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Old 11-16-2004, 04:15 PM   #1
FUHRIUS
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Location: Los Gatos, CA
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Finally got some pics to share: 01 S, lots of mods

Bought the car a few weeks back, but just got around to getting some pics. the car's dirty, but they'll give you the idea.
It's an '01 S in Biarritz White (a little softer white than the current 'bright' white), black top and interior; one owner car with 24k miles. It was lightly optioned: Sports package, litronics, 18" turbo twists, floor mats...and then the previous owner went to town on mods:
- techart engine kit with modified air intake, ecu chip, throttle body, headers (pre-cat delete), sport mufflers, and stainless sport exhaust. It sounds nasty...low growl tends to set off car alarms in parking garages...throaty and willing throughout the rev range, pulls really nicely. reportedly a 50+ hp and torque improvement.
- techart side air intake scoops...I like the look of those alot...it's usually the first thing people who are familiar with Boxster notice
- techart lowering springs (20-25mm drop)
- techart wheels spacers (15mm front, 21mm in the rear, no fender rolling req'd with stock wheels and this setup)
- K40 laser detector / diffuser and radar detectors front and rear (the funky license plate holder on the rear houses the diffuser, the front one is inside the middle air intake...they head unit is integrated behind the dash)
- blaupunkt stereo head / 6 disc changer, a couple of big sony amps nicely tucked in under the bottom of the front storae compartment, and some nice speakers (I'm more into the sound of the motor than the stereo...the stereo does sound good, but the engine sounds way better)
- techart power top mod to allow top operation while moving
- extensive techart interior trim upgrades in aluminum look

The car's a blast to drive, and I honestly don't think there's a car on the road with more beautiful lines than the boxster. Last car to be produced with this pretty / powerful set of lines was a 1976 Jensen Interceptor.

I'm going to do some add'l stuff to. Little things like getting rid of that terrible orange on the rear lights...think I'll go with the full red tail lamp set off the 550 anniv edition or maybe just the '03 style. I'll do clear sides and white bumper plugs, and was thinking of removing the rear boxster s badge and going with a single, black 'S' or something a little different from the rest
The big purchase decision is on wheels. I was thinking of Kinesis K58's in a medium dark annodized color...I like dark wheels to begin with...and this car seems a perfect fit for something dark. Any suggestions?

Anyway, just wanted to show her off a bit, field questions on the mods that have been done, and see what people think would look good in terms of wheels.

Oh ya, and thinking of making my license plate "FUHRIUS"...offensive? make sense?

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