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Originally Posted by mjstallion
I think if I do this I would have to go with LA Dismantlers. I know they're overpriced but at least if I go with them I'm ensured they've done this conversion before. Bolt-on body kits often have fitment problems on their own, so I could imagine all the problems a shop would be running into if they were doing the entire conversion on their own for the first time.
I'm just hoping I can talk them down from their $4000 in labor costs.
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This isn't a bolt on body kit. These are Porsche parts for Porsche cars.
There's no cutting or fabrication that needs to be done with the exception of the headlight wiring harness. In fact, I think LA Dismantlers can make/sell you one. I have no idea how they are as a body shop, but any
good body shop will line up parts properly and get the fitments right. This was the first time that the body shop I used did this particular conversion. It took a couple tries to get one of the headlights lined up, but other then that the process wasn't all that tricky.
My theory: I believe Porsche changed up the front end of the '02-'04 to look less like the Boxster due to complaints from Carrera owners, whose cars cost almost twice as much as the Boxster but were visually indiscernible from the front. Instead of doing an (expensive) entire front end redesign, a thorough freshening would be the ideal solution. So they changed lights and fenders. The change was relatively dramatic enough to distinguish the two cars now. Carrera owners are happy because it looks different now, Porsche is happy because the fix wasn't overly costly.
pg7170, welcome to the board. Post some pix of your car! We'd love to see it. But you have
got to use complete words here. There are too many of us old school folks, like myself, that don't know or want to take the time to figure out the abbreviations. Also, mjstallion has a 550 Edition Boxster which means his rims came from the factory that color. Sweet, huh? I don't have any answers to your USA vs. Taiwan body kits. Try starting a new thread with that to see if you'll get more replies...