I still don't have the Cayenne!
Maybe today?
Painting the lower body side moldings has turned out to be a major problem. When Porsche first released photos of the Cayenne I was really taken aback with the look of the S and the blacked out lower section. The visual effect was to make the car lower to the ground than it really was. And the angle the photo was taken from blended in a shadow that made it seem even lower. What an introductory photo!
I guess Porsche now agrees because you can no longer find the photo below on the Cayenne website. I suspect there are some general perceptual differences between Europe and the US over how an SUV should look. To me this effect was reminicent of the modified Honda street racers, only larger. A boy racer on steroids look.
So, right away I arranged with the dealer to get my vehicle with body colored lower moldings, like the Turbo, and if that was not a factory option, the dealer would have it painted.
Now it turns out the moldings on the S are made with a high silicone plastic and the paint shop was convinced paint would not stick reliably. So, for now I am taking the car in it's standard two tone scheme. The paint shop has purchased some of the plastic molding and is experimenting with a new primer that they think may work but they want some time to test it. There is also the option of buying Turbo parts, which are made of a different material but should fit, except for the rear at the exhaust tips.