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      04-04-2021, 06:39 PM   #1
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Anyone planning on changing the lower black parts to body color?

After seeing these pics, it's a consideration. Painted, the car looks lower and more aggressive. Might be a good candidate for that automotive paint-quality spray-on wrap (not plastidip).

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I prefer the black. The way those pieces are sculpted I think they need to be a contrasting color.
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IMO it looks less aggressive when painted body colour.

The black contrast looks more «race car» and aggressive (and actually was a design element taken from GT3 and F1 race cars that often has a black floor line).
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i kinda dig the side skirt painted body color, but the front and rear contrasting black parts look good as they are. The side skirt painted body color is an old trick on Porsche options list, they call it "sport design side skirt" for a nice surcharge
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This looks so much better than the cheap glossy plastic look! Dig it!
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Wish this was part of the "Extended Shadowline Trim Deletion" option.
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Wish this was part of the "Extended Shadowline Trim Deletion" option.
Agreed. It should have been part of the Shadowline trim, giving those of us who want body colored lower panels the option. I'll be painting mine body colored at delivery.
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Kind of makes it look like a DTM race car
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Agreed. It should have been part of the Shadowline trim, giving those of us who want body colored lower panels the option. I'll be painting mine body colored at delivery.
Painted by who? The dealer?
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Agreed. It should have been part of the Shadowline trim, giving those of us who want body colored lower panels the option. I'll be painting mine body colored at delivery.
Painted by who? The dealer?
No, I'll take it to my paint guy.
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Much better with body color. Car looks lower with body color. Regardless we can add front lip and side skirt anyways and those are either black or carbon color.
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