991.2 GT3 RS batch '2' GPF?

[Spyder75]

jh001 said:

Saw this covered in cobwebs this afternoon, had a carbon wheel though. Must of been hanging around for ages!
:wink:

The carbon for my wheel is in now. Looks amazing. €1700 plus vat apparently!

[Juno]

jh001 said:

Saw this covered in cobwebs this afternoon, had a carbon wheel though. Must of been hanging around for ages!
:wink:

Must be a cancelled order or something

[Juno]

Juno said:

jh001 said:

Saw this covered in cobwebs this afternoon, had a carbon wheel though. Must of been hanging around for ages!
:wink:

Must be a cancelled order or something

Nice camera work

[jh001]

The ‘For Sale’ sign was still on the passenger seat!!

[Juno]

[quote=jh001]The ‘For Sale’ sign was still on the passenger seat!![/quote

[jonnywalker46]

slampis said:

jh001 said:

PPF over the top of the decals

Yes, absolutely! Always on top

Juno said:

No decals will be removed and replaced, propper job

Thank you Sir, that is exactly correct! PPF should always go on top of decals. Not only will it protect the decals from chipping, but it will also eliminate peeling corners and nice white polish residue around them if you ever use a paste wax on the car...


GT3 Touring PPF applied over decals


GT3 Touring PPF applied over decals

The only instance when we would apply decals over PPF is if they have to be satin/ matt finish, as applying gloss ppf over matt decals will make them gloss, like in this picture below:


GT3 RS Gloss PPF applied over satin decals. These are still drying, so edge around the decals is not fully complete

When the film dries fully, there will be a tiny white outline around the decals - it creates a very nice 3D effect and looks absolutely stunning. After doing the touring we had a few requests to supply a decal set with the white outline around them

Cant agree with you with putting PPF over decals the halo around looks awful. I had mine removed new ones applied on top of the PPF

[jonnywalker46]

Spyder75 said:

jonnywalker46 said:

APOLO1 said:

jonnywalker46 said:

Looks fantastic in person. I was in the Crayon car

Thanks, yes was not sure how Signal yellow was going to turn out with the exposed Carbon, but very happy with it. Same for Crayon, that looked good also.

How did you find the Tyres, mine took 2 dial downs then they held 29/33 all afternoon.

Thanks I was also worries how it might come out but really happy in the end.

I was running 2.2bar hot and seemed good all day.

I think I’ve been running pressures too high as haven’t got comfortable yet. Although that’s probably a 911 thing!

Silverstone on the 1st if anyone else is going. Hopefully get to hear the JCR OPF exhaust options.

Im out on the 1st so you'll hear my JCR Race Pipe

[slampis]

jonnywalker46 said:

Cant agree with you with putting PPF over decals the halo around looks awful. I had mine removed new ones applied on top of the PPF

Depends on how PPF is installed, if a lot of fluid is left behind then the "halo" will be massive and looks terrible, but if done correctly the halo/outline is tiny and the same size everywhere. I much prefer that then peeling decal corners

Gladly we are allowed to choose both ways

[anonymous-user]

Juno said:

No decals will be removed and replaced, propper job

I originally had decals over the ppf against the advice of Janis at Max Protect, after a few weeks of hard and partly winter driving, the decals started to chip in the exposed areas as well as dirt build up. It was my mistake. I then had Janis remove them and the ppf and re-apply them under new ppf. 20 months and 13k miles later, the decals still look like new. In fact at most of the car meets I go to people think that they are painted on. No air gaps or residuals, they actually look pretty perfect. Choose a decal design you'll want to keep, and then ppf it on is my experience.

[Yellow491]

Juno said:

jh001 said:

PPF over the top of the decals

No decals will be removed and replaced, propper job

Just a point of interest
Ppf over decals is the way forward,i had my 997gt3rs with logos on the wings etc,removed the 10year old film which left the original decals in perfect condition,and none lifted while removing.

[Robbo66]

Yellow491 said:

Just a point of interest
Ppf over decals is the way forward,i had my 997gt3rs with logos on the wings etc,removed the 10year old film which left the original decals in perfect condition,and none lifted while removing.

Agree, that's what I do too.

[Spyder75]

jonnywalker46 said:

Spyder75 said:

jonnywalker46 said:

APOLO1 said:

jonnywalker46 said:

Looks fantastic in person. I was in the Crayon car

Thanks, yes was not sure how Signal yellow was going to turn out with the exposed Carbon, but very happy with it. Same for Crayon, that looked good also.

How did you find the Tyres, mine took 2 dial downs then they held 29/33 all afternoon.

Thanks I was also worries how it might come out but really happy in the end.

I was running 2.2bar hot and seemed good all day.

I think I’ve been running pressures too high as haven’t got comfortable yet. Although that’s probably a 911 thing!

Silverstone on the 1st if anyone else is going. Hopefully get to hear the JCR OPF exhaust options.

Im out on the 1st so you'll hear my JCR Race Pipe

Great stuff. I’ll come and find you. I’ve been chatting with Jonny about it.

My aim is to bring a bit of life to the noise at lower revs. Downshifting now below say 4k isn’t much of an event. Higher up the Rev range I’m fine with as is and on track is ok too.

I’m tempted with the silenced version though as don’t want it too loud.

[Taffy66]

Robbo66 said:

Yellow491 said:

Just a point of interest
Ppf over decals is the way forward,i had my 997gt3rs with logos on the wings etc,removed the 10year old film which left the original decals in perfect condition,and none lifted while removing.

Agree, that's what I do too.

Agreed and the reason i only got the front bumper,bonnet and mirrors done on my RS..The well known PPF company my OPC insisted on me using would only only do the sides by taking the oem decals off before applying the PPF and reapplying new non oem decals on top..I wasn't happy with this and i'm glad others think the same.
If i decide to get the rest of the car done i'll drive it to Janis as he leaves the decals alone.

[Juno]

Taffy66 said:

Robbo66 said:

Yellow491 said:

Just a point of interest
Ppf over decals is the way forward,i had my 997gt3rs with logos on the wings etc,removed the 10year old film which left the original decals in perfect condition,and none lifted while removing.

Agree, that's what I do too.

Agreed and the reason i only got the front bumper,bonnet and mirrors done on my RS..The well known PPF company my OPC insisted on me using would only only do the sides by taking the oem decals off before applying the PPF and reapplying new non oem decals on top..I wasn't happy with this and i'm glad others think the same.
If i decide to get the rest of the car done i'll drive it to Janis as he leaves the decals alone.

I looked at some cars that have PPF over the decals and I didn't like the small air gap you are left with around the decal edge,also satin decals become gloss.

Decals sit on top of paint so why not on top of PPF,pros and cons I guess

My decals will be coming off and I don't know why anyone would worry that the re manufactured decals aren't oem,do Porsche actually make Vinyl or decals, the patterns are readily available so whats the deal?

I'm having a full PPF and it really is full,double layer on all carbon areas and a wrap around so the re are no exposed edges or areas for dirt to build up

All my plastics will also have a base cover of vinyl then PPF over the top

I'm looking forward to the Carnage

Edited by Juno on Friday 22 November 18:33

[Taffy66]

Just had a letter today from Porsche Cars GB informing me that the Carbon steering wheel is ready to be fitted.

[Cheib]

Taffy66 said:

Robbo66 said:

Yellow491 said:

Just a point of interest
Ppf over decals is the way forward,i had my 997gt3rs with logos on the wings etc,removed the 10year old film which left the original decals in perfect condition,and none lifted while removing.

Agree, that's what I do too.

Agreed and the reason i only got the front bumper,bonnet and mirrors done on my RS..The well known PPF company my OPC insisted on me using would only only do the sides by taking the oem decals off before applying the PPF and reapplying new non oem decals on top..I wasn't happy with this and i'm glad others think the same.
If i decide to get the rest of the car done i'll drive it to Janis as he leaves the decals alone.

Janis does a fair bit of work with Highgate House who are excellent for third party decals as many testify on here....I think they supply a lot to RS owners who don’t like the matt decals looking gloss as has already been pointed out.

Each to their own obviously !

[Juno]

Taffy66 said:

Just had a letter today from Porsche Cars GB informing me that the Carbon steering wheel is ready to be fitted.

So did I Taffy but I’ve already got one Lol

[Taffy66]

Juno said:

So did I Taffy but I’ve already got one Lol

Yeah well i get to keep the original plastic one as well..

[911tj]

Are there any other colours in the range .....

[Juno]

911tj said:

Are there any other colours in the range .....

Oh Yes as Churchill would say (that's the animated Dog one)



Any chance to post a picture of the Lizard taken

Edited by Juno on Sunday 24th November 22:50