Finally. Pix!

[Grizzly]

To me, the wheel change updates the car's look completely. Very, very nice. Can a signature block change be far behind?

About the PS2's, its so good that your driving on them, lol. It made me so sad to see all the 911's in imagine auto with flat PS2's in the showroom. Not flat because they had holes, just never used and just for decoration.

[RandallNeighbour]

ddb, I used the G2 brush-on, 2-part paint system, 2 coats (I have no patience for more than 2 coats! and the 2nd coat was smooth, so I stopped) and I have yet to clear coat them, but I'll get to that soon enough.

[AUDIOGUY]

It looks great! Nice job on the calipers. The decals make the project!
What tires did you have before the PS2s and what do you like better about
the Michelins?

Wow.thats looks SOOOO good. can i have a pic of the back to see how the exhasut looks like.

[jeffsquire]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

ddb, I used the G2 brush-on, 2-part paint system, 2 coats (I have no patience for more than 2 coats! and the 2nd coat was smooth, so I stopped) and I have yet to clear coat them, but I'll get to that soon enough.

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Did you take the calipers off or leave them?

[unklekraker]

very nice, very, very nice! I love taking pix of my car coz' it doesn't show the thousands and thousands of stone chips in the front & hood..hehehehehe!

[Perfectlap]

Hard to believe its 10 years old. Looks just as current as a two year old 04.
Just for fun you should place an add in Craig's list or ebay and see what you can get for it. Although I think you would have to be insane to bid on black out of state car.

p.s.
the clear coat peeled off one of my calipers after after a tire blow out going medium speed (but still scary). The heat bubled up the clear coating and a few days later it peeled off in patchy spots. Now how the heck to you remove clear coating?!

[RandallNeighbour]

Originally Posted by jeffsquire

Did you take the calipers off or leave them?

Jeff, I left them on. The only thing I would do differently if I were to do it again would be to use most of the can of brake parts cleaner and really scrub them with a towel inside and out. I contaminated the red paint a little by brushing over areas I didn't originally think I would paint, so I didn't thoroughly spray the areas and wipe it down with a rag the way I should have done.

Perfectlap: I have decided against clear coating mine after reading your comment above. If the stickers fall off, so be it. I'll buy more. I just ain't taking those wheels off AGAIN anytime soon because the clear coat is messed up.

Blkboxster: There's just not much to see in the back.... the new exhaust tucks under the bumper so well that you only see a sliver of it and what you do see is the transmission now! Makes me want to buy a newer bumper that's lower or put those diffusers on the one I have now.

Audioguy: I had no tires on these rims previously. They're new. However, I was running a brand new set (3 months of weekend driving only) of Sumitomo HRTZII's on my 17's... which will be my track tires for the DE I want to do next year. The Sumi's are very good inexpensive tires IMO and did not flat-spot like the Kumho's I was running before. I have nothing good to say about Kumho tires, although others say they are great for the track because they're cheap. The Sumi's are even cheaper though... and ToolPants has them on his Boxster and doggonit, if Jeff uses them then they're good enough for me! He's a boxster expert with a first year boxster he bought brand new in 1996 I think!

The Michelins are just incredibly quiet and very very grippy. Of course, I only have about 600 miles on them so they're just getting broken in. Some of the love affair with this brand and model tires is the fact that I have not had the cash to put really good tires on the car before so this is like a bit of a tire dream come true for me.

[jeffsquire]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Jeff, I left them on. The only thing I would do differently if I were to do it again would be to use most of the can of brake parts cleaner and really scrub them with a towel inside and out. I contaminated the red paint a little by brushing over areas I didn't originally think I would paint, so I didn't thoroughly spray the areas and wipe it down with a rag the way I should have done.

Perfectlap: I have decided against clear coating mine after reading your comment above. If the stickers fall off, so be it. I'll buy more. I just ain't taking those wheels off AGAIN anytime soon because the clear coat is messed up.

Blkboxster: There's just not much to see in the back.... the new exhaust tucks under the bumper so well that you only see a sliver of it and what you do see is the transmission now! Makes me want to buy a newer bumper that's lower or put those diffusers on the one I have now.

Audioguy: I had no tires on these rims previously. They're new. However, I was running a brand new set (3 months of weekend driving only) of Sumitomo HRTZII's on my 17's... which will be my track tires for the DE I want to do next year. The Sumi's are very good inexpensive tires IMO and did not flat-spot like the Kumho's I was running before. I have nothing good to say about Kumho tires, although others say they are great for the track because they're cheap. The Sumi's are even cheaper though... and ToolPants has them on his Boxster and doggonit, if Jeff uses them then they're good enough for me! He's a boxster expert with a first year boxster he bought brand new in 1996 I think!

The Michelins are just incredibly quiet and very very grippy. Of course, I only have about 600 miles on them so they're just getting broken in. Some of the love affair with this brand and model tires is the fact that I have not had the cash to put really good tires on the car before so this is like a bit of a tire dream come true for me.

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THanks RandallNeighbor. This will be my weekend project. ANy suggestions where I can get the pain you suggested at a good price? Autozone, etc?

[BoxsterSbob]

The Carrera lights rock!

I been thinking of replacing my turbo twists with carrera lights next tire change.

Where did you buy them?

Many thanks
bob