Pictures of new paint job with Litronics :-)
 

Finally got the pictures off the camera and uploaded into my photobucket account.
Its like a whole new and different car, I recommend Y&S autobody to anyone, they placed my car in a 200 degree oven to cure the paint and damn it looks like how it would look fresh out the Factory in Germany. Needless to say I am delighted! Maybe in a year Ill get them to repaint from the Doors - Back since they only did Front Fenders, Hood and Bumper. :dance:


This first picture is just a "Before" picture so show what the Boxster looked like before the headlights were stolen and the bumper, hood and fenders were scratched....
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../NewPaint3.jpg

Now the Afters! :dance:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1018.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1019.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1020.jpg

More
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1021.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1022.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1023.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1024.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1025.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1026.jpg

Last Set
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1027.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1028.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1029.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...r/CIMG1030.jpg

~Fin~
:D

Looks great! Now make sure nothing happens to your baby. :cheers:

Looks great! Now you have to get out your soldering iron and hack that yellow lense out of there.

Sheit, i know, Hopefully nothing happens to the car. Im getting a clear bra installed sometime in the next couple weeks which will be great!

It looks Great!
Did they steal the amber corners or do you buy those?
:cheers:

very nice man.

but i think its time you shop for some wheels man, cmon, catch up with us here :)

I have to get the same painted. What was the cost?

Paint cost for the front end Fenders, hood and bumper about 2500 and some change.

They were stolen so these were free because of insurance.

Nah, i like the little bit of amber in there, as you can tell by now, to admire the 2003 factory look over a highly modded boxster front end. Ill try to get the 2003 bumper in the near future.

Ugh! i know lol i want to buy some Carerra lightweights... the 5 spokes. Like uncleKrackers

Dude if that's the case keep an eye out on eBay. There is a seller under the name 'eurowheelsusa' or something similar to that. They sell the same wheels as Wheel Dynamics except $200 less + colored center caps. They also provide good customer service,that's a plus.

Yeah, they would look great on your car.

Yeah i remember when he first bought them and post pictures of them, i told him i would steal them one day :D

Yo Cj here you go

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/18-PORSCHE-CARRERA-WHEELS-911-944-928-BOXSTER-RIMS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43959QQihZ005QQite mZ150182875615QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Send them an offer of $800,they will take it. It's only $925 for wheels,caps + shipping(w/ insurance).

Wheel Dynamics charges $1050 for wheels w/ cheap caps,$100 to ship + $100 tax....

That's a steal!

I think if I had it to do over again that's what I would put on my car. They were in my top three wheel choices, but Ellen liked the TSWs best. Now, the Carrera Classics even come in 19s. Best of both worlds!

Yo Blink! When are you going to post more pics of your car?

Xmas is coming so i can possibly buy myself something like that till about a month after New Years day. Ill make it my New Years Resolution to buy a set of 5 spoke Lightweights.

Tonight after I pick up my new clear halogens.

(Long story short,NEVER, buy single Litronics on eBay,only buy headlights in sets)

Looks great! The before picture looks good to me as well.

Your hood crest looks brighter. Was it replaced or is it just the pictures?

Did you (or the body shop) install the high-beam electronics or just plug-n-play?

Thanks, Its just the pictures that make it look brighter, I might be changing it to a silver hood crest.

The bodyshop installed them but I havent installed the high beam control box, the lights however do have a halogen High beam that turns on like a normal high beam, only difference is the control box will allow the HID light to work in conjunction with the high beam

Cool! Looks like you got a new car now! Now you need to change your signature picture using one the new pictures!

I'd like to put a pic of my car in the sig, looks like it'a some sort of private club or I don't know the secret to the process.

You have to upload the sig you made to a host like Photobucket.com and then copy the IMG code to the image you uploaded to Photobucket, then come back to the forum and in your account settings, you need to paste the IMG code in your Signature. Then it'll automatically appear in every post you make and have made in the past.

Thanks, I have no clue how to do any of that but I appreciate the 411.

dude dont get those plain careras, too played out, and too stock looking. just my opinion.
if you spend money on wheels, might as well be able to notice that you did something to the car

I'm liking those turbo-look wheels a lot these days and wonder what my car would look like with them on it.

Actually, I'd rather just have a 997TT with those turbo rims on it.

Yeah. That would be better.

These turbo wheels? They would be hot. Wheel Dynamics has 'em for $1300. And, you could sell your lightweights to CJ.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...997tton996.jpg

You owe that thief a drink, because if he hadnt prompted you by nicking your lights you'd still have the before picture. :) And not the lovely result you have now.

That colour really is so beautiful under the sun, Lapis Blue??

my dads old 01 Carrera 4 was that colour, spectacular.

James

*note to self: don't spend too much time @ work :(

holy crap..i'm missing a lot :eek:

dude, that looks really good. It made the car look newer and yes to what Bambino said..you owe the thief a drink :D :D :D

yah, dude..go for the lightweight style, it looks good on it. I remember when blink and I went to boxster gathering, there's only 2 of us who has that wheels in the crowd :)



blink, pm me if you got new wheels already...wanna see, wanna see...hehehehehe!

Don't know if I'd be inviting the theif back for a drink yet. As someone said in your other post about the headlites being stolen, are you doing anything to prevent a repeat performance? Your perp knows you can't be driving without headlights, so if he needs another pair he knows where to get them. He'll hit the jackpot this time. Found a garage yet?

Sorry to rain on the love fest, but it's important to remember how we got here in the first place.

CJ - looks great.....that car is screaming for some rims! Ipersonally would go with the light weights....

Wow looks great

:cheers:

CJ-

Happy ending compared to when you walked out and saw the holes where your old lights were, huh?

Go for the clear front bra ASAP to protect that new paint job and then go for the 18 Carrera lighweights and your '97-99 boxster will visually be a 2004!!!!

Good luck,

Wow! It looks great man! It gave it a whole new look!! did you find litronics yourself at a good price or did the insurance do that part? I need to know a good place to find at a good price.

Yah and after im drunk they will probably steal my car LOL but i know what you mean, i ended up way better off. Plus it pays to have a low deductible, i may just pay the extra 20 bucks a month to get a $0 deductible.

Yeah under the sun the color is great, Its Ocean Blue. Lapis looks alot like Ocean except from certain angles, Ocean will look purple on certain panels depending on the angle as where Lapis will always look blue from any angle.

I did end up changing my mind from Lightweights into Turbo II's now. They look hot, Ill probably end up painting them before installing them... maybe paint my calipers Yellow and the wheels charcole or the same color as the wheels on the 550 Special Edition 986 Boxsters. That would look nice.

Thanks! Yeah bought the litronics that a forum member found for me on Craigslist, For $1300, I got a set of Used litronics with about an honest 10k miles on them, Control Box with Wireharness. Havent installed the control box, Im saving that for a weekend install. You can find them on ebay for $1300 but with out the control box, They work without it, and the high beam works too, control box just uses the Halogen high beam along with the HID beam... itll point the HID beam alittle higher to aid the halogen high beam when you want to use the Highs.