Concours Auto Salon: White CaymanS Transformed

[Anthony O.]

Dear Autopians,



It`s been a good long while now since I have posted up a "click N brag" cause 1) Our shop is very busy with a 3 to 4 week calendar booked out and 2) I`m lazy!



So many of you have seen some previous Porsche Cayman engines we have painted and then lite up and that`s what I am showcasing here today, although we did a bit more with this one.

It`s a white 2008 Porsche CaymanS and was bought here in Texas but before going back home to Oklahoma the owner had it shipped to us. First order of business was determining what the owner wanted done and then seeing if we could add any suggestions.



Being white in color there are many colors we could of gone with as an accent like red, black, blue or yellow. Yet that would be boring right? So along comes "acid green" with a touch of a pearl on top to set it off. The owner questioned it until he saw it. So the brake calipers went from stock Porsche red to our custom Concours acid green!



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnWhlB4.jpg



To make the acid green pop even more we powder coated the wheels a satin black. The finished product.



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnBlkWhl.jpg



Notice we also replaced the stock "PORSCHE" logo with a custom "CaymanS" logo? He really liked that touch.

Next project was to tackle the engine area. Here is the engine area during the cleaning and masking step.



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnMtr.jpg



Now typically I paint the top caps were you see "Porsche" enscribed a white but since we did the calipers with a custom "CaymanS" logo we decided to carry that over to the intake caps as well. The intakes themselves were painted a basalt black with top caps acid green.



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnAcidGrn.jpg



Finshed with the custom logo and cleared.



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/WhtCymnEngClr.jpg



Next up sideview mirrors. The owner wanted something done with them so we decided to remove them and dismantle them. The top portions I tried to hydrodip in carbon fiber but the shape of the mirror was not making this easy so we opted to hydrodip the bottom portion of the mirror in carbon fiber and paint the top part in acid green.



Here is a before....



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnRtMir.jpg



And the after...



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnAftrMir-1.jpg



We carried the carbon fiber into the front also. Had to do some body work to the bumper to fill up some drilled holes for the plates and also some road rash on the lower bumper trim pieces and also the bezels around the driving lights.



Here is the before....



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnfrnt.jpg



And the after....(I just noticed I took an after of the wrong side but you all get the idea)



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnCrbn.jpg



Onto the inside of the Cayman. He dislikes the silver colored trim on the dash so we removed those pieces, prepped them and hydrodipped them in carbon fiber. I don`t believe I have a "before" shot so an after pic will have to do.



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnCrbnTrim.jpg



The silver colored door handles also got the acid green treatment.



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnDoor.jpg



We even removed the side vents and dipped those in carbon fiber.



Before....

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnvnt.jpg



After.....(with some added green LED)

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnCrbnVnt.jpg



The Cayman also got a nice detail inside and out plus we added some LED lights to give the engine some WOW factor.



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnLEDmtr.jpg



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnFnshd.jpg



Oh...we also dipped the front bezel trim just in front of the engine which is normally a silver color as seen in this picture.



http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCymnMtrSun.jpg

A last touch just before delivery was the rear lights tinted and the rear wing painted in the acid green. I had originally dipped it in carbon fiber but we felt the acid green would set the car off.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f42/uZa/GAMER/Cayman/WhtCayman.jpg



Thanks for looking and hope you enjoyed.

Anthony

[(901)]

Nice work Anthony!



Are you subbing out the powder coating or doing that yourself?

[Anthony O.]

Nice work Anthony!



Are you subbing out the powder coating or doing that yourself?



Thank You.



Powder coating is the only thing we sub out. Given that we are seeking to open a second larger shop soon we may do our own powder coating at that time.



Anthony

[C. Charles Hahn]

That is just plain killer, Anthony. Goes way above and beyond simple detailing... I love it!!

[mx5mike]

Great work. I love the green. On a side note I have been looking for a person to do the carbon dipping, for my 2006 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V. I have the interior window switch panels wrapped in a carbon wrap and want them dipped! Can you do this? I would be happy to ship the pieces to you...

[Anthony O.]

That is just plain killer, Anthony. Goes way above and beyond simple detailing... I love it!!



Hey thanks so much, I respect your work very much so thank you.

[Anthony O.]

Great work. I love the green. On a side note I have been looking for a person to do the carbon dipping, for my 2006 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V. I have the interior window switch panels wrapped in a carbon wrap and want them dipped! Can you do this? I would be happy to ship the pieces to you...



Hello and thank you!



Sure we can do that for you. Send me a PM and we can discuss more.



Thanks again,

Anthony