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Old 03-05-2011, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Arone997tt
You buy plastic one from sun coast 4 I think it was $60...mine is carbon fiber from rss it was $700
Not even. $30. No brainer.

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Ed, have you taken the car out since you got it back? How is it?
 
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Originally Posted by Arone997tt
Ed, have you taken the car out since you got it back? How is it?
I actually just got my car back yesterday. It's been in and out of the shop for various things. EVOMS has been great in getting things resolved. Mixed in a 5 gal pail of MS109 and took it out briefly today. Errrr......it's face-melting
I swear I'll get 60-130 times soon.....
 
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Went and did it finally... love the results. Got a CF wrapped one from ROTTEC.

Thanks guys!

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Originally Posted by ScottKelly911
The GT3 Bumper is completely different than the TT bumper, they're just buying the center piece and having it installed. But the important thing is getting a VERY good shop to do it because since there's no pre-installed provisions for it, it needs to be measured and cut VERY carefully as not to be crooked, or offset a tad to one side or have too much or too little of a gap between the grill and the hood. Not as easy as it would seem at first, if you want it done right. I saw pix of someones car that had it set way too low and it just looked weird. You couldn't tell why it looked off, but something didn't look right about it. Then I saw the close up pix and it told the story.
Ah, no wonder the ones above looked a bit unnatural (sorry guys). I then saw DrVolkl's that looked good, and compared them to actual GT3s. The GT3s's vents butt right up to the hood.
 
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Old 09-09-2011, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by spf4000
Ah, no wonder the ones above looked a bit unnatural (sorry guys). I then saw DrVolkl's that looked good, and compared them to actual GT3s. The GT3s's vents butt right up to the hood.
The guy who installed mine had a GT3 for reference... We even tried to make in functional using GT3 parts from Porsche, but it's just too different up front to make it work without doing some more major modifications. So for now, mine is just cosmetic... probably shouldn't be messing too much with that stuff anyhow.
 
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Very Nice!
 
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Very nice indeed!!!!!
 
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I like the look very much as well.
 
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Originally Posted by DrVolkl
Went and did it finally... love the results. Got a CF wrapped one from ROTTEC.

Thanks guys!


What wheels are those?!
 
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i ve installed it in carbon fiber...It looks nice...it was a DIY job,with care not to destroy the bumper...
 
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there is no need to remove the bumper for that...I also installed some more CF parts...
 
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Originally Posted by Acmw
What wheels are those?!
360 Forged Spec 5's... CF centers (wrap or whatever?) with bassalt black barrels.

I did the GT3 vent in matte CF as well, matches my wing, side skirts, rear diffuser and hood badge.
 
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Originally Posted by DrVolkl
360 Forged Spec 5's... CF centers (wrap or whatever?) with bassalt black barrels.

I did the GT3 vent in matte CF as well, matches my wing, side skirts, rear diffuser and hood badge.

Nice!!!!!!!! if you ever sell them PM me ive been looking for a used set for a while.
 
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Do you mind if I ask what tool you used to cut the bumper?
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