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986 Girl · 03-02-2007, 04:49 AM

The wheels look great, but the decal is a little on the rice side for my tastes.

Are you taking your wheels someplace to be done, or doing them yourself?

Marc Gelefsky · 03-02-2007, 05:26 AM

The wheels look nice, the decal, not so much...

Not a fan of decals on anything but a 73RS

03-02-2007, 07:03 AM

I hear ya on the 73 RS, been my favorite car for 5 years now. Id do just about anything to get one someday.

Sammy · 03-02-2007, 07:17 AM

I'm not a fan of the decal or the wheels. I typically am a big fan of black/grey wheels but with your car it just doesn't look right to me. You've done a fantastic job of limiting the contrasting effects of your lights by matching them to the color of the car or the wheels, why add a contrasting color back into the equation? I do see how you are combining the decal with the wheels to get the colors (black) back into the car, but without the decal I'm not sure it would look right...

Sammy

Perfectlap · 03-02-2007, 07:26 AM

The decal (to us over 30's guys) is very retro. I have very vivid memories of the speedsters with the Carrera decals when I was kid in the 70's.
If I had a white or yellow Pcar, particularly a vintage one, I would definitely add some sort of decal in black or navy blue.
I'm not sure how I feel about decals that simply say PORSCHE though..
it would have to say Carrera, Cayman or Boxster or Speedster, etc.

The wheels look good,need the colored crests. But what a pain in the arse to keep clean. I don't want anything black or dark grey on any car I ever own again.

porsche986spyder · 03-02-2007, 07:22 AM

I like the wheels. But a window screen "PORSCHE" banner would be more suttle. That's the key, to make it visible but not all that noticable. I did my front window screen at the top and had it color matched to my car. It's very suttle. Easy to see during the day and at night hardly at all. But that was my intent for car shows. Most of them are during the day and in the light. Look at my pictures. It's even an outline, not a solid Porsche font. Looks even better this way.

FrayAdjacent · 03-02-2007, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by 986 Girl

The wheels look great, but the decal is a little on the rice side for my tastes.

Are you taking your wheels someplace to be done, or doing them yourself?

I wouldn't say 'rice'... that Porsche decal is the same type they put on the old 911s, makes me think of the RS. Call a 911RS 'rice', and you're in for a lot of people not liking you!

I think it looks good, but I also think it looks good without the decal.

986 Girl · 03-02-2007, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by FrayAdjacent

I wouldn't say 'rice'... that Porsche decal is the same type they put on the old 911s, makes me think of the RS. Call a 911RS 'rice', and you're in for a lot of people not liking you!

I think it looks good, but I also think it looks good without the decal.

You wouldn't say rice, but I would... as I said, it was in my opinion

The car might not be rice, but the decal certainly can be on it's own.

I just have never liked any decal with the make/model of the car on it. If the car is a track car or sponsored, then I can understand it. But on a daily driven car all it says to me is that the owner can either not remember what type of car they have, or they think their car is so important that they need to display to everyone around them what type of vehicle they are driving.

All in all it's a personal choice, but he asked for others opinions so I offered mine as well.

porsche986spyder · 03-02-2007, 08:39 AM

Just so every one knows, Porsche still makes side decals for their cars. Granted this is an image of a high performance GT3, but they still do use decals today. AND if you ask the dealer where you buy your Porsche, weather it be a GT3 OR CARRERA, they can add the side decals as an "add-on option". So the way I look at it is, if the dealership and Porsche offer it, it can't be to "ricey"

986 Girl · 03-02-2007, 08:44 AM

^^ Yep, and highly doubtful that that would be someones daily driver

But again! This is just MY opinion. I would never choose to put it on a car, and other than track or sponsored cars, I don't like how it looks. Never have, and probably never will

Just because a dealer does something, doesn't mean I gotta like it! Hehe!

porsche986spyder · 03-02-2007, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by 986 Girl

^^ Yep, and highly doubtful that that would be someones daily driver

But again! This is just MY opinion. I would never choose to put it on a car, and other than track or sponsored cars, I don't like how it looks. Never have, and probably never will

Just because a dealer does something, doesn't mean I gotta like it! Hehe!

Looking at the picture of your car, I hope those are magnetic decals you use for auto cross racing and not perminate pink decals. Looks really bad, in my opinion.

986 Girl · 03-02-2007, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by porsche986spyder

Looking at the picture of your car, I hope those are magnetic decals you use for auto cross racing and not perminate pink decals. Looks really bad, in my opinion.

They are magnetic, and they are only on the vehicle while at an event, where they are required.

I've apparently hit on a touchy subject with you, and I apologize for that, but I really don't think this needs to start turning personal. An opinion was asked for, an opinion was given. You obviously disagree, so I think we are set to move on.