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[Tahoe968]

http://sfbay.craigsl...4415903166.html

[Cloud9...68]

Oh, my eyes! That thing is hideously ugly. No wonder he's offering $3500 for someone to haul it away

[Bulti]

My god, some people and good taste just don't mix...

[flash]

while i would love the idea of a flying buttress rear on this car, that is not the way i would have done it. they needed to go down with the window farther forward, and not have what looks like 8" of panel before it did.

[JTP]

I would love to see what a Design 1 Racing deck lid would look like.

[ds968]

About as ugly as it gets, which is a surprising considering that the Stosek rocker panels ( gravel guards / skirts ? ) or whatever those things are called look very well suited to the 968 . IMO. Many years ago I wanted to buy just those but only the entire kit was available.

Edited by ds968, 13 April 2014 - 02:00 PM.

[ryker]

Yeah Flash, let's see your design for a deck lid! I really do not mind the glass but it does let in a lot of heat in the summer.

I really like these rocker panels that Strosek made. So much smoother and more integrated than those damn rubber gaskets and slapped on panels.

[Grandpa#3]

Different strokes for different folks or one man's trash is another's treasure, just plan ole poor taste IMHO.

Cheers,
Larry

[flash]

if i were to do it, it would look a LOT like the del sol

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[ryker]

I meant to attach this photo. I want to be clear that I DO NOT like the rocker panels in the $3500 add. I like the panels on this car.

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[Rap]

I agree, those look great!

[flash]

they look better in pictures than they do in person. love the idea, but the duct is a bit weird, and they stick out quite a bit along the door edge

[ds968]

i like the ducts

[ryker]

I would probably look good even without the ducts.

[ds968]

I would probably look good even without the ducts.

"YOU" have ducts ?! I hesitate to ask where they are

[Rap]

Who thinks you don't look good?

[flash]

lol - on the subject of the ducts, i like the idea of functional brake ducts there (not sure if those are or not. the ones on their yellow car were not), but i don't think the teardrop shape works with the lines of the car. i think it should be a larger and more rectangular opening.

[ryker]

Oops, "It"!

[968Syncro]

My taste on the 968 is more oriented to a powerful and elegant GT car, almost like a Q-ship sleeper. Odd rocker panels and goofy panels won't improve the looks. They certainly won't help performance unless somebody is really racing at over 120 MPH -- few of us really do that, so there are no needed geegaws on the body. Porsche does a great job on aerodynamics in the first place -- most fiberglass bits will only degrade sound engineering (except the D1R splitter of course). The Del-Sol looks like a blend between a 914 and a 924 -- both are very good cars, but I can't say I recall the Del Sol merges them very well.

Number one for all of us (admittedly starting with me) for improving the car should be suspension; I got some yellow Konis without doing the homework for proper suspension -- would certainly have adopted something like Flash's formula if I had thought more about it.

The other number one ..... probably not applicable to most forum members. The time-tested advice on how to make your car faster --- go to performance driving school. Skip the screwy panels and exhaust tips from pep-boys, study a bit of physics and engineering -- which will go a long way to understanding how to operate a machine.

[Cloud9...68]

Agreed - personally, I think all of Strosek's stuff for the 968 looks tacky and just plain ugly.