hacker-pschorr

How about spending $7 for a single nylock nut just so you have the original yellow insert?

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=187003

pcar928fan

STUPID! I can't wait to own a Ferrari some day so I can spend STUPID money on STUPID parts too!

I want a 360 Spider or California personally...

dprantl

That's borderline retarded

Dan
'91 928GT S/C 475hp/460lb.ft

Black Sea RD

I unfortunately understand this afflication...

blown 87

I understand it, I just do not have it.

toofast928

I passed "original" years ago.

danglerb

Porsche **** would be paying whatever it costs to put aluminum ball joints on an early car.

Black Sea RD

I have it, just fight against it in the interest of keeping sane and knowing that some parts are NLA and impossible to duplicate like the original parts.

There is a cottage industry that caters to this mentality where new fasteners are coated to look like the original fasteners, paint formulas are made to replicate the exact finishes through the car, wiring harnesses are made to look like the original, etc.

There are some allowances made by most with this disease for upgrading parts to a safer or better part as long as they look original or can't be seen when looking.

Marine Blue

Well I will admit that I won't replace a cad plated nut/bolt with something that isn't cad plated or equivalent appearance. I've gone as far as to have recent parts purchased from Porsche plated after the fact since they no longer offer certain nuts bolts with cad plating.

I wouldn't fret over the color of a nylock unless the plastic they use is specific for heat/chemical resistance.

Gtaebr

More of this will be coming as the "collector" market is shifting towards "originality" as evidenced at the recent major auctions where original paint and parts is increasingly gaining $$ over respray/enhanced.

The restomod/tribute car phenom seems to have caused this swing back, as times are tough paying good money for a non matching cobbled together eBay sticker enhanced car is making less sense.

In a way this is good, gets more nla parts remade, but of course the greedy often appear.

I remember when really shiny brake lines were in vogue on the show circuit. I spent hours polishing mine with toothpaste as the judges gave an extra point over having plated lines. Thankfully I am in a 1 step recovery program from that disease. (I actually drive the car!)

linderpat

Well, my old ones (just replaced) are for sale if anyone is crazy enough to want them!

jeff spahn

Will they fit on my '90? I think that would be a great idea! Make the car lighter!

karl ruiter

I can have this disease, but someone cut the top off my '79. So at this point I figure it it pretty much open season.

DanielD

I do understand the desire but I have trained myself to overcome...

jayc67

They would throw me out of the meetings I guess. I'm more than happy to replace things with new and better and just drive the sh&t out of the car.

Guess I'm not doing it right.

ETA: But I will add this. I probably would not buy a 928 that was not as original as I could verify it to be. If there are modifications to be made I want to be the one to do them and make sure they are done correctly. So I guess I'm killing my resale value, but since I'm not gonna sell it.......