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Jul 5, 2005 2:49:09 PM
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Jul 5, 2005 2:51:16 PM
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Jul 5, 2005 3:02:37 PM
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Re: Black 997S beauty shots
Love em.
You've got the trick down w/ the front wheel turned
Car look awesome. I was bouncing the idea around while looking in a Porsche book this weekend about Basalt. I LOVE gloss black but don't want to go back to dealing with that color again for an everyday car. (plus my suv.'s are black)I thought Artic would be a lot easier than black but can't get over how easy it is to keep looking clean and detailed. I'm probably going to stay w/ the Artic for the 997TT Cab but Basalt would probably be my second choice tied with GT-Silver.
How do you find Basalt to keep up ? With gloss black I always felt the car needed a wax/glaze after 2-3 hand washings. The paint wouldn't look deep and fine scratch free after you washed it a few times. So far I have only waxed my Artic once since picking the car up over a month ago and washing it 5 times. It is so easy.
Did you ever have gloss black / I'd imagine the Basalt is less maintainence. Yes ? No ?
As always the pictures are beautiful. The car, the back drop, the weather. Maaaa !!
You've got the trick down w/ the front wheel turned
Car look awesome. I was bouncing the idea around while looking in a Porsche book this weekend about Basalt. I LOVE gloss black but don't want to go back to dealing with that color again for an everyday car. (plus my suv.'s are black)I thought Artic would be a lot easier than black but can't get over how easy it is to keep looking clean and detailed. I'm probably going to stay w/ the Artic for the 997TT Cab but Basalt would probably be my second choice tied with GT-Silver.
How do you find Basalt to keep up ? With gloss black I always felt the car needed a wax/glaze after 2-3 hand washings. The paint wouldn't look deep and fine scratch free after you washed it a few times. So far I have only waxed my Artic once since picking the car up over a month ago and washing it 5 times. It is so easy.
Did you ever have gloss black / I'd imagine the Basalt is less maintainence. Yes ? No ?
As always the pictures are beautiful. The car, the back drop, the weather. Maaaa !!
Jul 5, 2005 4:03:07 PM
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Re: Black 997S beauty shots
Thank guys, glad you liked them 
Will do, probably this month, I will post pictures of the setup.
Basalt is not that bad... for a black color that is. Then again it hasn't rained much, but the metallic really helps to keep it from loosing its shine quickly and looking dull as the regualr balck tends to do. Still its no easy color but no worse than my previous Ocean Blue 996. And better than my previous E36-M3 mettalic black but I think its becuase the paint job/quality on the 997 is much better than on the older M3.
It just looks so good in Basalt that its worth it.
And here is a photoshop job
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Gorgeous car my friend, now all you have to do is hook up that audio - makes sense in a hardtop :-D
Will do, probably this month, I will post pictures of the setup.
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PS if only your judgement on F1 drivers would be as good as your photographic skills
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How do you find Basalt to keep up ? With gloss black I always felt the car needed a wax/glaze after 2-3 hand washings. The paint wouldn't look deep and fine scratch free after you washed it a few times. So far I have only waxed my Artic once since picking the car up over a month ago and washing it 5 times. It is so easy.
Did you ever have gloss black / I'd imagine the Basalt is less maintainence. Yes ? No ?
Basalt is not that bad... for a black color that is. Then again it hasn't rained much, but the metallic really helps to keep it from loosing its shine quickly and looking dull as the regualr balck tends to do. Still its no easy color but no worse than my previous Ocean Blue 996. And better than my previous E36-M3 mettalic black but I think its becuase the paint job/quality on the 997 is much better than on the older M3.
It just looks so good in Basalt that its worth it.
And here is a photoshop job
Jul 5, 2005 5:10:00 PM
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I'm probably going to stay w/ the Artic for the 997TT Cab but Basalt would probably be my second choice tied with GT-Silver.
How do you find Basalt to keep up ? With gloss black I always felt the car needed a wax/glaze after 2-3 hand washings. The paint wouldn't look deep and fine scratch free after you washed it a few times.
Did you ever have gloss black / I'd imagine the Basalt is less maintainence. Yes ? No ?
I have basalt for 3 months now and let the car have a protech cure (kind of teflonlayer that becomes pretty hard and fills up the paint to become a more even surface.garantied for 5 years on a new car)
You can see on the pic that it reflects enormously, and the colour became "deeper".
On the pic the car has got a little shower over it and I even didn't had to dry it.
Jul 6, 2005 6:38:32 AM
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Re: Black 997S beauty shots
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STRADALE said:
I'm probably going to stay w/ the Artic for the 997TT Cab but Basalt would probably be my second choice tied with GT-Silver.
How do you find Basalt to keep up ? With gloss black I always felt the car needed a wax/glaze after 2-3 hand washings. The paint wouldn't look deep and fine scratch free after you washed it a few times.
Did you ever have gloss black / I'd imagine the Basalt is less maintainence. Yes ? No ?
I have basalt for 3 months now and let the car have a protech cure (kind of teflonlayer that becomes pretty hard and fills up the paint to become a more even surface.garantied for 5 years on a new car)
You can see on the pic that it reflects enormously, and the colour became "deeper".
On the pic the car has got a little shower over it and I even didn't had to dry it.
could you give me the exact name of the product beltar? it looks amazing with it on!
do you think i can get it here in deep dark africa? 
Jul 6, 2005 8:51:16 AM
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Re: Black 997S beauty shots
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STRADALE said:
I'm probably going to stay w/ the Artic for the 997TT Cab but Basalt would probably be my second choice tied with GT-Silver.
How do you find Basalt to keep up ? With gloss black I always felt the car needed a wax/glaze after 2-3 hand washings. The paint wouldn't look deep and fine scratch free after you washed it a few times.
Did you ever have gloss black / I'd imagine the Basalt is less maintainence. Yes ? No ?
I have basalt for 3 months now and let the car have a protech cure (kind of teflonlayer that becomes pretty hard and fills up the paint to become a more even surface.garantied for 5 years on a new car)
You can see on the pic that it reflects enormously, and the colour became "deeper".
On the pic the car has got a little shower over it and I even didn't had to dry it.
could you give me the exact name of the product beltar? it looks amazing with it on!
Here's the link: protech
Re: Black 997S beauty shots
Does anyone besides me think that the sports exhaust tips look askew. The first impression I get, from the rear view pictures is that they were not installed straight. I think a symetrical design with everything on the same plain would be much more aesthetically pleasing to the eye. I will be ordering the PSE with mine and wonder how difficult it would be to change the tips to a straight version.
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Does anyone besides me think that the sports exhaust tips look askew. The first impression I get, from the rear view pictures is that they were not installed straight. I think a symetrical design with everything on the same plain would be much more aesthetically pleasing to the eye. I will be ordering the PSE with mine and wonder how difficult it would be to change the tips to a straight version.
I think they look rude..
throt..
Jul 6, 2005 4:16:37 PM
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