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Originally Posted by 78F350
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Originally Posted by BRAN
yeah, I hear ya. Thumbs up for the effort someone invested, but each and every detail is soo not mine. I wanted to like it, but I just can't. I don't even want to ask why people don't have eyes for proportions (front fenders, nice idea but WAY too long).
My Boxster is definitely not an untouched and clean example, so I would say here:
To each their own. 
Here, the best I could do in 5 mins:

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My father and I built that car.
The headlights are mercedes e class, and the fenders are 100% metal. There are many small custom touches, like no third brake light, genuine 550 spyder grab handle, and more I can’t reme offhand.
I agree the retro theme went overboard as rear grilles, headlight stone guards, James Dean there (

) and taillight covers are a bit much.
However, you must remember this car was built when the 986 was a couple years old and a common complaint were the “fried egg headlights”.
This is the car that got me into Boxster. Coincidentally, my own Boxster is Artic Silver