Oreganet, that looks soooo sexy now! I like it very much! Great Job!
Are you including the rear wing at some point too?

 

thanks a lot oreganet

 

Thanks! I've not made up my mind about the rear wing yet.

My inclination right now is to leave it as it is and add the ROW M030 suspension. That way I get to keep the mechanical wing (which IMHO is one of the coolest features on the car) and have it remain stable at high speed. We'll see how it drives over the next few months.

The taco wing seems a little showy for my liking. The Carrera Cup or GT2 wing might work, but to be honest I've not seen those anywhere apart from aftermarket versions. I also need to actually see some of these wings in person, rather than photos.

... I have a 1:18 Autoart model Carrera Cup (in white) sitting on my home office desk - I might take the leap and do that wing at some point in the future.

 

Good luck finding a kit you like... I think you'll be happy if you were to go with the cup kit. It's OEM and made of tough flexible plastic, not fiberglass. I look forward to seeing what you decide.

The comment about matching silver color is correct and applies with most metallic colors. My white color is an easy one to match, as it's a solid color. Metallics are tough, as it all depends upon getting the paint sprayed in the same direction and having the metal flake orientation right. My understanding is that it's harder to do, but Eric will be able to give a more authoritative opinion/

 

tooo cool oreganet....you know speaking about our rear spoiler... i was driving next a a 993 don't know what year.... could be a 95-98 model... but when he gets going around 30 mph, his rear spolier pops up and when he slows down, it goes down...... my understanding was that it doesn't go up until 75 mph does it not? and if not, how do i do that for our 99? i know the lever next to the clutch will pop it up, but can we have it engaged at about 30 mph as well?

 

About how much would it cost to paint the full aero kit.

Porsche smile. I do know that it does go up at 75 and then down if your speed drops below fifty. And as you said the switch can override that so its always up.

 

I cannot answer your question about the price for painting a full aero kit, but Dayton at DPS, or Eric at Bumperplugs could give you an idea.

The price Dayton charged for painting my partial kit was very reasonable and significantly less than getting a dealer to do it.

As for the 993, I always assumed the activation speed was the same as a 996.

 

Car looks great oreganet!

 

One option would have been to remove the center (3rd) radiator plugg on the front bumper and install the 3rd radiator while you were at it................................................

 

Looks great, i remember white was my first choice but then i came across speed yellow.

 

White or Yellow would be my first choices in my next car - both are awesome colors.



As for the 3rd radiator. I thought about it, but really couldn't justify it when the cost/benefit analysis was done.

 

But the cost/benefit analysis worked out OK for?.... the Porsche?.... the bumper?.... the skirts? What the hell, it's only MONEY!

 

Okay, with regard to the aero kit - the cost/benefit analysis went along the lines of, "I like it, it makes the car look better, and I can do it for less than $3K, it will make a nice christmas present, so I'll do it."

With the radiators it goes along the lines of, "I don't think I need it, it won't give me more umph under the conditions that I use the car, therefore it is wasted money that will not give me extra enjoyment."

Maybe that makes more sense.

 

Oh, so what your REALLY saying is you didn't use the cost/bebefit analysis.... you actually used the "want/need" reasoning, where WANT almost always out weighs the need! I'm OK with that reasoning!

 

It looks great. I need to do this too.