The other day, after much deliberation, my husband finally had a decal added to his GT3. I asked him to share the story—hope you enjoy it.

Should We Add a Decal to the GT3?

When we bought the GT3, there was one decision we agonized over right up to the end.

Should we add a decal?

Even though it’s a GT3, ours has the Touring Package, so I wasn’t sure how it would look with an overly race-inspired design. On the other hand, adding decals like those on the 911 R—which has a similar concept—was certainly an option.

At the time, I was considering two options:

1. Add only the PORSCHE logo side decals
2. Add the side decals along with racing stripes on the body

I did a lot of research and found a Porsche 911 GT3 Touring owner on Instagram with exactly the kind of decals I had in mind. I used their car as a reference, then kept tweaking images in Photoshop to see how different designs might look.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0tUioMp5uo/

After much deliberation, I decided to take delivery with the car in its standard, undecorated form and think about decals again later.

I put the idea on hold and started making a few other changes to get closer to my ideal GT3 Touring. For example, I had the door handles finished in high-gloss black at the dealership—a detail I’d forgotten to order when I placed the car’s order.

Trying Out a Decal on the GT3

One day on Royu, I got a look at a friend’s GT3 Touring, and it had a “PORSCHE” decal along the side.

In person, it looked fantastic, giving the car’s profile a sharper, more finished look. It was as if the car had slimmed down around the middle, making it look sleeker and even lower to the ground.

The owner told me the decal wasn’t an official Porsche part; a specialist shop had made it. They’d used a genuine decal on another car in the past, but found it a little thin and prone to trapping air, so this time they had a custom one made.

They kindly put me in touch with the shop. A little later, I took the GT3 in so I could check out the decal material and colors in person. The quality felt excellent, and there were plenty of colors to choose from, so I decided to have them fit it.

For this decal, I wanted:

• A shade a little lighter than black, such as a dark silver
• A color that would match the wheels’ Satin Platinum finish as closely as possible

As I looked through the color samples, I spotted one called something like “Charcoal”—I can’t remember the exact name. It was a dark grayish silver with just a hint of brown.

When we held it up against the car, the slight brown tone worked beautifully with the yellowish cast of the Crayon paint, and it was also the closest match to the wheels. I loved how it could look black, silver, or gray depending on the light, so that was the color I chose.

I left the car at the shop for a couple of days. When I went to pick it up, I couldn’t help thinking how great my “baby” looked. The decal made the car look slimmer and cleaner through the middle, while emphasizing the bulge of the rear fenders even more.

Here’s the car with the decal installed.

I’d never been much of a fan of adding decals to cars, but now that I’ve tried one, it’s made driving the GT3 feel fresh again—and I love the way it looks. Lately, I’ve also started to appreciate how much fun even a small customization can be.