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Old 05-11-2019, 10:21 PM
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Today my stripes finally arrived from Highgatehouse in the UK. It took about 10 days to receive them and just two days to be produced.

The reason I ordered from them was that their hood stripes are not the normal "R" style stripes, but a design inspired by the side stripe of the Carrera T. Same Agate Gray color as the side stripe, and the same cut-out section as well.

The only problem I encountered (and we knew this may happen) was that my T has the Sports Design spoiler, and apparently Highgatehouse could not locate a single 991.2 with that spoiler in London that they could measure. In any case, I sent them pictures and measurements, but the shape of the mini-ducktail is hard to capture in pictures.

Fortunately, my son who is a professional designer, was able to re-design the piece that goes on the spoiler, and after making a pattern, we cut the sticker to the new shape and it looks perfect.

Here are some pictures of the installation process and the final product.

I really, really love how the T looks with these stripes!


This box arrived today with the stripes:




Testing the fit before installing:





Creating a template for the Sports Design spoiler:





Cutting the parts that needed adjustment to fit the spoiler:








And this is how it looks now:











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Old 05-11-2019, 10:24 PM
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Looks great
Old 05-11-2019, 11:53 PM
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Yowza! That looks great Alex!
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Very Cool
Old 05-12-2019, 12:04 AM
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Nice, and I see you have a custom hood crest as well...purists be damned.
Old 05-12-2019, 01:10 AM
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Leave up to Alex to perform neurosurgery using car stickers!
Looks incredible man!
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Old 05-12-2019, 08:55 AM
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That looks terrific! Good job with the customization.
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Not a stripe person... But, that looks so perfect on your car. Well done.
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Old 05-12-2019, 10:26 AM
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Very classy !
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Very nice indeed, enjoy!
Old 05-12-2019, 11:06 AM
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Looks amazing. May consider doing same on our white T
Old 05-12-2019, 01:18 PM
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Looks great - very tasteful!
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love it
Old 05-12-2019, 02:55 PM
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Great result, Alex, with your usual legendary attention to detail.
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Been thinking about a stripe for my car as well-something to spice up a pretty sedate color. Nice job!


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