This thread is a great example of why the show & tell forum is my favorite on here. I wish there were more like it!
Incredible work on that 986! It really looks amazing! I really like the way it looks like one fully cohesive concept, instead of a few tacked-on catalog parts. I see a lot of that junk going down the road. (think hondas & jeeps...)
Mostly, I wanted to post up to compliment you on having the guts to do that stripe. I don't think I could do it, and when I was reading your post about a stripe before I actually saw the pics, I was thinking..."stripes? Really? On a Boxster? Uh...not so sure..." But your pics have seriously proven me wrong! They look fantastic!
And by the way, not only am I a stripe skeptic, but i'm also a a stripe hypocrate. My non-striped 986 S shares grarage space with my fully striped Mini Cooper S.
Oh - and one last BTW: If I haven't said already that I think the car looks great, it does. But I'm personally not a fan of the Spyder emblem, only because it isn't one. I've thought to myself about putting a Porsche emblem on the back in place of the Boxster emblem, but haven't done it yet. Nothing against the Box emblem, just wanting something different, so I can understand why you have Spyder on yours.