How common are misaligned model designations?
07-20-2017, 10:51 AM
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How common are misaligned model designations?
I was idly looking at photos from my local dealership, and came across this:
The "911" is visibly tilted, and the 4S is spaced incorrectly on both sides.
Speculating, maybe it was originally a model delete, and some klutz tried to restore it. In any case, why would a dealership let something like that slide? Why wouldn't they fix it before taking photos?
The "911" is visibly tilted, and the 4S is spaced incorrectly on both sides.
Speculating, maybe it was originally a model delete, and some klutz tried to restore it. In any case, why would a dealership let something like that slide? Why wouldn't they fix it before taking photos?
07-20-2017, 10:55 AM
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Yikes! Herb better take a closer look at his inventory.
07-20-2017, 11:03 AM
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Wing looks high on the right side, too. Accident repair??
07-20-2017, 11:22 AM
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Those are templated at the factory and impossible to put on like that unless hand-applied. I'm with Lex, that's a new bumper cover or at least a re-paint.
They are VERY hard to put on straight. I did my own on the back of my car because mine (from the factory) had only "911" on it, but it took me a long time to create a template that would get the "Carrera S" on perfectly. I made four templates before getting it right.
Had the "911 Carrera 4 S" been deleted at the factory, then the P O R S C H E would have been lowered about 2".
They are VERY hard to put on straight. I did my own on the back of my car because mine (from the factory) had only "911" on it, but it took me a long time to create a template that would get the "Carrera S" on perfectly. I made four templates before getting it right.
Had the "911 Carrera 4 S" been deleted at the factory, then the P O R S C H E would have been lowered about 2".
07-20-2017, 11:51 AM
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When asked about the tilted badging on the back, the Porsche technician replied:
"It's normal!"
"It's normal!"
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07-20-2017, 11:53 AM
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Those are templated at the factory and impossible to put on like that unless hand-applied. I'm with Lex, that's a new bumper cover or at least a re-paint.
They are VERY hard to put on straight. I did my own on the back of my car because mine (from the factory) had only "911" on it, but it took me a long time to create a template that would get the "Carrera S" on perfectly. I made four templates before getting it right.
Had the "911 Carrera 4 S" been deleted at the factory, then the P O R S C H E would have been lowered about 2".
They are VERY hard to put on straight. I did my own on the back of my car because mine (from the factory) had only "911" on it, but it took me a long time to create a template that would get the "Carrera S" on perfectly. I made four templates before getting it right.
Had the "911 Carrera 4 S" been deleted at the factory, then the P O R S C H E would have been lowered about 2".
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