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[MikeCGT]

Thought I'd share some recent work on the 924 Carrera GT.

I wanted to do a few repairs and a little detailing to the paintwork, it was mainly the polyurethane plastic parts that were suffering the most.
The rear arches had the common problem of the stud heads having blown the surface and blistered the poly, and the inter-cooler scoop had some
stress fractures as did the rear bumper.

The front off-side wing had a small badly done repair under the decal so I thought I'd take the opportunity to do that as well. That meant replacing
the decal and after no luck in sourcing a NOS pair for front and rear, decided instead of putting on aftermarket version's I'd have them done in paint!











After the restoration and paintwork to the rear arches it was the refitting I was dreading, the edging strip is no longer available for both sides so
carefully cleaned up the existing pair and section by section re-fitted them by using a little glue to hold them in place on the arch. Then as the arch
goes on with liberal amounts of copperslip on the studs, you can adjust the edging strip up and down as you tighten the stainless nuts with their
rubber washers to get the uniform finish all the way along the edge of the arch. A painstaking process but worth it in the end. I've included a picture
of the rear quarter with the arch off, to give an idea of how much is cut off the panel for wheel clearance.







Really pleased with the way it's all worked out, especially the edging strip. The painted decals while obviously not original look fantastic and the
original paint on the rear quarters with it's Volkswagen paintshop orange peel even adds a certain character! Hope you like it.






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cheers, Mike
1981 924 Carrera GT 0441

[macBdog]

Absolutley stunning. Obvious commitement to quality there.

Do you have a few more pics of how the studs lay in the fenders? I'd like to do mine in the same way or as close as possible.
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1979 931 with a 350 chev
1973 911E with EFI

[Rasta Monsta]

Beautiful, thanks for the pics.
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Toofah King Bad

• WeiBe (1987 924S 2.5t) - 931 S3

[morghen]

[MikeCGT]

[Joes924Racer]

Aahhh I see the side skirts run in under the rear fenders a bit.
Nice pics...I know of a good vinyl maker I need to talk to him &
see what he can do Im sure I could get them super cheap.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

[macBdog]

[porscheboy79]

Great Pics

The rubber piping between guard and flare is available in australia.
We use it on restorations of the A9X torana. It comes in pre cut lengths or off the roll.


"After the restoration and paintwork to the rear arches it was the refitting I was dreading, the edging strip is no longer available for both sides so
carefully cleaned up the existing pair and section by section re-fitted them by using a little glue to hold them in place on the arch. Then as the arch
goes on with liberal amounts of copperslip on the studs, you can adjust the edging strip up and down as you tighten the stainless nuts with their
rubber washers to get the uniform finish all the way along the edge of the arch. A painstaking process but worth it in the end. I've included a picture
of the rear quarter with the arch off, to give an idea of how much is cut off the panel for wheel clearance. "
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[MikeCGT]

[Ole Petter]

Brilliant Mike!
My car has the same rusty bolts on the rear right hand side. At some time I will have to do a similar repair.

[924-obama]

rock ' n roll !!!!!

[Joes924Racer]

So how did you go about getting the lettering masked up to paint ???
very nice looking car though Mike
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

[MikeCGT]