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Silver Porsche Cayenne of an earlier generation inside Brookswood Tint's Langley bay, its black grille slats, dark lower intakes and matte black hood set against the silver body

Chrome delete · Porsche Cayenne

Porsche Cayenne Chrome Delete in Langley, BC

At a glance

A Cayenne chrome delete turns the bright or contrasting exterior trim your version still has black, using gloss or satin cast vinyl from 3M or Avery Dennison. Brookswood Tint prices it per vehicle from photos. The amount varies a lot: Porsche already finishes the current GTS's side window trims, front inserts and wheel arch extensions in High-Gloss Black, while the Cayenne Turbo Electric wears its side window mouldings and crests in a colour Porsche calls Turbonite.

Price
Quoted per Cayenne from photos
Film
Gloss or satin black cast vinyl (3M, Avery Dennison)
GTS, updated in 2024
Window trims already High-Gloss Black
Cayenne Turbo Electric
Turbonite crests and side window mouldings
Vinyl warranty
5 years (shop's published term)

What does a chrome delete cover on a Cayenne?

Whatever on your Cayenne is still bright or contrasting: typically window trim, lettering, badges, mirror caps and roof rails. The list is short on some versions and longer on others, so the quote is built from photos of your SUV.

Cayenne What Porsche says about the trim Pieces to photograph
Cayenne, S, E-Hybrid (2024 on) Two horizontal black bars with painted inlays at the front; a free-standing 3D PORSCHE logo at the rear Window trim and accents, depending on options
GTS, updated in 2024 Side skirts, front inserts, side window trims, rear diffuser and arch extensions in High-Gloss Black Little; any remaining bright pieces
Cayenne Electric Side skirts and arch trims in Volcanic Grey Metallic; taillights framed in silver Window trim and badges
Cayenne Turbo Electric Crests, wheel faces and side window mouldings in Turbonite The Turbonite mouldings, if you want them black

Porsche’s 2023 press kit doesn’t spell out the window trim finish on the base Cayenne, and options change it, which is another reason to send photos rather than a trim name.

Is a Cayenne GTS already blacked out from the factory?

Mostly, on the updated GTS Porsche introduced in 2024. The GTS press kit says the side skirts, front inserts, side window trims, rear diffuser and wheel arch extensions of the standard SportDesign package “are now finished in High-Gloss Black”, where earlier GTS models had some of them in body colour.

The same kit names “traditional High-Gloss Black accents” on the window frames and spoiler lip, and moves the tailpipes from black to dark bronze. Porsche Canada adds tinted HD-Matrix LED headlights whose four-point daytime running lights and Diamar-textured finisher are also High Gloss Black. A recent GTS needs little more; an older GTS with body-colour pieces can have them covered to match the newer look.

How do you handle Turbonite and Volcanic Grey trim on a Cayenne Electric?

The same way as chrome: cast vinyl over the piece, in gloss or satin black. Porsche’s Cayenne Electric press kit lists the Turbo’s Turbonite elements as “the Porsche crests, the faces of the alloy wheels and the side window mouldings”.

On the standard Cayenne Electric, the side skirts and wheel arch trims are Volcanic Grey Metallic, a two-tone look Porsche says “emphasises the sporty proportions”. Covering them changes the car’s lines more than a window-trim job does, so look at samples against the paint first. Porsche also sells a Sport Design Package for the Electric in high-gloss black, Carbon or, on the Turbo, Turbonite, which is the factory route to a similar result. For window surrounds on any car, window trim chrome delete explains the process.

Which Cayenne parts stay uncovered?

Lights, and anything in front of a sensor. The Cayenne Electric’s rear light strip is framed in silver around the lamps and lettering, but it’s part of the light assembly and isn’t wrapped as trim.

At the front of the Electric, the movable cooling air flaps are interrupted only by “the centrally placed radar sensor”, per the same kit. The shop checks where sensors sit on your Cayenne before quoting and leaves any trim or emblem over one alone; how that’s decided for badges is set out on badge blackout.

How do you book a Cayenne chrome delete in Langley?

Send the year and version, then close photos of each piece you want black: window surrounds, lettering, crests, mirror caps, roof rails. The quote lists what will be covered and what stays as it is.

Where badges and mirror caps unclip, they’re removed and wrapped whole. Under the shop’s published terms the vinyl has a five-year manufacturer warranty, and heat takes it off again for a lease return or sale; whether a chrome delete is reversible covers that. For a price, call 604 534 6433 or send photos through the chrome delete quote form.

BMW M8 Competition Gran Coupe in black at the Brookswood Tint storefront in Langley, its grille and trim blacked out, the shop's green Nissan 370Z alongside
Shop work from the photo library: a BMW M8 Competition with every bright piece blacked out

Asked at the counter

Questions about porsche Cayenne chrome delete

01Can the PORSCHE lettering on the tailgate be blacked out?

It can be quoted. Porsche made the logo on the updated Cayenne three-dimensional and free-standing, so send a close photo and the shop will say how it would cover the letters.

02My Cayenne has silver roof rails. Are they part of a chrome delete?

They can be. Roof rails are in the shop's full blackout package along with mirror caps and door handles, and they're quoted with the rest of the trim.

03Is vinyl a better route than ordering a GTS for the black trim?

They're different decisions. The GTS gets its black parts from the factory along with everything else that comes with the model; vinyl gives a similar look to the Cayenne you already own and can come off later.

04Will satin black clash with the GTS's gloss trim?

It can look mismatched next to parts Porsche finishes in High-Gloss Black. On a GTS, gloss vinyl usually sits closer to the factory pieces; the shop holds samples against the car.

How we checked this

Sources

  1. Porsche Newsroom, The new Cayenne GTS, press kit
  2. Porsche Canada, Cayenne GTS
  3. Porsche Newsroom, Cayenne Electric and Cayenne Turbo Electric, press kit
  4. Porsche Newsroom, The new Porsche Cayenne, press kit (April 2023)

Prices, timing and process come from Brookswood Tint Shop. Legal and product facts are quoted from the sources listed, checked on October 8, 2026. Laws and product lines change; call the shop if anything here doesn't match what you've been told.

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