Kirk's Ride...

[boxs2000]

The truly hot look now is what they call the VIP look - a sleek looking car with an extreme drop, obscenely negative camber on the wheels, and chrome, deep dish rims. Nice look IMO, but the extreme drop is not real practical for a driven car. So I stuck with the dated, but more practical boy racer look. [/QUOTE]

Ok I know you guys are gonna make fun of my old self because I need help clarifying this term. "VIP" look I though referred to 4 door sedans usually Japanese like Lexus, Nissan etc. I though this term originated with the Japanese car culture (VIP magazine and tuners, WALD, SPOON, HKS etc. ) were customizing their cars to compete with the likes of AMG, M, and other high price European makers and tuners.

[Stunin_Stud]

Kirk dont mind the criticism too much, these guys all have good taste and your no exception. Its brave to experiment and yours yielded good results. You car looks very unique. Love the gemballa sides and rear, it ties in the gt3 front well. The car looks very futuristic. You should take it to some shows. The back reminds me of terminator for some reason but its nice. If you get bored of the lights there are other LED alternatives out there.

I see your going for the modern interpretation of the speedster. Going along with your two tone you should consider black or carbon mirror covers ( in trend now) and covering your windshied frame with black vinly( or paint it) I have seen it and looks good ( S2000 has it too).

Overall your car will be a fine example that will be sure to show up on a google search under crazy boxtser or end up on a kids wall.

enjoy!


-Nick

[Stunin_Stud]

oops I just realized you have what looks like carbon mirror cover already. I guess I looked at your early pics.

again one of the nicest 986 on the forum.


-Nick

[Kirk]

Originally Posted by Stunin_Stud

oops I just realized you have what looks like carbon mirror cover already. I guess I looked at your early pics.

again one of the nicest 986 on the forum.


-Nick

Thanks Nick. Actually I am strongly considering getting some carbon fiber shells for my mirrors, not just the covers. They're pretty pricey though. What I have on the car right now are just some mirror bras that came with the car when I bought it. I put these on to contemplate the look.

I know what you're talking about with making the windshield frame black. I've been thinking about covering it with black vinyl. There's a guy in the San Francisco area named Danny who has a two tone Boxster like this. He normally runs with the silver windshield frame, but as you can see in this photo, when he went to SEMA he put on a hard top and placed vinyl over the windshield frame.



That's the one thing that's missing in this photo of a two tone Boxster with Zeintec hard top. Looks a little incomplete without the black windshield frame.



I wasn't sure how it would look without a hard top though, but spurred on by your comment I found this picture, which I assume is Danny's car again:



This is similar to what my car would look like with the windshield frame covered in black vinyl and the CF mirrors. I have the CF hood and Kokeln scoops like the car in this picture. I really like it! I think this has convinced me to at least try the vinyl on there and see how it looks. Thanks again for the input Nick!

[Stunin_Stud]

yea i know mirror shells are expensive but sometimes they come on ebay so keep an eye out. or if you want you can just get black covers for the time being. but what you have works. yea I have seen that boxster in the pic you posted. I have talked to the guy who owns it and been on some drives with him. Im considering the black vinyl too...

Your car is still own of the coolest looking boxsters though. I have the gemballa front bumper to which you have the side skirts for, but i have aerokit1 side skirts cuz i couldnt find gemballa ones. so your car is deffinately unique.

[Gary in BR]

YES Vinyl the windshield frame. I think it will complete the look

[Kirk]

Just an update... My next big project for the fall will be a good sound system for my Boxster. I've got room for 10" subs behind the seats, so tonight I ordered a pair of these:





http://www.poweracoustik.com/pa2006/product_AUDIO_wof_STW.htm

I got these because they could handle the most power of any shallow mount subs. I'm excited. I haven't done a sound system since I competed in IASCA/USAC in 1996 and 1999. I've got the following components, most older but still like new:

Kenwood KDC PS905 CD headunit, pre-amp only output
Rockford Fosgate Symmetry EPX2 14 band EQ
Alpine PXA H-600 parametric EQ and time delay processor
Circle Surround CSA 12 surround sound processor with echo
JBL Power 80 X 4 amp (dash and rear)
JBL Power 180 X 2 (doors)
JBL Power 1200 X 1 (I'll run 600 Watts to each of these 10" subs)

Honestly I already have the Becker DSP system with time delay, preset EQs, and echo, so I don't think these processors will really gain me much more than what I already have. The JBL Power amps are about six years old, but new in the box, never used. I may just opt to keep the Becker system for processing and add the amps and speakers for greater output. So I'll focus on the sub and amp install first with an eye to whether or not I add the processors later.

The door speakers have already been replaced by Polk components, which I will also finish out in the dash. It should be a really kicking system. Expect to see more by the end of the year. I'll be doing the install and enclosure fabrication myself, so I expect it to take a few months...