Time for Some Body Upgrades by Purplxd

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Working on replacing the front fenders, so removed the front bumper, inner fender liners, etc, etc and finished the driver's side fender. Wow, do they suck to change... Now that I know where are the mounts are and how to get to them I'm assuming the other side will go much smoother.

I'll post some pics once I get the fenders changed and do some initial mounting of the front bumper.

11-23-2011

Got the front fenders changed and the front bumper mounted for the initial mounting.

Expecting the side skirts by the end of the month and I'll be installing those, cutting the holes in the quarter panels for the intake ducts, and doing final fit and finish tasks before my painter comes to see the car.

I need to modify the rear decklid to clear my supercharger, etc so I don't see this getting painted until early 2012 and of course hopefully before Spring!

12-20-2011

It's going good. Couple more things sent out yesterday from Precision and I'm hoping for my side skirts shortly after the holidays.

I'm looking into wrapping the car as well since I'm getting close to $4k quotes for paint. I may wrap it myself.

Yes, myself. Before everyone goes crazy, I'm not new to cars and such silly things so a roll of wrap and a few weekends for about $600-800 sounds ok to me.

Thinking matte white. We'll see...

9-2-2012

Been on pause with this project as I've been pretty swamped with my MBA studies, work, etc, etc...

Anyways, it was home renos this weekend or get some work on the car done. I chose the latter and went after the Turbo scoops.

I know someone that wrecks exotics and he had a 997 Turbo that was wrecked beyond belief. Anyways, he took out the internal polyurethane ducts in the rear quarters and I cut them to fit inside my quarters so that when you look inside the duct/rear quarter, it looks more factory when you look inside the duct versus just viewing the interior of the rear panels.

Next I'm going to go after the new rocker panel installation then get it outside to do a much needed wash and clean out the garage.  

I have matte navy blue metallic vinyl showing up at the end of the month. It was on backorder as it it a new color from Oracal. Should look good as it will match the door jams, etc