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Old 02-10-2020, 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by P-daddy
I checked this out at the above website. It says Letter Height: 4.2” (21cm). Isn’t 4”~10cm?
Hence my post #38
Old 02-10-2020, 03:42 PM
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Kaferlab just upped their price to $199. I found them at https://www.johnnylawmotors.com/cata...tal-letter-kit for $149.95 & a 20% coupon popped up, so I got them for $119.96.
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Old 02-10-2020, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by gavonder
Kaferlab just upped their price to $199. I found them at https://www.johnnylawmotors.com/cata...tal-letter-kit for $149.95 & a 20% coupon popped up, so I got them for $119.96.
Thanks a bunch Gavonder! Thought I was imagining things when I saw the $199 price when I could've sworn it was lower when I first checked. Suspect they got a spike in demand due to this thread.
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These threads make me feel so......inadequate
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Originally Posted by Bigwood
These threads make me feel so......inadequate
Inadequate?.....Bigwood?
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Old 02-18-2020, 09:15 AM
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Porsche letters installed.



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Old 02-18-2020, 11:36 AM
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Wow, nice work!! They look a lot better mounted on a wall- Lets see a shot of the workbench!
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Meenrod, how did you attach the letters to the wall?
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sign from my first Porsche dealer
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Originally Posted by NC TRACKRAT
Meenrod, how did you attach the letters to the wall?
I drew a level line with pencil on the wall.

The letters are 8" wide, so the spaces between them need to be 8" too for the correct P O R S C H E spacing.

I nailed 2 small nails every 8 inches, one for each corner of the letter, and simply hung the letters on the two nails.

Finally, I ran a bead of clear silicone on the top edge of the letter where it can't be seen to secure them.

Took about 20 mins all in.
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Old 02-18-2020, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Coleman
Wow, nice work!! They look a lot better mounted on a wall- Lets see a shot of the workbench!
Thank you. Workbench is okay... needs tarting up a bit!


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Old 02-19-2020, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by RudyP
I really like my big aluminum Porsche letters and large emblem.

a car for every occasion. Nice collection. Congratulations.
please Challenge Grill that 355.


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Meenrod thanks for starting this thread and thanks to Coleman, NC Trackrat and Gavonder for the ideas and sourcing on the letters. While I liked the look of the raw metal, I took it just a step further and decided to paint the tops red but leaving the sides in their raw metal state. Then I made mounted them using cabinet magnets to a 1ft x 6 ft gray shelf from Home Depot. Overall I'm pretty happy how it turned out.



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Looks nice.
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something for us all to drool over ..............










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