I must be honest and say that I am truly stoked to see the way this Panamera Turbo is coming together. Â As I said in earlier Project Panamera Turbo articles that I always wanted one of these sedans. Â But I was only going to get it if I could do the Vorsteiner Panamera Aero Kit. Â Some may say that the Panamera is one of the ugliest cars ever built… I say nay, there are worse! Â From the inside, you are driving a 911 with 2 extra seats. Â From the outside, a Porsche enthusiast can see it. Â I will agree that in it’s stock form, stock ride height, stock wheels, that the Panamera can be a little dull. Â In response to that, I give you our Vorsteiner upgrade Part 1 with a big fat red stamp across the picture saying “Dayyuuummmmm!”
Having had the Vorsteiner kit on our previous Porsche 997 Turbo, I just love that front bumper styling. Â The rear duct tail really helps the look of the rear end too. Â Why I say Part 1 is that we still have the awesome rear bumper with carbon fiber diffuser to install once ready. Â The beauty with Vorsteiner is their delivery, finish, and overall fitment. Â Aftermarket aero upgrades are always iffy on fitment compared to OEM. Â In fact most say to test fit before installing to make any alterations if necessary. Â We took it out of the box and sent it right over to our guys at Allard Collision in Chandler, Arizona. Â Because the front bumper has that beautiful carbon fiber lip, we wanted to match up the duct tail spoiler to show off some of the carbon as well. Â John at Allard had his team mask off the rear spoiler so the paint and carbon lines flowed with the body. Â In addition to the Vorsteiner parts, we also had Seibon Carbon‘s OEM style carbon fiber hood. Â The hood was dry carbon fiber in full on both sides. Â Since our Vorsteiner parts were glossy finished, we chose to have this work of art Seibon hood clear coated to match. Â But before we did that, Allard took to their design team to mask off something special to display the carbon fiber and painted surface in a flowing look for the Panamera.
Allard Collision did some impressive paint work which made it hard to identify any lines differentiating the 2 surfaces. Â When they delivered the parts back to us, they were put inside to not get damaged. Â Since we are always busy here (no time for our own cars), a couple days had past and John offered to throw the parts on for us, naturally, we said no problem! Â His team did a over the top job handling the parts like they were baby seal eyes (still in the head, just checking if your reading). Â The rear spoiler was a simple fit removing the Porsche logo and trim, but leaving the all important “Panamera Turbo” writing. Â The front bumper fit without any modifications. Â This included the parking sensors, headlight washers, and intercooler ducts.
Moving back to the Vivid Racing shop to install the hood, it was like performing surgery, lightweight surgery that is! Â The hood weighs next to nothing. Â Having already test fitted it before, we new that the lines would be good. Â Seibon really nailed it on all the other parts of the OEM-likeness. Â All holes, clip areas, window washers, even under heat padding fit directly in place. Â We did have to tap larger holes for the hood strut ball heads, but that is next to nothing compared to other aftermarket aero kit experiences. Â The hood did not have a place for the factory Porsche emblem, but once that baby was closed and latched, and flows better without giving a sleeker, sexier look.
Stay tuned to our ever delayed Meisterschaft exhaust video, KW DLC review, and more of our Project Panamera TT here.
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