed
do you have pics?

Dirty rain pic.
Got that idea from my dad’s 2018 s560 same charcoal wheels with black center caps.

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