Baltic Blue 964 C4 - Grey Black

[Lemass]

Just thought i would share my recent part restoration.
the day i got it, last july


First mods



Lowered it 40mm on design tek springs (coilovers will follow)


Then i saw this

and got a photoshop done


Got a US rear bumper section


got some new wheels Veloce 3.6


Then the fun beagn




prepped and restonechipped the underside, then painted in Porsche grey black

[Lemass]

then got started on the exterior



Rolled the arches


Primer



Wet on wet (sealer)



painted





993 handles


Wheels done in body colour


Had the dash top retrimmed in alcantara along with the roof lining, centre consol and door card tops, and got a bargain of a Momo wheel on ebay


Complete for its first outing to wilton house

[Lemass]

Sun pics:





Not so sunny pics:

[AndyWoodall]

Christ. I want.

Is this a hobby or a job? Where did you have it done if not by yourself?

Edit; ignore that last question, seen the link in your profile.

Do you do many restoration projects such as this rather than repairs? Although I don't plan on restoring any Porsches any time soon, my 'never selling it' Lupo GTI is really tatty in places and once it stops being my every day car this year I plan on having some work done like this.

Edited by AndyWoodall on Thursday 16th August 15:05

[Lemass]

Cheers andy
Yeah did everything myself, or my prepper did it, the retrimming was outsourced though.
We do quite alot of restorations yes, doing a mk1 golf and a 205 rallye at the minute

[Blue62]

Fantastic post, would love to know how and who, sort of project I would love to undertake one day. More details please.

[dibblecorse]

Nice, really like that, not sure I could have resisted the temptation to put a cheeky duck tail on it .....

Looks great though .....

[FunkySon]

Well I never. That's my old car - always wondered what happened to it. Nice to see it still going.

Bought it off Paragon in 1997 and part ex'd it 2 years later for the turbo that I still have.

Duncan

[Lemass]

Really :! that is random
I bought it last july from a guy in Yorkshire, still have the original invoice from when it was new.
Porsche west drayton, i think.
Do you have any old photos?

[marky911]

Lovely car!

I've watched it develop with interest, over on 911uk.com

Really nice job!

[911god]

Great transformation looks stunning

[FunkySon]

Probably got one or two I think. Pre-digital era though so not easily to hand.

Originally had the registration PLH1 if I remember it correctly.

[Lemass]

would be good to see if you could scan them in etc
think there is something about that in the history, ill have a dig through tonight

[LeighB]

That looks the dogs doodaa's, really nice job.

I can't beleive how different that shade of grey looks with the sun on it compared to less sunshine.

[anonymous-user]

I'm really liking the grey paint job. What size wheels are those BTW? I know it's all personal preference, but I find clear indicators look a bit wrong on older cars. Like a vain attempt at updating the look of something that was cooler in its original form. I think it would look even better with orange lenses and would add a splash of colour against the grey.

[Junior Bianno]

STOP - do not drive anywhere! The bolts holding your 3-piece wheels together are missing!

(I guess they are Veloces so you'll probably survive - are they removed so the wheels could be refurbed?)

That car looks awesome Lemass - love it.


...by the way, is it possible to have a 964 thread without someone bringing up clear indicators. It's sooooo boring.

[Carl_Docklands]

Very nice.

Also looks similar to Agate Grey in that the colour turns brown under strong sunlight.

[Lemass]

They are 18" Veloce
The bolts were removed for the refurb and I left them out for the wheels to be sealed. They are just plastic studs.
Oh and not a fan of orange indicators. May smoke these ones but deffo not orange

[OlberJ]

That looks cracking. Did you re-do the wheel centres darker in the last few pics?

[David Hype]

Stunning, a great chioce of exterior colour too.

Question, were you tempted to change the interior colour and spec. to a more `race focussed look` too match?