carrera GT from 01 Boxster
 

So youre making a kit to make our boxsters look like a carrera gt?

Whoa thats really good for a first try, anymore pictures & details?

not bad
 

Not really a fan of these kind of kits, but this looks pretty nice.
Wonder what kind of solutions one would have to come up with to compensate for the difference in overall performance.

that pic makes me sad

:barf:

Don't try to make the car something it isn't.

Nice but will it fly?
 

Ah so a mini Carrera gt. :) , Interesting concept but I would not think is financially viable, again that is my opinion. My only dislike of the kit is the mirrors, they seem too big and obtrusive for the car everything else looks very nice. Congrats on your effort.

i think it looks cool, but the wheels are ugly.
i personally wouldn't drive that, just the fact that its a fake car, or that it reflects a real car but w nothing to back it up.

hahahahaha... :barf: is the body kit made in China? I find this amusing...i bet some dude from 6 speed will actualy going to spend big $$ for this plastic model.


proud 986 driver..

I think it looks like the mating of a Boxster and an MR2

it's missing one key ingredient from the CGT and that's the V10 and its sound.

it would fool non car nuts but, I'd cringe at the sight of that.

If the wheels were a sinister "carbon-black" instead of "lounge-lizard-chrome"
the whole overall effect would be a lot more convincing.........and a whole lot
more palatable...............

heres what i thought would help this poor car...
red leather, lowered, HRE wheels and lambo rotors and calipers, and smoked side marker....
as bad as it is, now its better....
OOO ALMOST FORGOT... I PUT IN A TWIN TURBO ENGINE IN IT TOO HEHEHEH
http://i9.tinypic.com/4pby4bn.jpg

I think when this car was posted a while back someone said it was the same dimensions as a real CGT. I have a hard time believing that.

I'm sure the interior in that car is stock Boxster and if you want to go with the whole illusion factor, changing that would help to complete the look. It still wouldn't total even half of $330K to do that. Plus all the carbon fiber the real one has would be hard to concur.

I could go on and on about why that car sucks but, I won't.

I really like the front end and the rims even look pretty decent. However the roll bars and the rear from what I can see look somewhat out of place.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..........

When I went to purchase a Porsche, I went looking for a Boxster because of the looks and the handling. I realize that they are not the fastest things in the world but they do handle like nothing else on the planet. I am quite proud to have a Boxster as an everyday driver and take offense at someones need to make me believe it is not good enough to stand by itself. Ed

comparison purposes
 

Here a pict of one I saw at Goodwood. Wheelbase is definitely longer and I wouldn't have it any other way given there is a V10 in that thing!

No need to take it hard
 

Ed,
Chill no one said in any of the posts that the basic design of the Boxster, which I love, is ugly or passe. I take this post as an exercise of variations of the Boxster. Not that everybody should run to have a Carreraxter. As far as I know a fake is a fake like all knockoffs out in the market place. Rolexes, glasses , handbags etc. I think the Boxster lines, top down naturally, are up there with the Jaguar XK-E as a true representation of roadster.

I have to agree. Every time I see one of these kit cars I think to myself how "off" it looks. However, I like the front bumber, and think it would do really well if it were sold by itself and the rest of the boxster was kept the same with the regular GT-2 or 3 side skirts. :cheers:

Stop. Now. For the love of god!

I've never understood the desire by some to butcher Porsche's in such a way. It screams poser - and makes your lack of taste and good sense known to everyone.

lol, half the boxster owners ARE posers ;)


This is not such a bad proposition if the donor was a wreck. How about a GN powerplant which made it as fast/faster than the read deal. That, I may have to give a second thought.

I'm not trying to start anything but it's clear that J-Rad only like Boxsters bone stock with NO body kits. Everyone is entitle to their own opion, that doesn't mean they have bad taste, just different. I like giving the out dated looking boxster a good face lift to make it more modern looking. Especialy if you love your boxster but don't want to buy a new 07 one. But I have to agree, I'm not a fan of the Carera GT conversion kit. :cheers:

No, that's not it - although it is true that the Boxster lines are so incredibly beautiful that they don't need to be "improved" upon (at least the 986 anyway ;) ).

Porsche (as well as a couple other aftermarket tuners) even designed a couple of the aero-kits for the Boxster and, generally speaking, they look good. This is because they compliment the lines of the car, rather than fight them. However, there is a point where add ons become too much. And there is quite a big difference between adding a subtle body kit to the car and trying to make it into something else completely, as is the case here.

Does anyone know the actual cost of that conversion?, and if it were my boxster, I will do RK spyder over the carrera GT wanna be.

Thats cool. I get what you are saying. And I agree. I think changing the front bumper like I did is very subtle. But I hate to ask what you think. Changing the whole car, yes it just doesn't make much sence to me either. :cheers:

The RK SPYDER looks great, but will only work if you have a 987 and not a 986. ;)

Even though I am not a fan of altering the classic lines of the Boxster, over all I think the car looks cool. Just get rid of the mirrors and the rollbar surround and market it as a widebody kit. This may appeal to a wider audience that prefer not to be associated with knock offs. I personally think it looks like the Boxster version of Gemballa Avalanche.

One thing I can't stand on a sports car is "chrome wheels", it make me sick to my stomach. Chrome is the enemy because weight is the enemy. If you would like to portray performance, try putting on a less heavy looking wheel.

Good luck on the kit.

there is a difference between updating a car and enhancing its look but letting it still be what it is and was meant to be. Trying to change it into a whole different car, IMO, is just cheap looking no matter how well the job is done. But that's just my opinion.