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Old 03-25-2012, 09:55 PM
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I go into the shop Monday to paint my car WHITER than white.
Old 03-26-2012, 02:22 AM
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My 997.1 Launch Edition black is blacker than your Black Edition black which is blacker than the 991 black. Congrats on the purchase. Your mission is to keep the swirls at bay
Old 03-26-2012, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by FnHern
The 991 black paint is not the same black paint as the 997 Black Edition. The black paint on the black Edition (and all 997s) is the same paint Porsche uses for its race cars (the raw and visceral ones), while the 991 black paint is a paint that the bean counters designed especially for the 991. That's why the 991 looks like an SUV from certain angles and has an artificial feel.

I've done my research.
Vee haben ze no idea vat zis mean, “The black paint on the black Edition (and all 997s) is the same paint Porsche uses for its race cars (the raw and visceral ones)…”, but vee haben ze Porsche engineers und scientists verking on zis day und nacht un hodor to understand.
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Old 03-26-2012, 01:53 PM
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I'll never get the 30 seconds back I wasted reading your post on different shades of black
Old 03-26-2012, 04:01 PM
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Black is, to us who paint, the absence of color. So your triple black cars are, actually, colorless. Imagine asking Porsche to build a colorless 911. Wonder if they'd get it?
Old 03-26-2012, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by LewisB
Black is, to us who paint, the absence of color. So your triple black cars are, actually, colorless. Imagine asking Porsche to build a colorless 911. Wonder if they'd get it?
I know the only way you can get that is to do PTS!! Expensive but in this case worth every penny!
Old 03-26-2012, 05:01 PM
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Old 03-26-2012, 10:47 PM
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Your not confusing the Basalt Black with Black????? HUH? He's got me doing it...
Old 03-27-2012, 09:27 AM
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All the OP has to do is reveal his "research".




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