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White or Matte Aluminium F12

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  1. noone1

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    Matte aluminum looks really nice, but I think matte paint is kind of dumb when you can just wrap the car. I say get white and then wrap it, that way you can choose different colors when you get bored of one. If you get matte, you're stuck with matte, but if you get a glossy white you can always wrap it in any matte color you'd like. You can get some really good looking matte wraps too.

    Just my opinion. Will save like $25K too.
     
  2. Scude

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    Alot of great quality pics on that site. Thanks! Definitely doesnt help in deciding. Haha

    Not really any aluminums on the streets it seems. Several argentos though. Lots of yellows. But most appear to be Triplo strato. Thats heavy tagged too.
     
  3. Scude

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    Im sure it is. If only it was priced like lambos (ballpark $9K) matte balloon white!

    Yea, if i was gonna spend, 3x layer might b best.
     
  4. Garretto

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    That's matte aluminium according to the website. I also believe so, warmer lighting or camera settings make it look towards ingrid but surely is aluminium. Plus it's a presentation so it makes sense.

    I have to say it looks gorgeous, but so expensive I think I would pass.
     
  5. samtau

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    I saw matte aluminium a few weeks ago at my dealer. It's absolutely gorgeous, so elegant and brings out the whole body line of the F12. The price is high , but does it really matter, if you pay already 300.000 € for a car? I would even paint the wheels black on top of it! Will look awesome.
     
  6. AntonioMora

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    Matte colors are dirty to clean. solid colors or metallic colors are better in my opinion. regards.
     
  7. Bundy

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    Bianco avus with lots of interior CF.

    Getting folks to pay $30K to essentially get the look of muscle car primer reminds me of the commercial where the board room fat cats are laughing at the idea that folks would pay for bottled water.
     
  8. Cinque

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    I do really like the look of the matte colors on the right car, however I would be very hesitant to actually buy one, especially considering the huge premium they charge. Matte colors are a bit of a novelty and there is certainly a risk that matte colors will be a fad and that in 5+ years they will be out of favor. Just the risk alone would be enough for me to stay away when considering resale.

    One option would be to get the car in red or your chosen more standard color for resale purposes and then just do a wrap in matte. Could be the best of both worlds.
     
  9. Noblesse Oblige

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    And a lot of fuss to keep. Only de-ionized water for washing, no rubbing, and no birds. It would get me crazy. Wrap is better, as you say, to get matte out of your system.
     
  10. Scude

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    All the upkeep n care seems annoying. Wrap would b it for me.

    Im leaning Red as of late. As to which, 2007 F1 or nuovo rosso, not sure the exact name of it
     
  11. Zinger

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    +1
     
  12. MBFerrari

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    #62 MBFerrari, Feb 12, 2013
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    Well, I love white, so I was going to say that, until someone posted the picture of the Matte Aluminum. That looks FAN-TASTIC.

    Either would be a winner, but if you have the cash, and I assume you do since you are asking = go with the Matte Aluminum.

    MB
     
  13. Scude

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    Grigio Ferro is another color now im debating. Not sure what the price tag is though.
     

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