$$ continues to pour into my Turbo post Bilstein and Cargraphic exhaust, now that I am assured she's a keeper for many years and the love has deepened into obsession .

Kidding aside, having replaced the wheels and that trapezoidal exhaust tip, the one last weakness of the Turbo exterior design remains that front spoiler in my opinion. It is thin and therefore "weak" looking. I have lusted after the Techart lip on eclou's car for a long, long, long time but couldn't justify the horrendous $2400. When I saw one on ebay for a much more reasonable 800, well...

 

Pre TechArt "body part":

 

Your car looks absolutley fantastic! Is this a reproduction lip?

 

Drool.......

How was the fitment on that T/A piece? Some of their stuff requires a good bit of pre-paint fitment adjustment.

 

cannga,

Also did you install some under lip protection?

 

I like this...

 

Jesus! How wide are your back tires? I love your vehicle.
Check out my thread
http://forums.evolutionm.net/other-c...rs-4-sale.html

 

much better looking especially you have painted side skirt. Show us some details with the skid plates!

 

Thanks guys for the nice comments. Actually I am a little shocked that some sharp-eye member has detected my very thin skid plate!

The lip is a TechArt Front Spoiler Type I. Couldn't justify the new price, but, following eclou's footsteps, I looked on ebay and finally found one cheap. It had some blemish -- a small amount of spilled epoxy that sanded right off. I snapped it up at 800 or so.

The fit and finish are absolutely amazing. I was afraid of the quality but it looks and feels and fits like a Porsche stock piece. I did not watch the installation but it was quick and I wasn't told of any problem.

Ok the skid plate. It's done by one of the sponsors here: Mike of RSS/Stuttgart Performance http://www.stuttgartperformance.com
It's ABS plastic that was cut using a custom made pattern that Stuttgart had created for this particular TechArt lip (Gotboost was the first customer.). It's about 1 inch across, 2-3 feet long per side, about 1/4 inch thick (Mike & Mike, feel free to jump in and correct me if I am wrong.) and it runs along the edge of the spoiler. After the initial cut using a water saw, the ABS leading border was chamferred and attached onto the spoiler with counter-sunk rivets.
Please note that on my 10mm lowered car, the TechArt lip scrapes perhaps a little less than the stock lip because of the way it's shaped. I went into such heroic measures for the skid plate because one, Stuttgart already has a pre-made pattern, and two, the Techart spoiler is freaking $2400 when new.

I actually have not looked underneath either but will post picture if anyone wants to see the skid plate close up.

 

Can -The Techart pieces are stunning and so well made. The upgrade looks fantastic on the red car . Have you considered going the full monte the complere Type 1 ?

 

your car looks absolutely amazing...I must say I didn't think a lip spoiler would make that much of a difference, but it does, it looks fantastic

 

+1 looks incomplete, needs type1 side skirts and rear

 

I would rip that off in a week

 

Thanks for the info Can.

 

Looks great Can. Now it's time for the GT2 sides and the Techart Rear Diffuser. Those skid plates work wonders...