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Old May 26, 2025 | 03:59 PM
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Picked it up on Saturday and loving it so far. Coming out of an S5 Coupe this is a totally different feel.

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Old May 26, 2025 | 04:01 PM
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Nice. How do take care of matte paint.?
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Old May 26, 2025 | 04:05 PM
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Old May 26, 2025 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Wolvie
Picked it up on Saturday and loving it so far. Coming out of an S5 Coupe this is a totally different feel.

Thank you to all of the great members in this forum for all of the helpful comments,


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Home sweet home : ) Congrats!
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Old May 26, 2025 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by dudley07726
Nice. How do take care of matte paint.?
Found this on youtube. Could consider PPF and/or ceramic coat plus this:
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Old May 26, 2025 | 09:30 PM
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I have same color. I did full front PPF and ceramic the rest. No issues to maintain. I take it to a local car wash and they have the ability to run it through tunnel with full retract of the brushes. So almost nothing touches car. Loving it.
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Old May 27, 2025 | 04:11 PM
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I have same color. I did full front PPF and ceramic the rest. No issues to maintain. I take it to a local car wash and they have the ability to run it through tunnel with full retract of the brushes. So almost nothing touches car. Loving it.
Sounds like the way to go.
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That is a great looking paint color! I don't have the cajones to order that...
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Originally Posted by PHXATC
That is a great looking paint color! I don't have the cajones to order that...
Matte looks good on almost all cars, it is the fear of difficult to maintain that sway buyers.
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Originally Posted by Wolvie
Picked it up on Saturday and loving it so far. Coming out of an S5 Coupe this is a totally different feel.

Thank you to all of the great members in this forum for all of the helpful comments,





these pics are just jaw dropping. I just have too much fear with matte paint. I also love washing and waxing my car, so you kind of lose that experience.

I just ordered obsidian black, hope it looks as good as this!
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