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Old 11-12-2005 | 12:04 AM
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Any news on a conversion for the 997 C4s rear hips???

I saw a new 997 C4S yestersay and it is so sexy. The hips are close to the 993 C4s, even has stone guards.

I know that it must be extremely expensive, but I was just wondering if I could change the rear panels on my existing '02 C4 cab to look like the new 997 C4s???
 
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I will suggest just get the 997C4S. It will be too much work and $$ to do it.
 
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I will suggest just get the 997C4S. It will be too much work and $$ to do it.
Or a 993
 
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Old 11-12-2005 | 09:13 AM
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why bother doing the 997 conversion. there are aftermarket widebody conversions available for the 996. check out eric's or the guy from iforged's (can't remember the name) car. there is a third one on here that is white, but i can't remember his screen name either. a search for widebody under 996 would probably net the pics. i think the iforged demo car was overall 4" wider than a TT. you should have seen the offset on the rear wheels. talk about lips. i think they were 6" or 8".
 
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Old 11-12-2005 | 09:24 AM
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here's a link to 1317 wholesale's car:
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...light=widebody

rwdrift and don relentless also have done this. searching in the 996 forum for widebody brought all sorts of stuff up.


 
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Yep, the conversions are available. Dog is right though, better to go with an existing 996 widebody setup. We can do them!
 
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Old 11-14-2005 | 07:17 AM
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Marc is in St. Pete, FL. He runs the Motorsports Dept at Bert Smith Porsche.

He just did my SC. They do nice work there and have a good bodyshop/paint guy.
 
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Just get a 996 C4S or a 997C4S, the aftermarket kits all look cobbled, add 500# of bondo IMO, and drag down the resale $ big time.
 

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Does the white car look "cobbled" together? RWdrift's car was featured in a magazine and was at SEMA. Eric's car looks sweet as well. I wouldn't recommend that dorky thing RUF does with the bolt on fenders, but the kits I've seen look factory.
 
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Sorry man, I don't think any of 'em look good, JMO.
 
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