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Old 06-10-2012, 07:53 PM
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2012 991 Body Conversion for 997.1

Fellas, I am skeptical about this and need opinions... I heard nightmares about fiberglass body kits and just returned my fiberglass replica Tech art front bumper; for a lack there of perfect quality..

$25k for the 991 update?

I once saw a really beautiful 996 wicked kit to the upgraded 997.2 look and really inspected it to see it was flawless.

http://www.wickedmotorworks.com/part...p?partid=10179
 
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If you are about to do this conversion, wouldnt u wait for the 991 turbo parts?
 
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They sell the fronts and rears alone. Im not a fan of fiberglass and I have yet to see pics on a 997- Waiting for the turbo parts make sense but im sure the conversion is a headache'-

Guinea Pig anyone?
 
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No personal experience but have heard many things about these kits....and they're not good. My advice: Move along. Nothing to see here.
 
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Why?????
 
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if youre gonna use glass fibre, then put a clear bra on it - completely eliminates spider cracks which will turn a GF nose to shatzook.

btw, isnt the 991 geometry totally diff? longer wb etc?
 

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That company has **** products. I would steer clear of them. They also try to sell salvaged cars as clean title too...
i have no idea how wicked is still around
 
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not a good move, I mean 25 grand to buy the kit, plus at least 7-10 to place this on your car, you might as well, get a Carrera S they are super fast....
 
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i saw a wicked 996 cab in person.
to say that it looked like **** is being kind.
 
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Any cars with this kit 997.1 to 991 ? Pics of finished cars ?
 
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Also interesting for a 997 to 991 turbo conversion front bumber .
Any news about that?
 
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Horrible product!
 
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Pffff, 25K and that's with core exchange. And your car probably looks weird.
 
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Did you see the prices of their "kit cars"?
For the price you can buy the real thing and mod it to the moon.
Seems like a bad choice to me throwing a bunch of money out the window.
Probably unlikely to resell, only if you take a huge hit.
 
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Horrible idea...
 


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