Post Pics. Boxsters with Rims.

[SpyderRS]

Originally Posted by bravosd6

Mine

It will be entirely re-painted soon, along with the hatch.

Wow! Looks great, thumbs up! You have more pictures and informations about mods and wheels?

[bravosd6]

Originally Posted by madmods

Well well well... there's a decent looking 986. Was convinced this didn't exist until today

Thank you both. I wasn't a huge admirer of 986's either. There was just something not complete about them to me. So like some others I made my own hard top which more resembles the classic lines of a Porsche car. In this case sense the Cayman is the same chassis I felt it only proper to model the roof after a Cayman.

Originally Posted by SpyderRS

Wow! Looks great, thumbs up! You have more pictures and informations about mods and wheels?

I got the Cayman windows, hatch and went to town. I made the roof free formed which originally was shape in foam and finished in carbon fiber. This was the result. The car has a ton of mods, probably too many to list at this hour. I may make a build thread when I'm closer to satisfied. Obviously the custom made CF hard top is the biggest mod. It took me way way longer to make than I first thought. I have hundreds of man hours in it now and it's only about 85% done(just the hard top that is). A quick list.
-CF Cayman style hard top w/ Cayman side and quart windows
-Flared wheel arches
-Side skirts
-CF hood(not yet installed), hatch, dashboard, center console, diffuser(not yet installed)
-Techart rear spoiler
-996 GT3 seats
-Wheels
-Eibach springs/bilstien struts(soon to be coilovers)
-Brembo S brakes
-Stainless headers to straight pipe into X pipe
-Intake stuff
-Lots and lots of weight reduction
-Retrofitted Xenons with projectors(done right)
-Lots of interior pieces wrapped with both black Italian cow hide swede and Alcantara, with custom red stiching
-AC delete
-Diff
-List goes on and on with other little things

As far as the wheels go they are 20"X 10.5" Niche Targa wheels. I went with dubs for street use, because the Cayman Techart GT widebody rocks dubs and it looks good. I'm powder coating them gloss black so they should look a little smaller after that. Also tires for 20's are quite a bit less than 19's and 18's are just to small looking for street appeal in my opinion. I had to do 10.5 all the way around because I am a nut for concaved wheels, and the other sizes of these wheels smaller than 10.5 are flush with no concaveness to them. They have spacers in the rear so it looks staggered with the proper Porsche hips, but I get great grip in the front now too. I did have to do quite a bit of modifying in the front to get the wheels to clear. I still think they are big wheels but, when I go Techart widebody they will look more proportioned. They're not for everyone, but I like just sitting back and looking at its stance. Ultimately I wan't a car that looks show/street, but preforms like a track car.

[SpyderRS]

Hey,

your mods list seems similar as mine. I like the way you do. I know the problem with the concaves, from this reason i build my own concave series with 3-piece wheels, so i can do a perfect fitment for every car.

Here you can see my car, in front are 9,0 x 18 and rear 11,0 x 18, needs a lot of modifications on camber and body, but for me it should must look the body/fenders like oem. The centers from my rims are very concave, so the car becomes a very agressive look, as you can see...

[bravosd6]

Wow that looks really good too!!!! I love black on back and the stance!

Now you just need the hard top and your set! 8)

Originally Posted by SpyderRS

Hey,

your mods list seems similar as mine. I like the way you do. I know the problem with the concaves, from this reason i build my own concave series with 3-piece wheels, so i can do a perfect fitment for every car.

Here you can see my car, in front are 9,0 x 18 and rear 11,0 x 18, needs a lot of modifications on camber and body, but for me it should must look the body/fenders like oem. The centers from my rims are very concave, so the car becomes a very agressive look, as you can see...

[Yellow986S]

Originally Posted by SpyderRS

Hey,

your mods list seems similar as mine. I like the way you do. I know the problem with the concaves, from this reason i build my own concave series with 3-piece wheels, so i can do a perfect fitment for every car.

Here you can see my car, in front are 9,0 x 18 and rear 11,0 x 18, needs a lot of modifications on camber and body, but for me it should must look the body/fenders like oem. The centers from my rims are very concave, so the car becomes a very agressive look, as you can see...

Hey Spyder,

I am also looking to go with a very aggressive wheel setup in the near future and was wondering what is the widest wheels I can run with fender rolling and without?

I am leaning towards front: 18x9 and rear: 18x10.5

Im not sure on the offsets. What is the lowest offset we can run to get the most lip?

Thanks

[champion510]

Originally Posted by SpyderRS

Wow! Looks great, thumbs up! You have more pictures and informations about mods and wheels?

Originally Posted by bravosd6

Thank you both. I wasn't a huge admirer of 986's either. There was just something not complete about them to me. So like some others I made my own hard top which more resembles the classic lines of a Porsche car. In this case sense the Cayman is the same chassis I felt it only proper to model the roof after a Cayman.



I got the Cayman windows, hatch and went to town. I made the roof free formed which originally was shape in foam and finished in carbon fiber. This was the result. The car has a ton of mods, probably too many to list at this hour. I may make a build thread when I'm closer to satisfied. Obviously the custom made CF hard top is the biggest mod. It took me way way longer to make than I first thought. I have hundreds of man hours in it now and it's only about 85% done(just the hard top that is). A quick list.
-CF Cayman style hard top w/ Cayman side and quart windows
-Flared wheel arches
-Side skirts
-CF hood(not yet installed), hatch, dashboard, center console, diffuser(not yet installed)
-Techart rear spoiler
-996 GT3 seats
-Wheels
-Eibach springs/bilstien struts(soon to be coilovers)
-Brembo S brakes
-Stainless headers to straight pipe into X pipe
-Intake stuff
-Lots and lots of weight reduction
-Retrofitted Xenons with projectors(done right)
-Lots of interior pieces wrapped with both black Italian cow hide swede and Alcantara, with custom red stiching
-AC delete
-Diff
-List goes on and on with other little things

As far as the wheels go they are 20"X 10.5" Niche Targa wheels. I went with dubs for street use, because the Cayman Techart GT widebody rocks dubs and it looks good. I'm powder coating them gloss black so they should look a little smaller after that. Also tires for 20's are quite a bit less than 19's and 18's are just to small looking for street appeal in my opinion. I had to do 10.5 all the way around because I am a nut for concaved wheels, and the other sizes of these wheels smaller than 10.5 are flush with no concaveness to them. They have spacers in the rear so it looks staggered with the proper Porsche hips, but I get great grip in the front now too. I did have to do quite a bit of modifying in the front to get the wheels to clear. I still think they are big wheels but, when I go Techart widebody they will look more proportioned. They're not for everyone, but I like just sitting back and looking at its stance. Ultimately I wan't a car that looks show/street, but preforms like a track car.

That is lot of work and $ into car. Admire your passion for this.

[SpyderRS]

I love it !

[madmods]

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[kefboy]

Boxster or Cayman? This ride is sick. Do you have any other pictures?

Originally Posted by bravosd6

Mine

It will be entirely re-painted soon, along with the hatch.

[madmods]

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[madmods]

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[tonichristi]

Here are some "rims".
No respect, I tell ya!

[SpyderRS]

@ bravosd6: yeah, your top and the solution with cayman windows looks perfect! We should talk about business.

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by tonichristi

Here are some "rims".
No respect, I tell ya!

They look "flush" any way.

[stephen wilson]

How are you even able to drive it with such low ground clearance ?

[SpyderRS]

Originally Posted by stephen wilson

How are you even able to drive it with such low ground clearance ?

Oh, believe it or not... it works. Only underground parking it´s not possible, but sometimes it makes problems even with the oem suspension/height.

[madmods]

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[bravosd6]

Originally Posted by madmods

ahhh mate... if you would described the USA/CA bad road conditions to a German or most European nationals, they wouldn't understand half of what you are talking about!

A pothole in the road in Germany is considered "unsafe" and often makes the local evening news mate. I've been in Germany.... you could travel between east to west borders on a skateboard

That is badas$ I never knew that. Here in California, Cal Trans workers just literally leave crap on the road for you to run over. They seem to make almost no attempt to make the surfaces smooth. It sucks. I've bent rims twice now because of crap on the freeway and it so almost impossible to get them to take care of it. Long process.

[happygilmour]

New wheels today. TSW 19".

[heliguy]