Gloss black deliberations on Chalk 22 GTS build
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I am considering doing a black wrap on the roof with the Chalk exterior. The combination looks good on the 911 and Pannies that way.
Current (2020 Boxster & 2020 Macan S) | Ordered (2022 Boxster GTS 4.0 & 2022 Macan GTS)
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Thanks! It's always fascinating to watch the production process.
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Absolutely agree.
Came out of dinner and saw that 911 Turbo S and it took my breath away.
I drove a 2021 GTS chalk with gloss black exterior everything including door handles. It looked very nice, forum member purchased the car from Porsche Warrington and posted photos here someplace. Nick Murray also covered the gloss black rabbit hole on one of his videos, either Macan or Cayenne deep dive on options.
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I think gloss black on chalk (or white) looks quite good. But then comes the practicality of it. Let start with the front grill area (and mirrors). Bug stains are a bear with gloss black. If you’re okay with that well then good. I guess you could PPF that. It’s just a hassle to keep nice IMO. Now gb wheels look great….when clean AND the tires are kept clean and black. When the tires are not perfect, the gloss black wheels just don’t look good. I’d be a basket case trying to keep the gloss black wheels pristine and looking fresh. When they’re not, the car just looks sad. (Don’t get me started on the interior gloss black. What a PITA. The console is more than enough). Those are just my two pennies. ymmv.
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Great build! May be biased, I have almost the exact same (my profile pic is outdated showing VG) — chalk, GT gloss, black interior.
The gloss black package was one of my last decisions and I even made a poll a few weeks ago…turns out the votes were almost 50/50, so didn’t make it much easier to decide! Haha. Ultimately I decided to skip it for practicality (cleanliness) and cost purposes especially if the consensus was split on it. I also didn’t like the idea of paying more to have the same front end as a base or S model black Macan.
Similar to you, I’ve spent some time searching and searching for real examples. Here’s a video I found on YouTube that has it!
The gloss black package was one of my last decisions and I even made a poll a few weeks ago…turns out the votes were almost 50/50, so didn’t make it much easier to decide! Haha. Ultimately I decided to skip it for practicality (cleanliness) and cost purposes especially if the consensus was split on it. I also didn’t like the idea of paying more to have the same front end as a base or S model black Macan.
Similar to you, I’ve spent some time searching and searching for real examples. Here’s a video I found on YouTube that has it!
You found one, thank you! I think that gloss black front looks awesome!! The consensus seems to be that it's gonna have to get it covered with PPF though.
Have you got your code to share? When's delivery?
Don’t forget to cover the gloss black of the B pillars, where its needed most.
I’m surprised. Both our current VAG cars’ B pillars are quite swirly, wife’s in worse shape than mine. After I buffed mine, covered in Xpel.
My Audi S4 and Audi Q8 have sport black gloss trim on the B pillars. Yes, they get a bit swirl marked over time so I just give them a quick light polish and wax once a year…good as new. Honestly, I think wrapping those in PPF is more detrimental to the cosmetics than having to deal with swirl marks from time to time.
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As someone that took delivery in Dec of my long waited chalk 2021 GTS, I promise you, that you will be happy going in either direction on this one (both look super). I pondered this same exact thing when building my 2021. I ended up going with chalk, black satin Spyders, high gloss black sport design mirrors, high gloss black door handles, high gloss black window trim, gloss black roof rails and did the Macan GTS on the back in high gloss black (free option on 2021). I almost went with the gloss black sport design package but on the 2021 selecting that oddly turned the gloss black rear upper window spoiler piece body color (chalk) and I did not want that. It appears on the 2022 that does not happen, but you may want to confirm with your dealer for US spec car.
Now that I have my GTS, I am glad a went the way I did with the mix of satin and gloss. Its a perfect balance having everything above the door handles high gloss and all the below below the handles satin. It just works and I promise nothing looks odd or out of place in person. Its so aggressively beautiful. One thing I have noticed lately seeing Rav 4s, Camrys, some Chevy SUVS etc, is they are doing the full on gloss black trim everywhere and to my eye it looks like they are trying so hard to the point of almost looking oddly cheap.
Now that said, what I meant at the beginning of my post about either way being just fine is that the difference from 6 feet away is not much no matter what you choose and I am sure I would be typing the same response had I gone with gloss black lower bits. Bottom line is I assure you the contrast of selecting all the black bit options with chalk in any combo of satin and gloss black is mesmerizing to the eye and it transforms the Macan GTS into being as visually "GTS" of Porsche as you can get. Congrats on your future ride!
Now that I have my GTS, I am glad a went the way I did with the mix of satin and gloss. Its a perfect balance having everything above the door handles high gloss and all the below below the handles satin. It just works and I promise nothing looks odd or out of place in person. Its so aggressively beautiful. One thing I have noticed lately seeing Rav 4s, Camrys, some Chevy SUVS etc, is they are doing the full on gloss black trim everywhere and to my eye it looks like they are trying so hard to the point of almost looking oddly cheap.
Now that said, what I meant at the beginning of my post about either way being just fine is that the difference from 6 feet away is not much no matter what you choose and I am sure I would be typing the same response had I gone with gloss black lower bits. Bottom line is I assure you the contrast of selecting all the black bit options with chalk in any combo of satin and gloss black is mesmerizing to the eye and it transforms the Macan GTS into being as visually "GTS" of Porsche as you can get. Congrats on your future ride!
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My Targa is Chalk with gloss black wheels, rear grill, and carbon fiber (gloss) mirrors. I think it's a great look, I'm a little disappointed I didn't go through with the gloss black turbo exterior package but either way the gloss black looks great. Best of luck.
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Haha, I’ve watched pretty much every single Macan 2022 video out there in anticipation. It does look nice, I flipflop on it all the time, really is just a preference.
No delivery date set yet unfortunately…still waiting on allocations. Here’s my latest code The Porsche Code
The one in my profile picture (previous version) had the gloss black.
Heres my Gen 2 Turbo collected Nov with everything gloss black - not a fan of mixing textures so stuck with gloss for consistency despite the warnings. Had gloss black grille on my 10 yr Audi and that looked fine. I actually started with the interior colour and built around that with my colour palette as Red, Black and Silver ...
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