Can You Tell What Model This Is?
There was a car show going on at Jerudong Park last weekend. The social media were flooded with pictures for that two day events. Can you tell what model this is? It is a Porsche but looks can be deceiving. If you are a Porschephile you will know this is not the 911 (997.2). The roof line will give away a big hint what hide underneath the body. This lady and gentleman is the Porsche Cayman S. Yeap, a Cayman S with a full cosmetic makeover to mimic the 911(997.2). The kit installed in this Cayman is one very expensive kit. 13,000 depend on where you purchase online. Price is not inclusive of shipping and local tax. 20,000 to have it fully imported to Brunei. And yes those are genuine Porsche front and rear lamps(not included in the kit price)! I came across this kit several years ago while I was searching for a kit for my Boxster S. This kit was one of the best kit to have come out for Boxster/Cayman. The kit require most body panel to be replaced. Some section will require drilling and attachment on the original Cayman panels. This wheels is aftermarket TECHART Formula III wheels. You can choose different front bumper to suit your taste. Here are the link 1. If you have the balls you can even convert your Boxster to the Porsche 918 Spyder! I am quite stoked to see one of this kit in Brunei! The last time I saw a Porsche with full body make over was a genuine Yellow Porsche TECHart 996 Turbo S. That car was really a sight to behold. Hopefully I can see this Cayman on road soon or even meet the owner. I am really interested to know the progress of this car from the beginning to the end. I give this car a big two thumbs up.
Still some swirls visible. M105/Solo Burgundy Wool Pad on the left. Much better results. Some RIDS still visible but most swirls removed. The results were quite evident the following morning. The two test areas were noticeably whiter than the surroundings. Decided to start near the test area and work my way around the car. A picture of the rear fender just behind and ahead of the test spot. More orange peel on the RHS door. RHS door panel. Notice the blurred reflection on the left. Halfway correcting with M105. Can start to see the smoothness and reflection coming through. Front RHS fender did not have orange peel but was severely swirled. The top of the fender had swirls and some very deep scratches caused by the owners dogs. Swirls removed but the scratches were too deep as they went through the paint. On with the LHS of the car. The LHS front fender had some strange bubbling in the paint.
If you look closely you can see the paint thinning out on the tops of the bubbles. Decided to stop wetsanding this panel. Was later informed by the owners son that this panel had been repainted some time ago and that he suspected the bubbles were caused by improper preparation of the panel before painting. The worst orange peel on the entire car was on the LHS door panel. Decided to do a 50/50 with this panel. Repeated the wetsanding and compounding. After spending a considerable amount of time on that one panel, moved on to the rear LHS fender. The plastic rear reflector with the Porsche wording was also faded. Corrected on the left, original on the right. Some pictures of the engine. The black thing on top is the intercooler for the turbo. The older 911's were air cooled and that's the fan used to cool the engine.
Didn't do any detailing to the engine bay as the detail was taking much longer than expected and I was running out of time. After compounding with M105, the entire car was finished with M80/W8007/Rotary followed by NXT 2.0/W9006/ROB and UQD. Turned the car around to take some sunlight pictures of the other side. The orange peel was still evident in this section as there was a limit to how much I could wetsand and correct around the stickers. But the lower panel turned out quite well. The section under the rear spoiler has a Porsche badge on the rubber portion and the words 'Porsche' stamped into the metal just below. The owner was kind enough to let me drive the car around the neighborhood for some final shots. When the owner came to collect the car he offered to give me a ride on a highway nearby. That's still some impressive power from a car built in 1982. He even let me drive it on the way back which made this detail all worth it. After all the time spent on the car, I was almost sorry to see it go. This was all that what was left behind on the garage floor. Many thanks for looking. As always, your comments and feedback are most welcome.