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Pazz:
I guess Brian and I have said it all.
As for my previous thoughts; the fact that you live in Thailand and have to pay such outrageous costs makes my posting somewhat moot. My observations were predicated on the USA market of used cars, of which there are many, and for used parts, of which they are relatively inexpensive. Here labor is about US$ 75-90/hour, and thus Do-it-yourself is more of a cost savings than normal.
But I will still contend to my dying day, that if one changes a "stock" 911 too much, you will automatically reduce the number of potential buyers when you want to sell it. The reason is that very few people want to buy someone else's "experiment" or "personalization" or "bastardization", at the risk of getting a "pig in a poke". And anyone who wants to do their own "personalization" would rather start out with an affordable, benign car, rather than one that has be changed from stock.
So Pazz, if these Porsches of yours are keepers, do what seems to you to be the most fun and novel and exciting, etc. There are no absolutes in this business, and one person's opinion is as valid as another. And in some cases, there are no answers at all; i.e., what changes to my Porsche will be the best? How would ANYONE be able to answer that question?
So just do the thing that is right for you, and enjoy doing it. And keep the shiny side up......Andras
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