Which Look..Yellowbird or RS???

SeaDweller · 10-09-2002, 05:57 PM

I'm out in California (right now staying near LAX for an early morning flight tomorrow) on business, and saw lots of Porsche's driving around today. It got me to thinking how to proceed with my own car.

The two "looks" I'm considering are:

1. A retro look (Carrera RS style) with the duck tail, Carrera side stripes, and possible color coding of the Fuchs (if I go with other than a black color scheme).
2. The RUF Yellowbird look with a Carrera tail and fiberglass bumpers.

I'm a little concerned about the fiberglass bumpers, as I see quite a few kids with fiberglass on their Honda's and Toyota's, and they typically have spider cracks, etc. I don't want this to be an ongoing project, so keeping the stock bumpers does have some appeal.

Would the retro RS style look corney with the stock SC accordian bumper setup?

Would a duck tail look bad with the RUF Yellowbird bumpers?

How does the painted fiberglass hold up?

Thanks!

rstoll · 10-09-2002, 06:02 PM

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1973911s · 10-09-2002, 06:03 PM

If you are staying by LAX, I hope you aren't in that club next to Carl's Jr.

Michael

Bill Douglas · 10-09-2002, 06:06 PM

I've always liked that Yellowbird car. Except maybe without the air ducts above/in front of the back wheels.

I you are concerned about the fibreglass bumpers falling to bits you could lay up a bit of carbon graphite inside the fibreglass bumpers before you fit them. Mind you, all of our Porsche stuff, aftermarket or not, is better quality thean the Honda crowd gets

makaio · 10-09-2002, 06:16 PM

Your car won't look any cornier than a 74 Carrera if you put a Ducktail on it.

Mark Wilson has a picture posted somewhere of a bunch of SC's and Carrera's with ducktails.

If it was me though, I would go with the Yellowbird style bumpers. I like the clean looks of no bumper bellows.

WydRyd · 10-09-2002, 06:17 PM

Are the RuF style bumpers available in FRP (Flexible Re-inforced Plastic)? I'm told these don't crack like the fibrelass ones.

I have a FRP 930S Front Spoiler/Lip on my turbo-look cab.

A bit more expensive than fibreglass units tho

SeaDweller · 10-09-2002, 06:18 PM

Hee hee, no, I don't plan on hitting that club next to Carl Jr.'s!!

I used to live in Redondo Beach, and I've never been in that place. Looks scary enough from the outside. The only time I head in to an "adult" bar is in Montreal Canada.

I'm actually staying down by Wayne's place in El Segundo!!

Victor · 10-09-2002, 06:28 PM

Michael,

whilst I prefer the Yellowbird look, personally I wouldn't go there without the performance mods to go along with it. They are a fairly incredible car. Especially in comparison to a 180 odd HP SC.

s2per · s2per's Garage

Michael:

I'm just a little north of you (when you're at home) and IMHO, I think you can actually take cues from each. I'm planning to install RSR bumpers and a Carrera tail on my SC soon. I'll post pictures--after paint, of course!

RoninLB · 10-09-2002, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by Victor
Michael,

whilst I prefer the Yellowbird look, personally I wouldn't go there without the performance mods to go along with it. They are a fairly incredible car. Especially in comparison to a 180 odd HP SC.

I'm w/ Victor on this one.................Ron

AES · 10-10-2002, 03:02 AM

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whilst I prefer the Yellowbird look, personally I wouldn't go there without the performance mods to go along with it. They are a fairly incredible car. Especially in comparison to a 180 odd HP SC.

and how is putting the IROC or RSR bumpers different and thus acceptable?

curtisaa · 10-10-2002, 05:18 AM

..the old addage, "ALL SHOW, NO GO" fits here. I agree with Victor on this one.

barlowdo · 10-10-2002, 05:40 AM

I use to have a 912 with duck tail and front spoiler.

I referred to the car as a "Sheep in Wolfs clothing"

But.. before selling it, I retro'd it back to a 1968 factory look.

-Don

JonT · 10-10-2002, 06:08 AM

Save your pennies a little longer and do a 3.6 transplant. You won't regret it. 10 Large is all you need. You'll be spanking everyone like a red-headed Carrera in no time.

10-10-2002, 07:06 AM

Using an SC as base car I don't think the RS 2,7 look will be the most natural choice. After all your fenders and bumpers are of the later style and adding a ducktail plus side scripts to a later style car seem (to me at least) like a lazy solution. Either you do it properly with genuine RS looks or you don't do it at all.

Ruf CTR looks? Well at least it was made for the later body style. If one likes it or not is a matter of taste. In theory the Ruf bumpers should make your car more aerodynamic thus lowering wind noise and enhancing top speed.

Personally I like the CTR look a lot. Especially the Carrera rear wing with Turbo housing.

pbs911 · pbs911's Garage

I went with the YB style. The key is to get quality F/G parts. the honda crown generally use inferior products. Quality F/G parts will hold up well, should be bolt on. MA Shaw has some exception quality F/G parts. For a steet car, quality F/G parts are critical tro holding up well IMHO. After paint, my F/G hood, and bumper caps look like metal.

As for performance to go with a YB look, the weight loss with F/G parts will provide noticeable performance, not 500 hp performance, but much better than a SC with the added weight.

The F/G parts hold up well. I actually parked my car short last night and closed the garage door on the front bumper cap. Absoluly no mark was left.

I am in Orange County, an hour drive south of LAX. Feel fre to drop by and take a look at my Black Bird if you like. I can even take you to MA Shaw's house to look at the parts he keeps in the garage.

curtisaa · 10-10-2002, 09:53 AM

Here is my 88 Carrera "retro'ed" to a Early RS with 3.6:

Jim T · 10-10-2002, 10:31 AM

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Originally posted by curtisaa
Here is my 88 Carrera "retro'ed" to a Early RS with 3.6:

Cool looking car - any more pics??

Wil Ferch · 10-10-2002, 02:37 PM

Mikkel:
Great ! please confirm an on-going debate I'm having with some people....
I say that the rubber surround of the Carrera spoiler fits the Turbo base ( as it appears on your car) and vice versa...a turbo rubber can fit a Carrera base... i think it's the same bolt pattern.
Others say I'm crazy...care to confirm? ( the tail part..not whether I'm crazy !).
---Wil Ferch

Kurt B · 10-10-2002, 02:55 PM

Anyone have more pictures of different ducktails, ruf look cars? Dual pipes...? We need a resource of not just stock cars...those are easy to find, but of these Rgruppe type cars, RuF-look, Ducktailed SCs, cool exhausts etc...
That RUF look is great...I'm taking my rockers off and putting it back to stock if I can beat the dents out of those old rockers which some dipshi@t bent raising on a machine I think.

And curtisaa...that is one sweet retro look. Looks great.