I am looking at buying a 911 turbo. With the purchase of a new house and certain investing options im doing, i cannot afford a 997 especially a GT2.
Here is a car currently for sale:

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

What is the general opinion out there?
Was this a very nicely done project? or is this a lame attempt at posing?
Would any of you consider it? or would you go with something more like this for a similar price?

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

 

Dont think Wicked has the best reputation around here .. but the pics surely do look nice.

They forgot about the sunroof though.

 

WTF is a 2003 Porsche 911 Turbo 4 Coupe ?

 

Everything in that car...which is really nothing but an 03 996TT with a whole bunch of "GT2 look alike" parts...only serves to drive the price up far beyond what you could find an 03 996 TT even in an X50 for much less. I didn't bother to count the number of "looks like a GT2" descriptors in there....but you're paying a lot of money for a look alike GT2. In this case, function follows form rather than the other way around.

 

Can't see the detail, but it looks pretty nice!

That's a 40-45K car though... so are the panels worth the extra cost? Beauty is in the eye....

Does it have 997 Turbo style wider rear fenders? Looks like it...

 

If you're into the name more than the car, than wicked makes the car for you.

 

The Wicked car LOOKS amazing, but they use cars that have been wrecked and "rebuild" them, so it most likely carries a salvage title and was a wrecked car. That could lead to bad allignments or worse! So, for that reason I'd be very weary. Now, if it was a theft car that was rebuilt, then I might not have that big of reservations about it. It certainly looks nice, but it depends on what you want to do, if you'd like to mod the heck out of the car, then the Wicked car (assuming everything's straigth on it) may be a better platform because you wont feel weird taking out the K16 turbos, whereas you may not want to do that to the K24's, but if you wanted to mod the existing turbos, then the K24's are your better choice for power gains. If the Wicked car is the one that you're more interested in, then you better have a VERY thorough PPI done and find out the story behind the car. But as is, I'd prefer the TurboS. More power, newer, less mileage and no stories. But I do think the Wicked car looks are hard to beat. In this economy, you could probably talk them down to the mid 50's, but be VERY weary. Find the VIN and do a carfax to find out if it's even a car you want to mess with.

 

For $65K you could get an '04 TT - maybe even an S. 95% of the people in the world have no idea of the difference between a GT3, GT3, Turbo or C4S - If you've got $65K in your pocket, buy the best turbo you can and you'll never regret it.

And as someone mentioned - everthing coming out of Wicked has a salvage title

 

That car looks great. But if I was interested this is what I would do

1. Verify that it is indeed a 996 turbo and not a carrera 4 WB converted to turbo look and turbo engine.

2. If it is indeed a 996Turbo, then I would look to see if the history of the car involves crash and salvage, hence the reason why the whole body was changed.

3. if al was in order and the car has not been crashed and it is a turbo, then if you like the body upgrade go for it. That work would cost probably the difference in price between a regular turbo and a full body kit.

but I would remove the GT2 badges and install turbo badges since I don't like faking it

 

for the same money...option 2, WITHOUT a doubt.

If your gonna spend that kind of loot, get a real car...my .02

 

I did not see that one, I think it comes down to what he wants. If he likes the new look, then the bodied car will be good. I would take option 2 as well if those are the only choices. However, I don't consider an S car worth it if you will heavily mod it, since you are taking away it's upgrade and nullifying everything

 

No, I agree, but if he spends 70K on a car, 5 minutes after he buys it, that "S" will be worth more than the regular 03 turbo with new clothes...

If he like the look of the new car, BUY A NEW CAR!!!

 

especially considering that I am seeing 997tt's go fairly cheap these days

 

This quote would make the decision for me:

"... Removed the factory rear 996 Turbo Quarter Panels and install Brand New Factory OEM 997 GT2 Quarter Panels. This phase takes a lot of Structural customization and fabrication and take 5-6 weeks alone. "

Without stating anything about Wicked's skills relative to other shops, there is not a single tuner in the world that has the R&D budget to properly engineer a complete package that drives like a factory turbo. If you're buying the car to drive 30mph down whatever the cruising street is in your home town, this doesn't matter. If you plan on driving that car over 80mph, I would seriously reconsider.

 

Well, 80 mph is about 4 times faster than you can go in NY, right?