Porsche Boxster Roll Hoop in an 88 S4 Vert' How-to (In Progress)
11-08-11, 02:44 AM
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Hi,
I have updates for the bar and the tonneau. I will take some more pics and post them this week, as I decided several months ago to change the vert's color to black. That decision took me in different directions as far as priorities and I have now worked my way back into the passenger compartment. The bar is welded into it's final resting place, but I have decided to take it a step further and weld in some side impact bars which I have tied into the Porsche bar using a pipe notcher. I know pictures speak louder than words, so look for some this weekend........
I have updates for the bar and the tonneau. I will take some more pics and post them this week, as I decided several months ago to change the vert's color to black. That decision took me in different directions as far as priorities and I have now worked my way back into the passenger compartment. The bar is welded into it's final resting place, but I have decided to take it a step further and weld in some side impact bars which I have tied into the Porsche bar using a pipe notcher. I know pictures speak louder than words, so look for some this weekend........
11-12-11, 01:10 PM
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SKNKWRKZ Keepup the excellent work Were ALL very proud of you. I originally was going to do that with an Honda S2000 cover. but never followed thru.See Picts;
11-12-11, 01:20 PM
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I originally looked at most of the tounec covers to see the flow of the line of the car heres some others: All you vert guys soak it in and get creative.
12-14-11, 10:55 PM
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Here are a few......more to come this weekend as it's been slow going. I am also trying to finish some work on a Knightsport front bumper I chopped up from an FD and molded into my FC as well as flaring out the front of the fenders to meet it. Lots of Irons in the fire but it's all coming together. Painted the trunk and the engine compartment and am looking at finishing the rest of the paint sometime this month before I put it on the trailer to have a new top put on (not touching that one). Anyway, here are a couple pics of the Tonneau.......The first one is of the two top Porsche pieces molded and fiberglass'd to the bottom piece I made. The 2nd one is borrowed from the car stereo guys by covering it with synthetic fleece and then saturating that with resin. Now, I will 'glass the places that need it, sand it and prep it for primer sealer.
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02-07-12, 08:35 PM
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You are right about the Tonneau as far as storing it at home and It's definitely meant for blue sky days. It was originally a two-piece Porsche Boxster setup that came apart to store, but the base piece that they are molded into necessitated it become one piece. I also have a Porsche Canvas cover that covers the whole cockpit if I am away from the car with the top down that I modified to fit the car (think classic Jaguar cover) and that fits over the Boxster hoops as well. More pics to come of that setup as well.......
02-07-12, 08:50 PM
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02-07-2012 New Roll Hoop Paint Pics
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Floor/Subframe/Side Impact Bars
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Driver Side View
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Rat Rod Spider Web
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Floor Bar2
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Rat Rod Spider Close Up
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Roll Hoop Side View
02-07-12, 08:59 PM
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What gaping hole? If you are referring to the space around the tonneau cover on the back of it, that is all flush with the convertible top by using a truck door rubber seal gasket that isolates the tonneau from the rest of that car and keeps it from getting scratched or chipped. The tonneau, btw, still requires finishing sanding and prepping.
02-07-12, 11:02 PM
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First Off, if you have owned a vert, then you know that all there was there before was a faux raised floor and no rear seats. Besides, the places where you could put those childlike seats in the back will house more useful things like a remote mounted Red Top battery. Second, give it some time as I have the whole interior to put back in with several other BESPOKE pieces for the front and the back. Once the front seats\harnesses are in, as well as the carpet, I am looking at two things......The first would be using the factory supplied wind guard behind the front seats that would swing up and down on hinges that would still let me access the back. The second, would be a Corvette/Saleen "Waterfall type) center piece that would attach to the Roll Hoop that I have drawn up plans previously to fabricate. I know it's hard to vision some of that, as none of it is bolt-on, but custom one-off.....So, just bare with me, as to my knowledge, none of this has really been tried before. In any case, what you are talking about is trivial at best, as just getting that Roll Hoop tied in and looking right (as it looks right to me and as long as it looks right to me, that's ALL that really counts) was first and foremost.
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This looks incredible! I had always wondered about this style of roll bar when I had each of my verts. Great job thinking outside the box!
(Now I just have to figure out when I can get my car up to you to convince you to build me a roll bar for my coupe... LOL)
(Now I just have to figure out when I can get my car up to you to convince you to build me a roll bar for my coupe... LOL)
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