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Old 04-11-2007, 09:29 AM
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Very nice to see the progress, great job!
Old 04-11-2007, 09:35 AM
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Damm If I had the *all's Id try that myself
I would be proud as hell I always wantted to do something like that but the body work scared me away. By the way Love the homemade paint booth with the wallmart fans very creative
Old 04-11-2007, 09:43 AM
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Man that is nice. I can't help but think of all the hours it would take me to do this. What are you going to do with the headlights????
Old 04-11-2007, 09:54 AM
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Yeeehaw! NICE!

So how will you register that car for events? Color _______

white, not blue, no wait not white, no its blue, no...
Old 04-11-2007, 09:54 AM
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Sweet lookin shark indeed! Very unique look. Love the way that blue pops too! You'd definitely have the cops here wantin to take a closer look too!
Old 04-11-2007, 10:03 AM
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Cars looks great mark ,

But now we have an infestation of harbour Sharks in the racing forum
Old 04-11-2007, 10:03 AM
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Great work. I really like the finished paint job, but it looked really cool in the flat black/grey also. Tremendous skill.
Old 04-11-2007, 10:27 AM
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Almost looks too good to track! Excellent Job.
Old 04-11-2007, 10:35 AM
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Hi Mark,

That is very impressive, i've been thinking about racing my 928 myself, but i can see that i'm not going to go "all out" with my 928 like you have, though you have done an exellent job of transforming it, sofar that i can only be envious of you.

My bodymods mainly consist of "weight improvements" = Cf hood, Cf spoiler, RMB, soon to come ClubSport-Style seats etc (and a few engine mods of course).

Personally i would like to keep the sunroof and maybe install a cf sunroof like "DrNick" (anyone know where he got his cf sunroof ?)

I would be nice if there was a CF or plastic/composite roof awailible for the 928 dont you think (Where can i get one )

Again, you are to be praised for the superior work done to your car.


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Old 04-11-2007, 11:08 AM
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that looks great! well done! I actually like the look of the black turbo twists on your car! I normally really dont like them, but strangely enough I think they look fantastic on your 928.
Old 04-11-2007, 11:29 AM
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Thanks so much, everyone. Like I said in the racing forum, it really means a lot after all of the work I have done. I know I built it for myself, but at least other people like it!

Constantine,
I didn't gut the inner doors, as I couldn't think of a clean way to do it, and I had already built my cage before I decided to trash the windows. That would probably have saved me only like what...5 pounds? Oh well, hindsight is 20/20. The rear hatch glass will be lexan, but the windshield and quarter windows are just stock glass. I didn't want to bother with lexan on the quarter windows to save a few pounds.

The headlights have formed plastic covers that I got from Ken. I'll be putting those on later.
Old 04-11-2007, 11:34 AM
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mark, that really looks sweet! makes me want to have mine resprayed, im jealous
Old 04-11-2007, 12:13 PM
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Have you painted many cars in the past?? Surely that beauitul job is`nt your first!
Old 04-11-2007, 12:22 PM
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That first fender nudge is gonna hurt...emotionally!!
Old 04-11-2007, 02:00 PM
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Remarkable! That's one heck of a good looking car right there. If you bring it to SITM, you're goona attrack a lot of attention!

BTW, 51 days until SITM!


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