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  • My Glorified VW Beetle

    If you were following my other thread about my B5 S4 Avant, you know that I decided to abandon that project and move onto something else.

    Long story short, there was A LOT of work I wanted to do to that car (body work, paint, shaved bay, built engine, etc.), but I realized I just don't have the time or place to have that involved of a project at this point in my life. And I'm not the kind of person who could just say "well, I guess I'll just enjoy the car the way it is for now". I would never be happy with it unless it was the way I had envisioned it and would **** it if I just drove it as-is. So, I did what had to be done and sold it to someone else who will give it the love and time it deserves.

    Goodbye Avant.



    And HELLO new car.





    It's a 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. It looks purple-ish in those pics, but it's Arctic Silver with a black leather/suede interior.

    I got a pretty killer deal on it and it came with a few mods:

    - JIC coilovers
    - Fister exhaust
    - B&M short shifter w/ EVOMS billet shift linkage upgrade
    - Adjustable sway bar end links

    The first thing I did to the car was adjust the coilovers lower and get it aligned because Porsches like to destroy rear tires.



    Then I ordered GT3 muffler bypass pipes from Fabspeed. These eliminate the mufflers (shaving 50 pounds off the ass of the car) so the exhaust will now go headers -> cats -> tips.

    I also yanked the (useless) rear seats to make room for a cage.

    Finally, I ordered a set of 19x9.5/19x12 TMBs from Rotiform.

    Here is a quick Photoshop to give you an idea of how it should look:



    More updates soon.
    -Darrick

    Frankenbike Build Thread
    Another Frankenbike Build

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  • #2
    Like the new car (old car to)

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    • #3
      dayum!

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      • #4
        that's a nice winter beater

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Yogi_Bear View Post
          that's a nice winter beater
          This is the real beater/daily:



          Just lowered with some spare suspension parts I had laying around from my Audis at the moment, but will doing coilovers sometime soon to get it down where it belongs.
          -Darrick

          Frankenbike Build Thread
          Another Frankenbike Build

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            • #7
              Looks good cant wait to see more progress, Old car looked good to btw!

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              • #8
                both cars are amazing!
                513 inc.

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                • #9
                  Can't wait to see it on rotiforms.

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                  • #10
                    I **** 996's and silver paint...but looks like you are going to do it justice. Loved the avant

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                    • #11
                      Love the new car, cant wait to see how it looks

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                      • #12
                        Car is going to look real good! Your first pic makes me miss Washington so bad

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                        • #13
                          that's a nice winter beater

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                          • #14
                            mother of God...

                            cant wait to see the new babe with the new shoes...

                            flickr

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                            • #15
                              I can't wait to see it finished.

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