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Hi there Nevergrowup.I do like your wheels !!http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1524216724.jpg
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I still have the black and red wheels, they are fitted with the snow tires I use in the winter.
I think you might be right about the stripes being too much. They were actually put there for 'camouflage'. I f*ed up royally before Christmas, working on the engine. Didn't put any cloth over the fender, and didn't notice a button on my sweater - aaaand you can figure the rest. The scratches are luckily not that deep, but I need proper cutting/polishing equipment and/or a proper detailer guy to remove them. The lights are connected to the high beams, with a separate relay and switch. |
Ah, Froggo! Niiiice! Cool ducktail and bumper grills!
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Not so sure about "too much".
This can only be solved per definition. A clean car (no visible mods) = Yes, everything but OEM is too much. A personalized car = No, the stripes are not too much. It all depends on your preference. I like the stripes. I like personality :D |
Me too love the stripes and the colour. It's a question of what you like, nice car.
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It was very nice meeting you this weekend. I thought I'd share some pictures of your car. :)
https://i.imgur.com/S3cGSuL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3GLmjIa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/iEsqbOC.jpg https://i.imgur.com/C9qUXK8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GYWYcxJ.jpg All the best, /Fredrik |
Yes, there it is, battered, bruised and dirty! And even me, lurking under that tree in the background!
It was very nice talking to you and your wife, and I really like your yellow Boxster as well. Such a cool color. And what an awesome trip it was! Great cars, great people! I did a total of 875 kilometres over 15,5 hours that Saturday. Was very tired when I got home! |
Wow, great pics! Where were you guys at? Looks like you had great weather for this time of year.
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Yes, weather has been extremely fine the past weeks. The hottest May ever registrered in Norway! About 30 degrees C that Saturday.
IT was a 996/986 only trip. A group of Norwegians met a group of Swedes at the border, and went for a trip in the Swedish countryside. Two nice meals at very cool sites. About 30 cars in total. |
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Wow would love a trip like that, i cant even find a local porsche club here. Closet club is 3 hours away.
I live in Southern Spain and our temps are in the low 20s now, 15 in the morning. Crazy. |
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Had to test if there is enough room back there. And there is! - Why does he have a kid's bike on there? Well, at 47 one should think that bike belonged to either his kid, or even grand-kid. But no, it's mine. As many did I grew up in the 80's and rode a bmx, but stoppet when I got older. In '98, when my first son was born, I had seen bmx freestyle videos for years, and discovered that they were available in Oslo (some 100 km from where I lived). So, I treated myself to a Hoffman George. I rode that for some time, together with kids (actual kids) half my age, got a job at Norway's biggest bike distributor, built new bikes, and rode them for the next decade. I was never any good, though, but was great fun. Then, a divorce later, I found a new life in another city, and pretty much stopped riding my little bike, and it was scavenged for parts for a dirt jumper (26") and my now teenage son's bikes. But lately, I've been itching to get back on a fun little bike again. And last year, when Haro announced that they would make a Dave Mirra tribute bike, with a mid-school look and new school tech, I began to drool. This spring a Norwegian web site had two of these at a quite good discount, and my brain started spinning again, and then - f*k it! I want it! I had the SeaSucker Talon bike rack in the garage, having not used it since had had my freeride bike atop my SC a few years ago, and I thought - it might fit back there. And it did - barely! I better disable the spoiler, or have to keep it under 110 km/h! |
Nice! Remark in my iPhone "if I have any questions assembling bikes, ask nevergrowup" :cheers:
Building a cruiser at the moment as I don't see myself on my old school 10-speed racing bike with click-ons anymore. When that is done, conversion to e-bike. And again, why easy when I can have it the hard way...lol. |
Well Done
Great Post and who wants to grow up anyway !
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Jeez guys looks like the cars need a bit of washing hehe
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OK, here's my update in the looks department for the 2019 season. I decided to move forward with the black and gold theme, and although I know Porsche never had a sponsorship with John Player Special, I think the old, iconic livery is so cool I thought I'd go for an attempt.
I found some JPS logo stickers on ebay, and even if they were smaller than I'd hoped for I started planning my homage. I found some matte black vinyl and gold pinstriping on ebay as well, and spent many nights planning it out in my head. And I think it came out pretty good. Since the pictures were taken, I have fixed the clashing Martini stripes on the licence plate holders, and I'll get to refurbing the wheel bolts as well. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6t...=w1024-h768-no I think it matches the interior pretty well too. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pJ...=w1024-h768-no Many S owners get their panties in a bunch when you paint the calipers red (as I had), I thought why not go back to black, and found some gold Brembo stickers to finish it off. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SP...=w1024-h768-no I had many iterations in my head before I went for this. Split the stripe and put the logos in the middle. Hand cut with a ruler and a scalpel. Not perfect but good enough. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_S...=w1024-h768-no And of course the same at the rear: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/KI...=w1024-h768-no Not everybody likes him, but think Magnus Walker is a cool dude. Here's his autograph from when he visited Norway last fall: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0Y...=w1024-h768-no |
Although I stopped smoking 20 years ago, it still is a very fitting theme (color wise).
I think you wanted to resemble the 911 "sport classic" stripes, so I see why the stripes are not going all the way. Did you try a glossy black as well? Approved by Magnus Walker...pretty cool and now approved by BRAN :cheers: |
now you really need to remove the martini stripes in front and rear.
otherwise the gold looks good |
Yep, stripes are gone now. Thanks guys!
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