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Old 12-15-2011, 05:32 PM
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Metallic or non metallic?

What do you guys think about metallic or non metallic? I'm thinking about getting a black 991 S cab...but I'm really not that sure about the metallic thing...sometimes i saw porches 997 which just looked really powerful and somehow more dense or strong and i noticed it was non metallic...

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Old 12-15-2011, 05:43 PM
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Metallic Black looks fantastic polished in the sun and will hide a few of the scratches you'd otherwise glare at with flat black. Either way you can't go wrong mate, a black 991 cab will be stunning!

On a 997, Basalt Black Metallic:

 
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Metallic Black looks fantastic polished in the sun and will hide a few of the scratches you'd otherwise glare at with flat black. Either way you can't go wrong mate, a black 991 cab will be stunning!

On a 997, Basalt Black Metallic:
agreed. Go for Basalt Black it looks amazing
 

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i always liked the basalt black, until i saw a mat black one and suddenly notitced, baslat black isnt real black its more a dark grey or something, dont u feel so too?
the real black might be the mat one, dark and bad
 
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Originally Posted by BlackNred
i always liked the basalt black, until i saw a mat black one and suddenly notitced, baslat black isnt real black its more a dark grey or something, dont u feel so too?
the real black might be the mat one, dark and bad
agreed, but the thing with regular black is that it is just black. Basalt Black is definitely a really dark grey, but when the sun hits it, holy s**t is it beautiful
 

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Clearly, the metallics hide a lot of sins.
 
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Love the non-metallics!!
 
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Originally Posted by BlackNred
i always liked the basalt black, until i saw a mat black one and suddenly notitced, baslat black isnt real black its more a dark grey or something, dont u feel so too?
the real black might be the mat one, dark and bad
The regular or standard black is not a mat finish. It is definitely glossy.
 
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Basalt Black all day long. The regular black is nice, but you lose some of the visual pop of the body lines and creases. Also, as stated above, the metallic will help hide some of those pesky swirl marks you're bound to accumulate.
 
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Non-metallic black, all the way
 


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