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Nice. Time to smoke those side markers.

Maybe it is the photo or the WA lens but they look like they are out too far - even the fronts - did you put spacers on them?

Maybe once you get it lowered it will come together.

Man, your exhaust tip is gleaming - how'd you do that?

Looks great. Need to lower it and change the side markers now.

BTW the first mod is the beginning of a slippery slope.

Thanks for the comments fellas...

My detail guy charges me $70 bucks for a basic wash/wax... when he wash/clay/wash/polish/wax/wax the car, its about $300 bucks.

Regarding the exhaust tips, he uses some kind of mild acid (its commercial made for wheel cleaning) then uses some kind of polishing compound on a cloth that he rubs over it as you might polish a boot.

Here's a couple pics I sent Eli, I was waiting for the sun to go down for some better lighting shots...

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BTW, the rims were installed as is... no spacers at all.... just ran out to the garage to check, the top of tire in the middle in both front and rear seem to extend out past the fender maybe about 1/4 of an inch... but you're correct about lowering it, that would be the icing on the cake.

I've got a GT3 wing coming from Precision Porsche now... Hopefully have it painted and installed in the next couple weeks... then I'd like to lower it like Tom from Champion said.. they've got a spring kit that will lower it 1.2" inches :)

In my other post, the guy in Blairsville, GA (30 min down the road) opened a new import service shop, his wife's a patient of mine... he's got a couple broken teeth, etc... and he's open to bartering :) Sounds like I might be getting the car lowered in barter to me :) Unfortunately, he's not set up to paint any time soon...

I was thinking of painting my calipers Guard's Red, but after seeing the wheels on the car, I'm going to leave them stock... I want to keep with the stealth theme as much as possible, smoked front side markers are a given... don't know how far I want to take this regarding smoking the rear tail lights... I've got a "911" badge that's matte black, I was going to paint it red, but now decided to replace the silver Carrera letters with the 911 numbers and will leave it black... STEALTHY. :)

so what sort of spacers did you use - in that last pic, they seem to be way out there, front and rear.

looks great in black - and yes, swap the markers ASAP

Those rims have, in all probability, the wrong offset. The OP should check that and correct if necessary.

"wrong" offset? havent you guys heard of Hellaflush, or aggressive fitment at all? wait for the drop, they should look more at home.

anyway, beautiful setup man! cant wait to see it after springs, wing, smoked markers etc... and believe us there will be an "etc..." haha.

Aggressive fitment? If this is strictly a show car that will never be driven spiritedly, maybe. If not, watch out...

^^ya never know man, could just be his DD that he doesnt want the sunken battleship look on. doesnt have to be a show car to run an aggressive wheel offset. just sayin its not necessarily wrong to have that style.

From the second picture of the second set the OP posted it doesn't look like the rears are sticking out at all. If they are its barely any, but you can't tell about the fronts with the wheels at that angle. Even if they were sticking out a tad the OP could have run a little bit more negative camber and then I'm sure it would look fine. I don't usually like black wheels, but these look great with the black paint/tint.

Mark,

I will send u clears if u want........:D I am now lowered...chk this...u need it LOL

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Jim

looks very aggressive

Like I said, no spacers... they do stick out just a "tad", I estimate a 1/4" or less, might actually be flush.... I'll have to take a piece of cardboard or a cookie sheet to compare to be sure...

I told Eli what I had, and this is what he recommended, they really do look good... wait til she's dropped, then it will be perfect.

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Thanks Jim, how much do you want for your clears?

And this is strictly a DD, all of 8 miles round trip per day... no plans to track, ever. This car, I'm hoping, is just to get me by on a 3-4 year window (5 at the most) until I can get into a Turbo S.