The Official 6SpeedOnline 997 Owners Picture Thread!
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Thanks for the interest and the compliments. We actually had it custom painted, and yes, it is a pink pearl. Knowing we would be doing this going in, I limited my search to a Black on Black car, but it also had to have all the other options my wife wanted - full leather, bose, and a bunch of others. With the black on black car, inherently dark areas, like the engine bay and front trunk around the black plastic trim pieces, would look fine without having to completely gut the car. When you open the engine lid, you expect some darkness and dirt so the black in there doesn't stand out against the pink - it just kind of disappears, whereas with say a white car you would see a definite difference between the pink and white colors.
I personally stripped it down as far as I could to save paying a body shop to do that and also to make sure it all went back together properly. We did the Turbo Decklid, front & rear Vorsteiner bumpers and some Macassar wood interior trim pieces (not that they have anything to do with the paint). I removed the bumpers, primary door panels, door handles, door seals, mirrors, front trunk trim, door sill trim (inner & outer) headlights, taillights, etc. so all of those areas were painted the pink pearl color. The body shop went a bit further and actually removed the doors and sunroof from the car - we were pretty lucky to find a guy that was as meticulous and into the project as we were, and wanted the end result to be was as perfect as possible. So the car looks great and like it was as close to a PTS as you could get without actually ordering it from Porsche this way.
The process was actually pretty interesting. The light pink pearl effect is actually created by laying down an almost "pepto bismal" pink base coat over the primer and then top-coating it with multiple coats of pearl until the desired shade of pink is achieved. Before we dropped off the car, the body shop created sample panels for us with different #s of pearl top-coats so we could look at them inside, outside, on the angles of the car, etc to decide what was just the right combination. I think we ended up settling on either 2 or 3 coats of pearl to achieve that look. It's a little difficult to see in some photos, but in person it's stunning as the color changes depending on the lighting. Oddly, in the garage it looks more metallic and a lighter pink, but outside in bright sun it looks more pink, but less shimmery, and there are also variances as to whether it's sunny or cloudy - it's really quite stunning and my wife loves it. People are always whipping out their phones to take photos in traffic or when it's parked somewhere
Posted here are a few additional photos and here's a link to a Shutterfly share site that has a bunch more.
http://pinkporschec2s.shutterfly.com/
I personally stripped it down as far as I could to save paying a body shop to do that and also to make sure it all went back together properly. We did the Turbo Decklid, front & rear Vorsteiner bumpers and some Macassar wood interior trim pieces (not that they have anything to do with the paint). I removed the bumpers, primary door panels, door handles, door seals, mirrors, front trunk trim, door sill trim (inner & outer) headlights, taillights, etc. so all of those areas were painted the pink pearl color. The body shop went a bit further and actually removed the doors and sunroof from the car - we were pretty lucky to find a guy that was as meticulous and into the project as we were, and wanted the end result to be was as perfect as possible. So the car looks great and like it was as close to a PTS as you could get without actually ordering it from Porsche this way.
The process was actually pretty interesting. The light pink pearl effect is actually created by laying down an almost "pepto bismal" pink base coat over the primer and then top-coating it with multiple coats of pearl until the desired shade of pink is achieved. Before we dropped off the car, the body shop created sample panels for us with different #s of pearl top-coats so we could look at them inside, outside, on the angles of the car, etc to decide what was just the right combination. I think we ended up settling on either 2 or 3 coats of pearl to achieve that look. It's a little difficult to see in some photos, but in person it's stunning as the color changes depending on the lighting. Oddly, in the garage it looks more metallic and a lighter pink, but outside in bright sun it looks more pink, but less shimmery, and there are also variances as to whether it's sunny or cloudy - it's really quite stunning and my wife loves it. People are always whipping out their phones to take photos in traffic or when it's parked somewhere
Posted here are a few additional photos and here's a link to a Shutterfly share site that has a bunch more.
http://pinkporschec2s.shutterfly.com/
Wow, it's even cool than I thought. Your wife must have been so stoked! I was looking at the smaller photos and they didn't read as pink, but when you blow 'em up they sure do. Looks great! Thanks for posting the extra photos!
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MRPANTHER, we put a complete rear decklid with functioning hydraulics from a TT on my wife's 997.1 C2S. If you want to go this route, you have to change out the OEM airbox for either a K&N intake or an EVOMS intake to allow room at the sides of the engine compartment for the hydraulics to fit when the decklid is closed. Here are a few pics.
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Love this car, she's my first Porsche. Recently took her on a 4,100 mile road trip out to CA to see family, then up to Sacramento, Monterey, back down the coast (AMAZING drive) and then back to Texas. A few pics from the trip:
Driving down PCH...
The Intercontinental Clement Hotel, Monterey, CA
"C'mon, guys, I wasn't going THAT fast..."
"Was I?"
The best part of owning a Porsche (besides driving it)? The new friends it helps you make...
Driving down PCH...
The Intercontinental Clement Hotel, Monterey, CA
"C'mon, guys, I wasn't going THAT fast..."
"Was I?"
The best part of owning a Porsche (besides driving it)? The new friends it helps you make...
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MRPANTHER, we put a complete rear decklid with functioning hydraulics from a TT on my wife's 997.1 C2S. If you want to go this route, you have to change out the OEM airbox for either a K&N intake or an EVOMS intake to allow room at the sides of the engine compartment for the hydraulics to fit when the decklid is closed. Here are a few pics.
Gorgeous car! Were there any other modifications to the body or deck lid? Also, how long have you had the Spyder LED's? I'm curious about the long term durability of aftermarket LED's.
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Thanks. It has Vorsteiner Front & Rear Fiberglass bumpers on it, custom exhaust tips, and GT3 wheels, front and rear LEDSs, but other than that, it's stock. I've actually swapped the Spyder LEDs for some Dectanes just because we liked the looks better, but we ran the Spyders for 6 months without issue.