Not to be the fly in the ointment, but is it going to pass ITV? I know they were going to start plugging into the OBD port on cars at some point. Most of the new ITV employees can't tell a stock car from a modified one unless it's a Leon.:barf:

Well i plan on leaving the stock cats inplace, but I dont have to take my cars to itv center. I would think emmisions shoukd be ok, and the fvd muffler looks stock. With the fvd tune you can put it back to stock. At some point I may have to put it all back. But my indie mechanic suggested a tune. I think mostly need to worry about emissions and noise.

This post got me thinking 🤔
Ordered some to cut up 😀

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I've got the ring too big. I think it needs to be more like the PhotoShop. http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1531352051.jpg
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JB, I went through all your steps. Trimmed the bezels down very carefully and step by step.
I came to the conclusion, that a "wider" trim does not work with the original design. So I ended up with the best possible solution, which somehow is related to the angle of the lenses.
My trims are causing split reactions, half of the people dislike them...but they usually dislike anything non-stock...and the other half likes them.
In your case, I would go back to option #1. I would like to see, what half the width all around would look like.


P.S.: Sadly, I am just too creative to like any ready-to-go solutions or keep anything stock.
Drive it stock or put your personality stamp on it, I still believe that this is what PORSCHEs are built for. What ever floats your boat...what makes yourself happy counts, and only that.

Btw...a rug in the garage, now that is a statement, pretty cool :cheers:

LOL that's what happens when your wife orders new rugs and don't have a truck to hall it off. My car doesn't leak so I vacuum it and it's softer on my bones than the cement.
I'm working on the thinned edges now. I'm more prepared this time 😀
Here's a pic. The silver wrap is what I'm trimming to, not the marker.
Going well so far.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1531413187.jpg

It will look good in the end, and you'll find the perfect width, I am confident. :cheers:

I guess you won't need your fog light :D
I used car wrap foil just like u did, but as soon as I had to cut the fog lights, I ended up taking more and more away (lookwise), until I took it all off again. :D

It's not easy 😐 I see how that could happen. Here's where I am at the moment. I've not figured out how I'm gonna get the other side to match.

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Hey Bran look ��

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some parts came in today...project "Good Wood" is slowly nearing its completion…
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Final design of the grey centerpiece is depending on the Subwoofer Project...:rolleyes:
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Project illumination of the center vents and batwing (amber) is on its way...

waiting for my emblem glue...i might try to wrap the super round bumper, will give it an extrem long rear impression
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oh boy. does my fake vent stick out now :D

I had to check it out...round surfaces are a pain to wrap, but possible with a high end foil, even for me. I like it, it stays. :cheers:
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Looks great, gives it a finished look!

I gotta say that does look good. My question is where do you find the time to do all these wonderful things? Between you and JBauer its like you have a different project every day!

I'm retired and have nothing else to do 😐 but I could think of worse things 😉

Wow you must have nerves of steel. I couldn't do it. Looks great 👌

Actually pretty busy with work atm (employed), and ESPECIALLY then I try take my regular time outs and tinker a bit to de-stress. Super important, I know what I am talking about. I was lucky that I survived last year.
@ JB: Took me a whole hour to do that tiny bit. Luckily it was very warm, so I could stretched the foil without using a hair dryer. It has tiny imperfections, but my whole car has tiny imperfections...which probably no one will ever notice, lol.
Concerning projects, well...ask JB...he was waiting quite often for me to progress with my projects.
Mostly I start my project parallel (when I do have the mind set/creative phase), and then they are being finished one after the other. I release the photos often shortly after each other, so it does look like they are coming out of a production line (I wish). All in all I would say...for 18 years ownership...all could have been done easily within a year...and i am still not finished.

:cheers: thx guys

Yes I get some of my better ideas on your threads. I dont think Ill ever get "done" 🙂

interior wrapping...i need to figure out how to do 90° wrapping without wrinkles and then I am good to go and finalize it. UNLIMITED COLOR possibilities :cheers:
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...and I need to try water/hydrotransfer dipping, because I want my Boxster emblem in burl wood ON that wrapped space, that is the plan.
And while finalizing, I will take the chance to include indirect amber Illumination.
The pic is just a test for fitment...it will be invisible pushed in way back.
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Although I love my chrome exhaust tip, it will be replaced sooner or later by the "salt shaker" PSE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IngcKSq1ouw
It is obviously designed to fit the preFL rear cover perfectly

what did I get myself into again? Another project?
I guess so, opportunity was knocking on eBay :rolleyes:
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2 cocoa brown door cards, in good condition...although they smell a little musty atm (manageable I think).
I am pretty sure, that the door cards are made out of 2 pieces each...upper leather...lower carpet.

Keeping them in one piece, started Project "recover & preserve".

:cheers:
No hurry with that project.

OPERATION "COCOA" is in full swing...
in the meantime, these arrived…
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...from srpracing.com
Custom made from an old design (the stripes resemble the gauges' orange, perfect) . Heel ;-) 'n' toe is much easier now :D

WIP

Sweet !!!

Where did you get this set?

Just wonderin'..............

TO

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and another try to catch the nowa tail light module in action :D
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Operation "cocoa"...
more stuff is coming in...
and being upgraded where ever possible (sacrilege :D)
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the courtesy lights:
With the new door cards, i would like to make them work WITHOUT installing complete new harnesses.
Does anyone have an idea, where to attach the new wires possibly? Or do I have to run them all the way up front to the door connector (which would suck)?

(marone brown) real alcantara on rubber grommet :confused:...forget regular spray glue, it does not work. I used 1k-PU-glue...it bonds just everything.
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End of October, 11°C and the TOP is still down.
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Gear indicator is FINALLY integrated (cover in the making) where the mic usually would sit. Still needs to be programmed though...but I made it work.
The trick was...magnetic holders... and a little wire to make it move out of the way, when I need to access the torx behind it.
That took quite some brains to figure out a workable and sturdy solution. Dremel still is your best friend here.
And yes, the orange 7 is photoshopped (future project). TAG HEUER like logo and a silver circle (356 like) will find their way in that design, too.
The plan is to create UV resistent stencil stickers instead of a new gauge face. Want to keep it simple.
Oh and btw., my Cocoa brown SE Dashboard cover is finally in place.

Very intersting. Would it be legal in the US to move the indicator light in the headlamp? For example if you replace the sidelight with the indicator light? So in other words replace the sidelight function with the indicator light? Than you could make the whole indicator light and headlampwasherarea also red.

You woukd need to add turn signals somewhere. Probably lower them into the bumper.
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or incorporate them into the cover like this 👇 http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1540731243.jpg

Yeah! That is exactly what i thought of.

Don't the US cars have parking lights in the main front head lamps like the EU cars? If you rewire them to be the indicator lights and put orange bulbs in, that could be the solution (if this would be allowed where you live).

Or maybe the parking lights could be rewired to be parking lights when the indicator is off and be indicator lights when the indicator is on.

If your talking about the side marker lamps, they do not flash and in the US you can't use them as turn signals even if they did. The LED turn light hook right up to the factory turn signal with this:

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This is something I'm playing around with. Mesh turn signal covers. Just laying on headlight in primer on a old faded amber headlight but you can get the idea.

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BRAN, I just found this thread and spent an hour reading it from beginning to end. Wow, I seriously love everything you have done with your car. You and JBauer have done excellent work. Thanks for taking the time to do all this, and posting it for us to enjoy.

I would love to see some shots of how your car looks now. I went through the whole thread and there are some great pictures, but I want to see your best picture! A picture that belongs on the cover of a magazine? Why, because your car is that beautiful. Have you ever taken it to some shows? I have no doubt it would win.

Thanks again

Ah, OK, so the sidemarkers are no indicators in the US. Over here in Germany they are indicators only. Is it allowed to use them as sidemarkers and indicators the same time in the US?

Not sure about the law but if you could make them flash I doubt it woukd be a problem.

I like it, looks better than the red painted but I would have to see it on the car

:cheers: Thank you! It still is not finished...will it ever be? Hopefully I will be able to do that in 2019, or 2020 before it turns 20. :D
But there are always new plans popping-up on the to-do list...:cheers:
...e.g. like those (photoshop)
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Merry Christmas and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!