GPReyes

my first post on here for the 997 forum...

porsche fanatic here from manila... have some posts on the 986, 993, and cayenne forums...

just wanna share my latest project

carrera s 997.1





bone stock 997 s





fabricated bumpers with drls





wrapped in light grey





fabricated ducktail





led tails with new porsche emblem








fuchs look wheels and painted calipers











white racing stripes for my own personal touch





#251 with big sibling pan 4s

GPReyes

I know I may get some violent reactions from the purists saying it's not a real sportclassic...well I just really love the look and wanted something different... and I'm pretty happy with it... 3 months of work...makes me smile everytime I see it.. moreso getting behind the wheel. =)

96redLT4

I think it looks great too! How much do you figure you spent on the visual mods?
Jim

GPReyes

thank you...

it was pretty difficut to do the ducktail from scratch and the bumpers to fit flush

the rims on ebay were less than 2k

the wrap was probably a little more than 2k

the kit was about 3k...

GPReyes

led tails and drl fogs off ebay ..i forget how much

street rod

Well done. I might have left off the stripe but overall really nice.

GPReyes

thank you...wanted the sportclassic look but didnt wanna go with the same stripes so i went with white...

the grey is pretty light so the white stripes allow the grey color to come out a little bit more.

next project is gonna be a 964 that I will backdate semi singer style...

mk3boy

looks good!!! i aproove

PVKPorsche

Welcome and very very nice....outstanding transformation, car looks incredible.

Chaos

Very nice

Hella-Buggin'

I think it looks great. The only problem I can think of is the brake caliper color change. By changing the color to yellow you are misrepresenting them as pccb ceramic brakes. I totally support any custom changes to ones car as long as they aren't trying to be something it's not.

Just my 2 cents.

Psymon

Very very nicely done. "fabricated bumpers" means you had them specially made for your project? If so, I would have taken the opportunity to convert to .2 lights too.

I've just completed (DIY) wrapping the interior trims, and I'm now seriously considering wrapping the whole exterior as well. How did the wrapping come up for the Ducktail? Can you post / pm me some close up pics and may be also showing where the "joins" are?

Thanks in advance and congrats again on the projects!

LexVan

FYI

Yellow painted calipers were a factory option as far back as the 993. Long before PCCBs.

Sent from my iPhone using Rennlist

LexVan

Option code was XRF for yellow calipers on the 993.

Sent from my iPhone using Rennlist

GPReyes

as mentioned by the lexvan..brake calipers in yellow were an option ...

my 1996 993 carrera has yellow calipers....

not trying to be ceramic at all..in fact I think ceramic brakes suck haha...

I just think the yellow color fits my new car color more than red.