SM_ATL's Carrera S Journal
A few more pics...
I took a few more pics this week end for my own records and thought I would share them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6786789402/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6932907253/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6786786788/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6787367644/
and with the sunroof open...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6932906693/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6932900733/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6932908013/
I took a few more pics this week end for my own records and thought I would share them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6786789402/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6932907253/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6786786788/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6787367644/
and with the sunroof open...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6932906693/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6932900733/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6932908013/
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Question - the sunroof opening looks very small from the pics I've seen. When you're sitting in the car how much more of an "open" feel does it provide? I'm debating on whether to order one with mine because frankly, other than resale value, I'm a hardtop kinda guy.
Also, every time I look at your pics I like white on this car more and more
(and I'm a black, silver, gray kinda guy!)
Also, every time I look at your pics I like white on this car more and more
(and I'm a black, silver, gray kinda guy!)
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Could you PM me the price for the front lip spoiler if you don't mind? I think it looks great as well but it's not one of the options I opted for
How was the installation for it?
How was the installation for it?
Question - the sunroof opening looks very small from the pics I've seen. When you're sitting in the car how much more of an "open" feel does it provide? I'm debating on whether to order one with mine because frankly, other than resale value, I'm a hardtop kinda guy.
Also, every time I look at your pics I like white on this car more and more (and I'm a black, silver, gray kinda guy!)
Also, every time I look at your pics I like white on this car more and more
(and I'm a black, silver, gray kinda guy!)
Installation is super easy: 4 screws to remove for the bottom part of the standard lip and then 'unclip' the upper part.
The Sport PASM can then just be clipped on the car in the same way. 10 minutes in total.
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Ugh...my personal dilemna. 2009 M3 with HRE P40's, Vorsteiner parts, Brembo's in candy apple red at all 4 corners, lowered on HR, and Eisenmann race. Absolutely fantastic car and incredible sound.
BUT...damn I cannot stop looking at this 991. Went to the unveiling and I just can't stop coming on to this particular thread and looking at SM-ATL's pics and journal. Already blew threw one laptop from the drool going through the keyboard...lol.
Seriously, though, I didn't see myself getting rid of my M3 as I have changed too many times in the past and now that I garage the M3 in the winter, it is like buying it all over again each spring. However, after the unveiling event, I went for a scheduled 90min test drive with my wife and when she walked in the showroom and saw a black on black 991 Carerra S, her first sentence was "trade your car in."
Damn, I was not supposed to be doing this but....resistance is futile.
Sorry for the minor thread jack, SM-ATL...back to regular programming...and hopefully more pictures.
BUT...damn I cannot stop looking at this 991. Went to the unveiling and I just can't stop coming on to this particular thread and looking at SM-ATL's pics and journal. Already blew threw one laptop from the drool going through the keyboard...lol.
Seriously, though, I didn't see myself getting rid of my M3 as I have changed too many times in the past and now that I garage the M3 in the winter, it is like buying it all over again each spring. However, after the unveiling event, I went for a scheduled 90min test drive with my wife and when she walked in the showroom and saw a black on black 991 Carerra S, her first sentence was "trade your car in."
Damn, I was not supposed to be doing this but....resistance is futile.
Sorry for the minor thread jack, SM-ATL...back to regular programming...and hopefully more pictures.
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PM'd you but I can certainly share that it is less than $200 online
Installation is super easy: 4 screws to remove for the bottom part of the standard lip and then 'unclip' the upper part.
The Sport PASM can then just be clipped on the car in the same way. 10 minutes in total.
Installation is super easy: 4 screws to remove for the bottom part of the standard lip and then 'unclip' the upper part.
The Sport PASM can then just be clipped on the car in the same way. 10 minutes in total.
For those who like the sport lip, it would look as good on the cab as on the coupe IMHO.
New experiment: black rear fender protection 
Quite a few people replacing Porsche's transparent rear fender protection (that usually becomes yellow too soon...) with a black one. Here's one of the many examples I have seen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6933869955/
The car is going to be tracked (starting with 3 days on Road Atlanta next week end), and standard clearbra -or call it filmspeed- will do, but I was wondering what a black rear fender protection would look like on a white 991. I did a quick and dirty photoshop again, and like for the 'R' stripes -that I eventually disliked- I am on the fence...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6933899693/
The overall look is OK, but again there is a risk of spoiling the very clean design of the 991
Quite a few people replacing Porsche's transparent rear fender protection (that usually becomes yellow too soon...) with a black one. Here's one of the many examples I have seen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6933869955/
The car is going to be tracked (starting with 3 days on Road Atlanta next week end), and standard clearbra -or call it filmspeed- will do, but I was wondering what a black rear fender protection would look like on a white 991. I did a quick and dirty photoshop again, and like for the 'R' stripes -that I eventually disliked- I am on the fence...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6933899693/
The overall look is OK, but again there is a risk of spoiling the very clean design of the 991
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New experiment: black rear fender protection
Quite a few people replacing Porsche's transparent rear fender protection (that usually becomes yellow too soon...) with a black one. Here's one of the many exempts I have seen:
The car is going to be tracked (starting with 3 days on Road Atlanta next week end), and standard clearbra -or call it filmspeed- will do, but I was wondering what a black rear fender protection would look like on a white 991. I did a quick and dirty photoshop again, and like for the 'R' stripes -that I eventually disliked- I am on the fence...
The overall look is OK, but again there is a risk of spoiling the very clean design of the 991
Quite a few people replacing Porsche's transparent rear fender protection (that usually becomes yellow too soon...) with a black one. Here's one of the many exempts I have seen:
The car is going to be tracked (starting with 3 days on Road Atlanta next week end), and standard clearbra -or call it filmspeed- will do, but I was wondering what a black rear fender protection would look like on a white 991. I did a quick and dirty photoshop again, and like for the 'R' stripes -that I eventually disliked- I am on the fence...
The overall look is OK, but again there is a risk of spoiling the very clean design of the 991
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P40SC or P45SC look great on the new 991
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6888486437/http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6888486437/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/hrewheels/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6888486665/http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6888486665/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/hrewheels/, on Flickr
For example, this was a 20x11 for a CLS 63, weigh in at 22.4 lbs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6876814885/http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6876814885/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/hrewheels/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6888486437/http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6888486437/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/hrewheels/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6888486665/http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6888486665/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/hrewheels/, on Flickr
For example, this was a 20x11 for a CLS 63, weigh in at 22.4 lbs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6876814885/http://www.flickr.com/photos/hrewheels/6876814885/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/hrewheels/, on Flickr
Black powdercoated CarreraS 20" wheels: No!
I like the black HRE P40 wheels a lot, but I am not sure I would so easily spend that amount of money on new rims (or that the difference vs. the OEM wheels is worth the money).
Still, the idea of black wheels is interesting -and always works nicely on white cars-. There has been a previous post about someone powdercoating his new 20" wheels in black and the picture did not seem very exciting. I wanted to see what it would look like on my car and did one more -ugly- photoshop.
Here's the original pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6865836563/
and here's the photoshoped pic with the same wheels in black:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6937029435/
IMO, powdercoating the wheels just turns something a bit distinctive into something dull. Black wheels are great, but it's more that I would have the impression to waste the OEM rims.
This is an option that I will definitely not pursue!
I like the black HRE P40 wheels a lot, but I am not sure I would so easily spend that amount of money on new rims (or that the difference vs. the OEM wheels is worth the money).
Still, the idea of black wheels is interesting -and always works nicely on white cars-. There has been a previous post about someone powdercoating his new 20" wheels in black and the picture did not seem very exciting. I wanted to see what it would look like on my car and did one more -ugly- photoshop.
Here's the original pic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6865836563/
and here's the photoshoped pic with the same wheels in black:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60293300@N06/6937029435/
IMO, powdercoating the wheels just turns something a bit distinctive into something dull. Black wheels are great, but it's more that I would have the impression to waste the OEM rims.
This is an option that I will definitely not pursue!
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