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Apr 3, 2009 | 05:24 PM

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Bottom line, it depends on where you take it and how much you want to spend. Check with some body shops in your area.

Apr 3, 2009 | 05:33 PM

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Bottom line, it depends on where you take it and how much you want to spend. Check with some body shops in your area.

to be done right, the car has to be gutted and completely repainted. This is not cheap and you'd better hope the body shop has done our cars before, as taking things apart and reinstalling them requires some skill. doing the earl shives thing and leaving the interior intact is quite ghetto.

Apr 3, 2009 | 05:47 PM

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yeah, I think they got some overspray on this one

Ok, I know Porsche has some creative names for their colors, but what the h*ll do they call this!!!!

Apr 3, 2009 | 05:49 PM

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they call it "hurt my eyes blue"

here is the link to the thread

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ough-sell.html

Apr 3, 2009 | 06:14 PM

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Wrap makes sense

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Ken,
You may want to go with a vinyl wrap. I think you can get the car wrapped for the $3k to $5k range and it looks pretty close to a paint job if done right. Plus, it won't de-value the car on re-sale.
Dan from vivid had his yellow car wrapped in white for the bullrun and it came out good. I toyed with the idea of wrapping mine in flat black for a while, but never pulled the trigger.
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...d-bullrun.html

Good luck!

Excellent idea - $5K is a lot cheaper by far, I can change my mine every once in a while and the original paint is protected. Off to find a wrap guy.

Apr 3, 2009 | 06:22 PM

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Seal Grey Matte is a splendid one to behold

Hey Ken,
This post has a reference for a place in LA called StickerCity.com; says it's around $3-4k. Also, there's a flat black 997 pictured in the thread if anyone's interested. Good luck and let us know how it turns out!

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...s-suggest.html

Apr 3, 2009 | 06:25 PM

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That is kinda cool...

Apr 4, 2009 | 08:53 AM

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Cool idea here. Let us know what you decide to go with.

Apr 4, 2009 | 11:17 AM

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It'll be a couple of weeks, but I'll post the pictures shortly

Apr 6, 2009 | 06:48 AM

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Does anyone have pictures of the door jams of a wrapped car?

Wasnt their a car in the NYC/NJ area that was recently wrapped?

Apr 7, 2009 | 11:17 AM

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Yeah here is the 996TT wrapped up

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After -

Apr 7, 2009 | 12:07 PM

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Yeah here is the 996TT wrapped up

Before -

After -

Dan, do you have pics of the door jams?

Apr 7, 2009 | 12:14 PM

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nah.. we did not do them. it was only for fun to run the Bullrun in

Look we wrapped the mirrors LOL

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Apr 7, 2009 | 08:49 PM

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nah.. we did not do them. it was only for fun to run the Bullrun in

Look we wrapped the mirrors LOL

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Did you leave the car like that or taken them off after the run?? I always wondered how much is it for the removal...

Also, for the guys wanting flat cars, I also believe that if you have a black/dark color already, you could always just scuff the clear and shoot a few coats of clear with the flattening agent at it to go flat.

Also, I remember seeing an M3 with flat white pearl on it and it was gorgeous and very unique.....funny thing thiat same M3 had a nice Chrome paint job before.