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Are you thinking you'll return the tiles for another color? Looking at your stereo setup I was thinking just white/light grey would have a Porsche Racing vibe and would look killer with your setup & the red Porsche logo.
Originally Posted by peterp
Even a dark blue (while not being anywhere close to Gulf blue) might look nice against the orange versus the current Tealish color (not that there's anything wrong with Teal @Dr_Strangelove). The orange is such a strong color, something like dark blue would make it blend better into that environment in my opinion.
Originally Posted by peterp
Additionally, adding a simple stained wood border (maybe 4" or so) all the way around the acoustic tiles would be very simple and inexpensive to do and it would make the tile blend in with the room and equipment cabinet much more. The Porsche logo sign is very cool and kind of screams for some stained wood to go with it to my eye.
I'm open to all suggestions. My S/O thinks the colors are gaudy and even though it's *my* man-cave, in the interest of domestic harmony, I have to consider her opinion too.
Originally Posted by peterp
To the OP: What amps are those?
Cambridge Audio 851W. It looks like this particular model is discontinued but here are the specs anyway: 851W
Originally Posted by wdb
Well you could have put some nice 33-1/3 LPs in there too.
I'm open to all suggestions. My S/O thinks the colors are gaudy and even though it's *my* man-cave, in the interest of domestic harmony, I have to consider her opinion too.
You just need one of those huge boulders you roll in front of the man cave entrance to keep her out
One thing you could do that might have some WAF (wife acceptance factor) is to build a wood frame around both the Porsche letters and badge, using a lighter shade as background and a much darker stain as the surrounding frame. I did this on a much smaller scale to build a vintage looking "Hot Wheels" sign for my son. I used flamed maple in the center and dark select pine to build the outside frame. All done with a $15 Stanley miter box hand saw, wood glue, and some clamps. Both my son and wife loved it. Flame maple fit the Hot Wheels theme, but would probably be too gaudy (and ridiculously expensive) in the size needed for yours -- just stained Birch plywood would look great.
I haven’t posted in a few days. Went to California to pick “The Dark knight” 03 turbo. I had a blast driving it back 1700 miles. Yes California stunk $7.09 91 octane fuel, got cheap brand 91 octane. Anyway went thru the mountains canyons etc, cool 😎 experience. I also found out the the car has bigger turbos and intercoolers. Yes like i really mind, the owner was super nice. I got about $7k worth of performance parts, a Car cover and a porsche battery tender. Anyway here are some pics for you guys, now I wake up in the morning looking at these in my driveway. Currently simmering some meat sauce for spaghetti. My life is going to be more complicated now, ie do I drive the “silver surfer “ or the “dark knight “ i need to get a Harvey two face coin to make those decisions now. Yippee cayee Mthfcker free bd as? Performance parts. In the middle of the dessert in Cali. Headers and airbox traveling with me. Proper introduction to the car, epic stop at “Hooters “ in Tucson Arizona. In addition to a few IPAs, I had to have my general wings, Morning inspiration driveway picture. Simmering spaghetti meat sauce a leopard never losses his marks. The garage looks like a performance shop,
Congrats on the car. Very nice. That airbox is useless, at best it's equal to stock but ruins MAF's. The stock airbox is good for 750-800 HP. Inspect the headers carefully. Bits of weld coming off can trash a turbo in an instant. Most headers are also trash, worse than stock. Shinyness doesn't make them good. Most aftermarket intercoolers are also worse than stock. The best bet for intercoolers is the 997 GT2 RS intercooler @ about a grand a pair. They're better than everything else until you get into the $8k range.
Congrats on the car. Very nice. That airbox is useless, at best it's equal to stock but ruins MAF's. The stock airbox is good for 750-800 HP. Inspect the headers carefully. Bits of weld coming off can trash a turbo in an instant. Most headers are also trash, worse than stock. Shinyness doesn't make them good. Most aftermarket intercoolers are also worse than stock. The best bet for intercoolers is the 997 GT2 RS intercooler @ about a grand a pair. They're better than everything else until you get into the $8k range.
I’ll need to post a picture of the exhaust they look awesome. I’ll stay away from the agency power airbox. The headers look like awesome quality but they don’t have any markings on them, I believe the inter coolers are agency power. In the end I’ll put a tune in it , I want something reliable and consistent. Any suggestions on a tune,?
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Do I drive the voluptuos *** ie Jeniffer Lopez, or do I take the small stay in Shape but solid “Jeniffer garner”. These are questions that “Batman” ie Ben Affleck had to answer in his life. I’m happy with either one, it’s awesome when we have choices. 😂
Last edited by 3/98 911 coupe; 06-09-2022 at 12:53 PM.
I haven’t posted in a few days. Went to California to pick “The Dark knight” 03 turbo. I had a blast driving it back 1700 miles. Yes California stunk $7.09 91 octane fuel, got cheap brand 91 octane. Anyway went thru the mountains canyons etc, cool 😎 experience. I also found out the the car has bigger turbos and intercoolers. Yes like i really mind, the owner was super nice. I got about $7k worth of performance parts, a Car cover and a porsche battery tender. Anyway here are some pics for you guys, now I wake up in the morning looking at these in my driveway. Currently simmering some meat sauce for spaghetti. My life is going to be more complicated now, ie do I drive the “silver surfer “ or the “dark knight “ i need to get a Harvey two face coin to make those decisions now.
Proper introduction to the car, epic stop at “Hooters “ in Tucson Arizona. In addition to a few IPAs, I had to have my general wings,
Nice trip! That chicken wings from hooters got us craving!
Unfortunately, I did not. I know those jet engines produce thousands of pounds of thrust per engine but still hard to imagine how that thing goes up. It does kind of look fake because it seems to move....well not that fast! It was parked on the side of the airfield. I imagine it will bring back some sort of supplies back to Ukraine.
06-06-2022, 08:53 PM
). The orange is such a strong color, something like dark blue would make it blend better into that environment in my opinion.
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