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Old 12-09-2022, 07:05 PM
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Default XPEL Stealth on Black 2023 Macan GTS

This was a vision cooked up by my wife before we even placed the order. She wanted it "murdered out", and it couldn't have turned out any better.

HUGE shout out to Speed & Tech Motoring out of Sterling, VA for executing a flawless job. These are just a few pics snapped this evening as we picked it up. Couldn't be happier! The car is amazing by default from the factory, but the satin look with the gloss accents makes it truly special.














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Welcome to the matte club - great color and how it came out!!!





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Originally Posted by gellenole
Welcome to the matte club - great color and how it came out!!!
NBM? Very nice indeed! We're starting to see a lot more stealth/satin/matte cars; it's like frozen paint but easier to maintain! I love it and so happy how it turned out.
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=P I'm a new member, but no one I know around has matte wrapped their car.
I'm using llumnar matte wrap and inside I have xpel stealth. Just happy to see someone else do the same.
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Looks great!!! I always liked the BMW frozen paint and this film gives the same look. How long did it take and were they able to do the hood with one piece of wrap?
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They had the car for 9 business days so almost 2 weeks, but I also had ceramic applied including wheels, and tint done.

I'm not 100% sure on their installation methods, but as far as I can tell it's one piece of film. There are definitely no visible seams anywhere on the car.
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Looks sweet. I want to see someone do a Papaya metallic Macan in that matte film.
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I just wrapped my entire car with XPEL Ultimate PPF but they couldn't do the front end as its plastic and the PPF wont stick... what are GTS owners doing to protect that front end from stone chips? I've attached a pic of the area in questions...


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Originally Posted by Nickshu
Looks sweet. I want to see someone do a Papaya metallic Macan in that matte film.
This guy posted his a while back and not many took notice (I have the only other reply in the thread!). It looks amazing- but I have to say after seeing Papaya in the flesh, I wouldn't put stealth over it. The metal flake on Papaya is brilliant and gorgeous. But matte Papaya definitely still looks cool.

https://rennlist.com/forums/porsche-...on-papaya.html

Originally Posted by AaronGTS
I just wrapped my entire car with XPEL Ultimate PPF but they couldn't do the front end as its plastic and the PPF wont stick... what are GTS owners doing to protect that front end from stone chips? I've attached a pic of the area in questions...

It's plastic, you don't worry about it.

As far as PPF is concerned, I actually think it's mostly unnecessary on Macans. Ironic considering I just paid close to 5 figures to have PPF installed... but literally only did it for the look. The protection is a bonus, sure but this is my 3rd Macan, 2nd one in black and I never really had any issues with chips in the paint, and most of it is because most of the forward-facing section of the bumper is plastic.

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