Vinyl Graphics - Do You Like This Boxster??? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Wingnut2u · 08-23-2008, 07:47 PM

As others have mentioned, do what you like, personally it is too busy for me, but I think you are going for more of a show car look and if that is the case I think the graphics tie in the two-toned theme of the hood very well.

rick3000 · 08-23-2008, 08:02 PM

It's your car, and you can do what you want. You're the one that has to drive it.
Personally, I think it is a little too ricer.

RobZ · 08-23-2008, 08:21 PM

The body kit looks good but the unpainted carbon fiber hood and decals really "cheapen" the look of the car. Other than that it is a great looking car. Probably not the look most boxster owners care for.

Please, don't do this to it though:

944boy · 08-23-2008, 08:50 PM

Haha, someone was asking about lambo doors on the 944 forum. Now I have to attach two photos.

I agree about the curvy lines and the pointy decal. If you want to go the vinyl route, you may want to look into having a longer curvy line that compliments the lines of the car. I quickly edited the photo for an idea. Please forgive the hack-job. My photoshop skills are rusty and I am using a laptop mouse pad. But it tries to show what I am talking about.

I like the way your car looks as is. But I'm not against tasteful graphics.

E Kaplan · 08-23-2008, 09:11 PM

I think your car looks great! But I agree with others the side painting distracts from the rest of the car.

Eric

husker boxster · 08-24-2008, 06:11 AM

Like the others, I'm not too hot on the triangle pointer. Not sure if this would work or not, but I'll throw it out for discussion. How about an Audi R8 effect where you come up from the top of your side skirt and flow up to the top of your conv top panel. It could flow with the stripe on your side skirt. The lines don't have to be a rigid as the R8, but that's kind of the idea. Not into PS, so I'll just attach a pic to give you the visual. The only negative is I'm not sure if Porsches should be stealing from Audi.

porsche986spyder · 08-24-2008, 09:48 AM

But mine are based on the traditional 550 Spyder which had red "spears" as they called them on the rear. Why not try putting some black ones on that same area? I don't think the location of the black triangular side intake decals looks good at all. It should be more subtle.

Kirk · 08-24-2008, 11:07 AM

Thanks for all of the input guys. I know it's my car and I can do what I want, but I've kinda been on the fence on this one. I also posted it up to my local car club board where there are a lot of "ricers". I was surprised that their overall response was much like yours - they didn't like it, doesn't fit the car.

I was at a car show recently and a lady commented to me that my car looked like a James Bond car.

I thought that was cool. I can see how the vinyl stripes would take away a bit from the more sophisticated and sleek look of the Boxster. Maxferran hit the nail on the head though. I've played with my car and now I've played it out, I'm bored, and I'm grasping for straws for things to do to it. For example, I just polished my lower suspension aluminum pieces and I'm looking at adding 7 mm spacers to the front. These are minor things that NOBODY will ever notice except me. But I'm trying to play around as much as I can...

I'm going to get the vinyl done around the windshield and sit on the side graphics for a while. Maybe in the future I'll come up with something more suitable for the car, but I'm betting it will look best just as-is.

Thanks again guys.

Kirk