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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 08:56 PM
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996 to 997 Front Conversion Project (using original parts)
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Porsche Carrera 997 front conversion. GT2m Wing, Gt3 side skirts, 997 turbo front bumper, 997 headlights, fenders, hood. Turbo wheels. This project took a long time to finish but ended up looking amazing!






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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 10:17 PM
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Sounds expensive.
 
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 10:48 PM
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Now that is a project--WOW!!!
 
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 01:35 AM
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Sounds expensive.
and alot of work...great job...
 
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Originally Posted by turbo_secret
We put on the 996 turbo rear bumper which fit well, all we had to do was drill 2 holes in different spot.
Did you have to modify the turbo rear bumper to fit your NB?
 
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ultraman206
Did you have to modify the turbo rear bumper to fit your NB?
We had to drill 2 different holes for the bolts and the exhaust mufflers have to be cut and rewelded because the carrera ones are off by about 5 inches. But we didn't do any modification to the bumper itself.
 
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Sweet dude! more pictures please!
 
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We had to drill 2 different holes for the bolts and the exhaust mufflers have to be cut and rewelded because the carrera ones are off by about 5 inches. But we didn't do any modification to the bumper itself.
hmm... from everything I've read says it needs to be cut since it the turbo/C4S bumpers are wider. I hear it needs to be trim either at the wheel wells or cut somewhere down the middle? Would love to know how you guys did this without cutting the bumper and see more pics of the fitment. Heck, I am semi-local and wouldn't mind the drive down to portland if this can be done... how much do you guys charge to do this mod?
 
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997 headlights require rewire or connectors the same?

Otherwise, it looks like it's coming along well. Great job so far.
 
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ultraman206
hmm... from everything I've read says it needs to be cut since it the turbo/C4S bumpers are wider. I hear it needs to be trim either at the wheel wells or cut somewhere down the middle? Would love to know how you guys did this without cutting the bumper and see more pics of the fitment. Heck, I am semi-local and wouldn't mind the drive down to portland if this can be done... how much do you guys charge to do this mod?
yes the bumper is a little bit wider but we pushed it in perfectly and it fit.
 
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997 headlights require rewire or connectors the same?

Otherwise, it looks like it's coming along well. Great job so far.
yes we had to buy the 997 headlight wiring harness which cost $300 =(
just got to install it now
 
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yes the bumper is a little bit wider but we pushed it in perfectly and it fit.
why was the bumper wider? as far as i know the front end is the same width on all 997 cars....???? correct me if im wrong
 
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sorry i didnt read that you were talking about the rear..... i was looking at the pic of the front and it looks like it doesnt fit?
 
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Wow - nice project! Looking good so far.
 
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sorry i didnt read that you were talking about the rear..... i was looking at the pic of the front and it looks like it doesnt fit?
We are not finished yet, we still got a lot to do. We are still moving a lot of parts around and trying to close all gaps and angel all the parts right. Maybe in couple of weeks we will finish it
 
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