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ekam 11-03-2010 05:22 PM

Heavily modified Boxster spotted...
 
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/286...1011011603.jpg

It does have BBK and 911 taillights...

sparker 11-03-2010 05:57 PM

Any more pictures, looks tough!
Sam

Mike_Yi 11-03-2010 07:24 PM

I like the frunk remover.

yelojkt 11-03-2010 08:09 PM

Doing this to a boxster is like taking a beautiful woman and gobbing so much make-up on her...well it just takes away from the beauty. :(

Highlow 11-03-2010 08:11 PM

That is a Franken-box

Lobo1186 11-03-2010 08:18 PM

Here it is. I like the yellow one better.


definitely yellow i have been eying it but idk. :dance:

litteng 11-04-2010 06:09 AM

wide body kit
 
when i was first shopping for a Boxster, the dealer in edmonton had a new boxster on the floor with a wide body kit on it. it looked a lot like the carrera GT.

i would not want it as my only car...

J'sboxie 11-04-2010 08:20 AM

+1
 
I too prefer the stock look of the boxies...Mods have a way of detracting from all of the r&d that went into making these cars look as fun as they drive. ;)

vipola 11-04-2010 11:26 AM

I also prefer stock boxster, but I need to admit this one is nice, it dosn't look cheaply done :)

I like to P-Crest on the side.. :)

sparker 11-04-2010 03:00 PM

I love it, couldn't justify spending over $12kUS on a kit and then fitting/painting it though....

Perfectlap 11-04-2010 04:02 PM

what is the point of a license plate that has no plate numbers on it?
Is that like being forced to wear braces on your teeth that don't work?

ekam 11-05-2010 03:27 PM

I assume people who would go that far would have at least a 3.6L or turbo in there.

I also assume it was a salvaged title and/or it has really bad bodywork and he got it for dirt cheap and decided to "do it up".

Honestly, with that kind of money invested he can actually get a 996 GT3.

RandallNeighbour 11-05-2010 04:51 PM

I really like the yellow boxster in that link. That's the first tasteful widebody kit for our cars that doesn't look ricey (to me, anyway).

Johnny Danger 11-05-2010 06:28 PM

It would be interesting to see how much attention to detail went into this project, along with the overall quality of the paint work. Depending upon a person's level of perfectionism, the cost of meticulously "fitting" and painting a body kit can easily surpass the price of the kit itself. In fact, most of the projects that I have been involved in, especially my own, resulted in labor costs that far, far exceeded the cost of the kits themselves.

J Tinsby 11-06-2010 04:32 AM

12k for the kit is cheap.. look at this one it's 30k!
 
Hopefully a misprint. If not no wonder there are 3 of them left!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-986-Boxster-to-997-Turbo-XTREMO-widebody-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ36475QQitemZ1804904 99403

J T :)

Overdrive 11-08-2010 09:37 AM

I guess it doesn't look terrible, and would look right at home on a track, but the white one I saw in the link reminded me too much of a Toyota MR-S the way it was mocked up...and while I like those, too, a Boxster it is not, and the Boxster's definitely no liltte Toyota. To each his own, though...someone out there will fall in love with it.


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