05-01-2008, 09:47 AM
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Just a quick update since I'll be posting finished photos hopefully next week. The car is at a body shop now for paint and installation of the side skirts. The Gemballa rear bumper is done and the GT3 front bumper fit just fine. Those are in for paint too. So, in all I'll have new front and rear bumpers, side skirts, and humps hopefully painted and installed by early next week. I'm pretty excited.
Here's a pic of the different body parts rough finished.
The stock front bumper with my new Litronic headlights.
The HKS CAMP and Knock Link install, previously requested:
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05-01-2008, 09:52 AM
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Thanks for the pictures, I think the rear bumper is going to look great!!
Keep us posted.
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05-03-2008, 10:48 AM
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That is going to be one bad ass looking boxster..Please keep up the pics! 
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05-03-2008, 01:33 PM
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Sweet bumper
Hey Kirk,
I think your boxster looks amazing mate. I am excited to see the final product when you have the rear bumper installed. Thats going to be a very unique, one of a kind boxster. Nice job!
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05-03-2008, 02:19 PM
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Kirk let's see some pics! 
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05-05-2008, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by blinkwatt
Kirk let's see some pics! |
I've got to be a little patient... The body shop was going to install the side skirts and paint everything last week, but they didn't make much progress. They're targeting having it complete by this Wednesday so that I can have the car all ready on Friday for a trip to the coast. I'll hopefully get some good pics there (Northern California coast and Red Woods). We'll see if I really get the car back in time. 
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05-03-2008, 05:31 PM
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way cool man, but please tell me that hood is getting painted too
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05-05-2008, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by djomlas
way cool man, but please tell me that hood is getting painted too
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Hahaha... are you kidding me? No way man. In fact I'm getting more carbon fiber for the car. I've ordered the Kokeln ram air ducts in carbon fiber too. No word on when those are shipping though. Oh you're just gonna hate it. Just wait until you see the clear LED tail lights, clear LED third brake light, and chrome license plate cover! I know there are going to be a lot of haters, but it's the look that I like....
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05-05-2008, 10:04 PM
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05-06-2008, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by blinkwatt
Have you thought about picking up carbon fiber mirrors and the carbon fiber rear spoiler that are on eBay?
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I'm personally not real keen on that particular wing on eBay. I like the Fiberwerks Daytona wing, and yes they'll make me one in carbon fiber. I'm waiting to decide on that later though. I'd like to see what the car looks like without a wing first. I think the lines of the Boxster a pretty nice in the rear without a wing...
Eventually I'll probably get the CF mirror housings - when money permits, but then that's it for CF goodies - hood, side vents, mirrors, and maybe rear wing. I'm staying away from putting any CF in the interior as I know that can very quickly expand and turn into a $3,000 investment just to make the car look pretty inside.
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05-06-2008, 08:55 AM
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I'm a big fan of Gemballa, but you might be on the verge of needing some of this.
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05-13-2008, 09:02 PM
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My body parts are painted and going on the car this weekend. Some other "issues" came up at the body shop though. It looks like they did a lil' whoopsie and accidentally sprayed part of a fender that wasn't supposed to be sprayed. I'll be on the phone with the owner tomorrow. Meanwhile, here are a couple pics of the finished parts. They still need to be wet sanded and buffed by the body shop once installed on the car and the paint has fully cured/hardened.
996 MK1 GT3 front bumper
Gemballa GT rear bumper
Adjustable diffuser panel for rear bumper
My humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps
Stupid paint mistake, new paint is on the bottom, OEM paint on top. Whoops...
BTW, Thumper you are absolutely right. Just wait until you see the clear LED tail lights - TOTALLY RICE. I saw that when Z-Art first introduced them here the reaction was very negative. I'm sure I'll get the same response. 
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