making a body kit. porsche purest.. dont look ;)

[stelan]

I like the subtle curvy lines, are you lowering the suspension as well and how much lower if so?

[compinsating]

Originally Posted by Reebuck1

Very nice work !!

thanks

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

Looks good. What size wheels and tires are you using?

325/35/19... its a tight fit

Originally Posted by stelan

I like the subtle curvy lines, are you lowering the suspension as well and how much lower if so?

adjustable coilovers but not sure if I'm going to lower it any. with the tall tire, its going to fill up the wheel well a bit so I'm going to wait to see how it looks before i decide.

the "subtle" approach is what i was going for so THANKS for that i wanted to keep the classy sports car but i wanted a little growl in the look at the same time. the lip around the wheel well and around the vent i think add a nice muscle touch to it.

working on the other side.

thanks guys

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by compinsating

ok so this is the final look for the rear's. still thinking about the frt qtr panels and the hard top. really hard to show the detail with it all white right now but it is what it is. this adds 2.5' of width.

Nice work bud. Same ol'comment here; Carry On

Can't wait to see the final results

[Nine8Six]

Oh I might add this tho... can you ask a site admin to move your thread in the DIY section of the site. One thing you got completely wrong from the start is placing this in the general section. Well not exactly 'completely wrong' mate, you know what I mean. This site could do with more DYI like yours any day.

Again, awesome work

[compinsating]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Oh I might add this tho... can you ask a site admin to move your thread in the DIY section of the site. One thing you got completely wrong from the start is placing this in the general section. Well not exactly 'completely wrong' mate, you know what I mean. This site could do with more DYI like yours any day.

Again, awesome work

thanks and oops.. sorry guys. how do i contact the moderator... ? other then posting i don't know much about maneuvering around forums... which is sad since i live on them lol

[compinsating]

hey guys, i finally got a friends car out of my man cave so i was able to move the porsche to it. since it was out in the light i thought I'd get some better pics.

I'm pretty much waiting for the weather to break so i can make my molds. its just to cold to do it yet.

also have a question i was hoping someone could answer. are the 5 speed base manual axle shafts interchangeable with the 6 speed boxster s trans. ? meaning if i swap in the 6 speed will i need to get the axles from the boxster s as well?

thanks

[stelan]

That is looking good buddy!

[compinsating]

sorry guys its been a while. been busy and weather wasn't to good for fiberglass. i put some gel coat on the rear bumper today. its not much but its headway next week i should be able to get quite a bit done. i'll update

[compinsating]

been awhile, in the process of moving... and having a new man cave built so this should get going faster in about a month.

so yesterday i popped the molds for the rear bumper... love it it came out perfect!!!! captured the detail just right. i still have to clean them up and make my parts out of them, then i can attach them to the bumper and get the rear quarter molds made up.

[compinsating]

making bumper parts tonight pretty happy with how the molds came out. didnt take much clean up to have them ready to make the parts.

once these pumper parts are made and put on i can finish up the quarter panels and make those parts.... then paint... then engine swap... ya I'll be driving it in about 3 years lol

[compinsating]

gel coat on, tonight fiberglass!!!

[compinsating]

Well i don't think to many are paying attention to this thread but I'll update it anyway

so I started fitting the front bumper I bought last year... not such a good fit. I need to trim the rubber air dams(about to where my finger is pointing to in the pic below) and either cut the lower lip of the aluminum bumper or trim the bumper bringing the mesh forward... not sure which way I'm going to go yet. also need to really bend the sides inward to get them to there mounting location. not to impressed with fitment.

plan on putting in the middle radiator while I'm at since the bumper is off so i have enough cooling for the motor swap.

finally bonded one of the rear side bumper parts I made to the rear bumper. Second side should be done tonight. Then I'll start making the molds for the rear quarter panels. pics below

On a side note.. went to the porsche dealer in birmingham to convince my wife we need a new 911... succeeded lol should be pulling the trigger at the end of summer :dance:

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by compinsating

Well i don't think to many are paying attention to this thread but I'll update it anyway

Trust me bud, we are ALL watching this coming together. Its not because you don't get a whole lot of comments that ppl do not pay attention.

Ppl obviously prefer to comment on the final result, so when you'll be done prepare to be huge. Good crowd here

Personally, I'm actually subscribed to your thread

ps. Luck with the new garage built btw. I'm just in the process of putting a little shop together myself. Been busy setting-up High Speed CNC machining centers and rigging the shop pretty much all of winter. Still quite busy but happy to help you out if you need anything machined (from aluminum up to titanium) or if you need something engineered for your kits do let me know (fred at gtcollection dot com)

[Smallblock454]

I'm watching your updates.

BTW: good idea to have a Spiderman with striped socks always protecting you from the background.

Regards, Markus

[Bfan]

Great thread

[compinsating]

well thanks guys... i'm feeling the love

spider man is everywhere around my house... i mean everywhere lol its sometimes hard to have conversations around my house cuz sometimes we call spider man by his secret name instead of "spiderman" and mommy and i get in trouble lolol he is such an awesome little guy. just turned 6 and already thinks he can take on the world. we just had a garage sell and he sat through the whole thing in 90 degree weather with a spidy suit on greeting everyone and making them all laugh with his comments lol

anyway lol nine8six... thank you for that. and i will need some cnc work on some things soon so i'll will take you up on that offer.

smallblock454 thanks, an audience adds to motivation

thank you Bfan. its going to get a lot better. now that we are in our new house(so love the new house) things are going to really start speeding up. as soon as the body is done... the motor starts oh ya its gonna be sick

[itsnotanova]

I'm watching too. Don't get discouraged, threads quickly get pushed to the bottom in the general discussion section.

[compinsating]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

I'm watching too. Don't get discouraged, threads quickly get pushed to the bottom in the general discussion section.

cool.

so if anyone has a center rad for sale i'm interested. i can get one from ebay for about a $100 with free shipping so if someone wants to make a few bucks I'll support this site over ebay

[madmodz]

Originally Posted by jb92563

Very cool.

Would love to hear about the process of how to go about making the molds, templates and patterns. How is the duplicate for the other side of the car made.

Any tricks and tips of the DIY methods.

What materials you use to do the shaping and how to make the finished product.

Please do document the process with pics of your progress.

Did you make that black bumper cover yourself?

madmechanics dot com is a great site for custom fiberglass cars and molds. Someone there is making a 911 kit for the boxster. It actually looks really really good.

[madmodz]

Originally Posted by compinsating

sorry guys its been a while. been busy and weather wasn't to good for fiberglass. i put some gel coat on the rear bumper today. its not much but its headway next week i should be able to get quite a bit done. i'll update

What car is that in the rear? Are you member of madmechanics?