Cayman R mirrors

[Zyp]

Are they solid or metallic black?

Cheers

[MDT48]

Solid gloss black.

[Zyp]

Thanks

[Old Trout]

And why would Zippy being asking this question?

[Zyp]

Old Trout said:

And why would Zippy being asking this question?

Not tellin'.

[anonymous-user]

Gloss black as contrast. Mine are silver but not sure if it's metallic...

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 20th October 10:46

[Zyp]

Right, two bodyshops - one recommended by an OPC, the other not, but acknowledged by said OPC as being very good (and I've seen their work on many cars).

Recommended company (i.e Porsche Approved) is twice the price as the other but also very good.

OPC wouldn't undertake this work - they've just given me the contact details for me to arrange myself.
In that respect I guess theres no issue with the Porsche warranty being void?

Service advisor seemed to think wing mirrors are classed as trim items so not covered anyway.

Which company do I / would you use?

[anonymous-user]

Zyp said:

Right, two bodyshops - one recommended by an OPC, the other not, but acknowledged by said OPC as being very good (and I've seen their work on many cars).

Recommended company (i.e Porsche Approved) is twice the price as the other but also very good.

OPC wouldn't undertake this work - they've just given me the contact details for me to arrange myself.
In that respect I guess theres no issue with the Porsche warranty being void?

Service advisor seemed to think wing mirrors are classed as trim items so not covered anyway.

Which company do I / would you use?

Judge it on the quality of the work, not the price. If it's the right quality and twice the price, you know why you're paying more.

[HokumPokum]

on a spyder it looks better standard. The black roof serves as sufficient contrast. one exception is if you have a black spyder, then i suppose it makes sense.

but even so, you are better off buying CF mirrors from the U.S and replacing the stock items.

[Trev450]

If your past experiences of the non opc paintshop are good then why pay twice as much. As you point out, warranty shouldn't be an issue.

Edited by Trev450 on Saturday 20th October 13:11

[Klippie]

Zyp said:

Right, two bodyshops - one recommended by an OPC, the other not, but acknowledged by said OPC as being very good (and I've seen their work on many cars).

Recommended company (i.e Porsche Approved) is twice the price as the other but also very good.

OPC wouldn't undertake this work - they've just given me the contact details for me to arrange myself.
In that respect I guess theres no issue with the Porsche warranty being void?

Service advisor seemed to think wing mirrors are classed as trim items so not covered anyway.

Which company do I / would you use?

I used a good local body shop to paint the side intakes of my Cayman black they were not expensive at £40 they did a top job too...no need to spend lots of money when you don't need to.

[mrdemon]

Keep them white imo

Just paint the funny grey grill trim bits front and side.

[Zyp]

mrdemon said:

Keep them white imo

Just paint the funny grey grill trim bits front and side.

Think black looks better.

Do you mean the engine vents?

[mrdemon]

some ones done the mirrors on rennlist and I don't like it at all, was thinking about it myself but much much better white.

well yes engine vents but the front lower air vents also, photoshop 4 u
looks better as the grey bits matched nothing.

Edited by mrdemon on Saturday 20th October 16:31

[mrdemon]

here is the USA one, not liking it

[mrdemon]

here are my cars, the grey surrounds match's sweet FA :-)

so I am doing my vent surrounds over winter to Gloss Black

[Zyp]

Hmmmm.... not sure now.

Might have one white, one black

See what you mean about the vents - much better black.

[TryHarder]

I had my Cayman ones painted black in 2010 at OPC Cambridge for £150.00 a side they have a big body shop if it helps which it probably doesn't

[rigster2]

Have you thought of wrapping?

I wrapped the front grill blades myself in about an hour, including taking em off and replacing.

Gloss black 3M wrap off Ebay for less than a tenner.

I was amazed how easy it was to do, and worst case its cost £10 if you dont like it.

[Porkupine]

rigster2 said:

Have you thought of wrapping?

I wrapped the front grill blades myself in about an hour, including taking em off and replacing.

Gloss black 3M wrap off Ebay for less than a tenner.

I was amazed how easy it was to do, and worst case its cost £10 if you dont like it.

+1 on the wrapping

However, looking at the above pics, leave them white. They seem to get lost in the windows, roof if they are black.