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porsche986spyder 08-28-2007 11:52 AM

Check out this track boxster with heavy body mods
 
Very nice hard top design. Nice shape and window. Not as elongated as the Zientop and the quarter panel window is shaped different from the Stuttgart Top.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...R_DS.sized.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...R_PS.sized.jpg

BoxsterBob - CA 08-28-2007 12:37 PM

Nice! I look forward to the "after" pictures.

rick3000 08-28-2007 12:51 PM

It looks like one of those British tops, nice race car. I didn't see any Boxsters when I was at the track over the weekend. :D

blkboxster 08-28-2007 01:00 PM

i think it needs a coat of wax :D

easyc 08-28-2007 01:07 PM

No joke... that car is going to be sick fast at the track...

SC986 08-28-2007 02:48 PM

Thats's looking good so far. It's not over done yet. Nice find, keep us updated with pics.

djomlas 08-28-2007 02:58 PM

as much as i remember those pcs are very old, so who knows what condition that car is in

zackwatt 08-28-2007 04:25 PM

Looks really cool!

racer_d 08-28-2007 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djomlas
as much as i remember those pcs are very old, so who knows what condition that car is in

Judging from the background, maybe its still there, just pushed back off the concrete once the owners finances dried up ;)

TriGem2k 08-28-2007 04:54 PM

I may be totally off but..........I've visited Percision Porsche a few times and that place in the picture looks just like it.

Perfectlap 08-28-2007 06:40 PM

http://www.ccwheel.com/files/gallery...classic/2l.jpg
http://www.ccwheel.com/files/gallery...classic/1l.jpg
http://www.ccwheel.com/files/gallery...classic/3l.jpg

shaman1204 08-29-2007 05:12 AM

I'll probably get flamed for this but it kinda reminds me of a 350Z with that top.

porsche986spyder 08-29-2007 06:57 AM

Those images are close, but the top is completely different. The one I posted has a quarter panel window and is longer than the O.E.M. one. Look closely. The rest of the body looks dead on. ;)

porsche986spyder 08-29-2007 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TriGem2k
I may be totally off but..........I've visited Percision Porsche a few times and that place in the picture looks just like it.

Yes, your right. That's where it's from. Don't have ANY after pictures of it. I spoke to Antonio, the manager of the shop and he said he liked the hard top design as much as me and will be making some more in the near future and they may become a regular sale item. Made from Fiberglass. He said he would e-mail me and keep me posted. I'm looking forward to an alternative hard top. :cheers:

BoxsterBob - CA 08-29-2007 07:22 AM

ding ding ding... I think I found it! :dance: Same flared fenders, same turbo-like air intakes, same wheels. The spoiler grew by a few feet, though.
Good luck runnin' from the cops now! :eek:

http://www.babblers.org/gallery/files/1/1/CHP.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...R_DS.sized.jpg

porsche986spyder 08-29-2007 07:37 AM

[QUOTE=BoxsterBob - CA]ding ding ding... I think I found it! :dance: Same flared fenders, same turbo-like air intakes, same wheels. The spoiler grew by a few feet, though.
Good luck runnin' from the cops now! :eek:


That looks like it! Man that spoiler/wing is anoying looking. Paint and body came out nice. I wonder why no rear quarter pannel window? Some type of track reason? Looks cool. I wish I had that top. :cheers:

porsche986spyder 08-29-2007 07:48 AM

Here is the REAL "POLICE" car to fear!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...1_230-1024.jpg

djomlas 08-29-2007 08:39 AM

that looks like the one, but just bigger bench on the rear trunk.

that hardtop looks awesome, is it a hardtop, or completely molded into the body kinda coupe car?

BoxsterBob - CA 08-29-2007 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djomlas
that looks like the one, but just bigger bench on the rear trunk.

that hardtop looks awesome, is it a hardtop, or completely molded into the body kinda coupe car?

It looks like it may be an early Zeintec prototype. The current version replaces the deck lid with a lift hatch, ala the Cayman:

http://www.zeintec-usa.com/EnlargedG...and%20form.jpg
Zeintec USA

porsche986spyder 08-29-2007 09:47 AM

Guess you guys did not read my post earlier. I talked to Antonio at Precision Porsche who made that hard top for a customer. It was a one off. But he plans on making more. I told him to e-mail me as soon as he has some made. I'm looking forward to it. :cheers:

BoxsterBob - CA 08-29-2007 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porsche986spyder
Guess you guys did not read my post earlier. :

Hey, you can't read everything :D If he is going to make that top, I would follow the lead that Zeintec set for the quarter window. Zeintec made it look integrated with the existing side windows. That triangle port hole just ruins it for me.

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6438/windowdk4.jpg

porsche986spyder 08-29-2007 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoxsterBob - CA
Hey, you can't read everything :D If he is going to make that top, I would follow the lead that Zeintec set for the quarter window. Zeintec made it look integrated with the existing side windows. That triangle port hole just ruins it for me.

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6438/windowdk4.jpg

I could live with it the way they have it. Actually I like it better that way. Guess it's all a matter of opinion. I just think it starts with a more solid look like the O.E.M. hard top. Looks like another pillar that way.

J-RAD 08-29-2007 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoxsterBob - CA
It looks like it may be an early Zeintec prototype. The current version replaces the deck lid with a lift hatch, ala the Cayman:

http://www.zeintec-usa.com/EnlargedG...and%20form.jpg
Zeintec USA

Good god is that horrible! Just buy a Cayman and call it a day.

porsche986spyder 08-29-2007 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-RAD
Good god is that horrible! Just buy a Cayman and call it a day.

I like the Zientop, it's just way to expensive. That 2 tone job looks silly. It looks realy nice when its solid. But not worth removing the rear trunk just to give you the "Cayman" look.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...lamitosBay.jpg

SC986 08-29-2007 02:57 PM

I agree with you 986! Would have loved to have one. That Black S looks awesome!

BoxsterBob - CA 08-29-2007 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porsche986spyder
I like the Zientop, it's just way to expensive. That 2 tone job looks silly. It looks realy nice when its solid. But not worth removing the rear trunk just to give you the "Cayman" look.

I agree with, "if you want a Cayman, buy a Cayman", in fact, I have no need for a hardtop... that's why I bought a ragtop. :) Mine is a daily driver, 70/30 top down.

As far as the two tone, I believe that pic is designed to delineate the top / car for marketing purposes. Also, apparently, you don't lose the trunk, it replaces the existing deck lid with hatch back access to the trunk. That said, the swap appears to be a rather more involved than; lower top > set hard top on > tighten spin locks. :eek:

porsche986spyder 08-30-2007 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoxsterBob - CA
I you don't lose the trunk, it replaces the existing deck lid with hatch back access to the trunk. That said, the swap appears to be a rather more involved than; lower top > set hard top on > tighten spin locks. :eek:

I knew that. I just meant that you have to remove the stock trunk deck lid. With the other aftermarket hardtops, you don't have to do that because the top does not go back as far as the Zientop. :cool:

ChrisZang 09-08-2007 01:13 PM

More pictures
 
Back to the original post.

Here are a few more "After the paintjob" pictures, which I took yesterday at Laguna Seca

boggtown 09-08-2007 02:09 PM

is that the exhaust?

ChrisZang 09-08-2007 07:06 PM

Well, there was a 90 db sound limit at the track yesterday and the sound check station is on the right side of the track.
So the guys who ran the CHP-Boxster had to be "creative" to not get blackflagged due to too loud exhaust noise...

boggtown 09-08-2007 07:54 PM

I love it, genius!

chaudanova 09-09-2007 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoxsterBob - CA
ding ding ding... I think I found it! :dance: Same flared fenders, same turbo-like air intakes, same wheels. The spoiler grew by a few feet, though.
Good luck runnin' from the cops now! :eek:

http://www.babblers.org/gallery/files/1/1/CHP.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...R_DS.sized.jpg

Is it me, or do the turbo side vents on the CHP car and the one that was being worked on... do they look like they were moved higher, (if that is the same car)? They look level with the door handles in the 'in shop' picture, and higher than the handles on the finished car.

boggtown 09-09-2007 02:17 PM

I think the door handles look painted on honestly. I cant tell from the pictures, but they sure look fake.

porscheracer 09-11-2007 12:44 PM

Why race a boxster with a hardtop? otherwise just spend some more $$ for cayman or 911.

Boxster should be race topless just like the good old days.....are we wimps?

Topless 09-11-2007 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porscheracer
Why race a boxster with a hardtop? otherwise just spend some more $$ for cayman or 911.

Boxster should be race topless just like the good old days.....are we wimps?

Hard tops are mandantory in BSR class racing. As you can tell from my screen name I agree with you. They even make me put the soft top up on solo/DE track days now. :(

JP-s-in st. louis 09-12-2007 02:11 AM

anyone know where i can get those rear fenders?
PM me please!


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