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This year will see one of our dreams come to fruition, that dream was seeing our wide body Porsche GT3R for the 997 chassis as a road going conversion on UK roads, we have seen a few road creations come to life around the world from aero kits we have supplied, but there is nothing like a home grown build and collaboration with our friend Iby from speedwells has seen that dream come to life, seeing the build stage by stage has been exciting, but being based on the Turbo model it was always going to be a bit of a challenge, but huge credit to Iby as he has been very methodical in his thinking for this build, with some lovely touches, which is what a build like this needs.

Porsche 991 GT3R Carbon Fibre Aero pack

Supplying our aero parts around the world we get to meet and link up with like-minded people through our social media network and that’s just what happened with Joe AKA #997turbocab, to say Joe is a Porsche fan is a little bit of an understatement, check out his Instagram, our personal Favorite is his 997.2 GT3 4.0LTR build by the BBI team, and now he has commissioned them to build his latest Porsche, The 991 GT3R in road going form, and yes you read that correct, Joe has ordered and had delivered every carbon fibre “R” panel for his street going 991 GT3 and boy oh boy are we excited to see this one come together.

Porsche 991 GT3R Carbon Fibre Aero pack

We don’t think BBI need any introduction, they are known throughout the world building some pretty special Porsche's, and this build I'm sure will be up there as one of the best, what we do know is this is the first of its kind globally, and Joe will be using on the road as much as he can, in his own words, this is going to be his grocery getter, its one build we are really exciting thinking about, we think BBI Autosport are going to break the Internet with this one.

Porsche 991 GT3

Joe's 991 GT3 being Dismantled at BBI Autosport HQ

 

We first came across ACR Performance back in January 2017 when we visited the Tokyo Auto Salon, and to say we were impressed was a bit of an understatement, the Vantage coupe and the Cabriolet in the flesh were absolutely beautiful, in fact we were mesmerised, it took us a little while to notice they also had a full on Vantage GT3 race car on the same stand, I think everyone that knows anything about us, knows how we feel about GT3 race cars and their look, after all we are building our own BMW Z4 GT3 V8 and our good friend Iby over at Speedwells Wheel Refinishing building the Porsche GT3R variant, so to not even notice a GT3 Vantage underlines just how amazing these Astons were up close and personal.

The conversion is a full wide body and consists of the usual parts required to turn a standard Aston Vantage to look a lot more aggressive.

Aston Martin ACR Wide Body Vantage

The full aero kit consists of the following carbon fibre parts, Front bumper, front under tray, front splitter, front (70mm) wider fenders, side strakes, side skirts with air intakes, rear (90mm) wider quarter panels, rear bumper, rear diffuser assembly, rear ducktail spoiler, carbon rear light lenses.

The two cars on display and that have done the rounds are wearing Vossen wheels, the Monoblock directional design does absolutely nothing for us at all on the coupe, but the Cabriolet with the Black mesh is a beauty, the wheels really suit the build out of the 2 designs this was our personal choice, but as a custom forged wheel company our minds got to thinking of the wheels you could build for this conversion, the designs, styles and finishes are endless, ACR Astons wear 11x20 front with 12.5x20 rear, with wider options also available depending on the required tyres you are looking to fit, the options for wheel size, widths, tyre sizes are huge.

Aston Martin ACR Wide Body Vantage

We also offer other options for this conversion, hybrid exhaust systems for the V8 and the V12 chassis, as well as suspension upgrades and super charger systems also available on request.

There is no disputing the Aston Vantage is one of the best looking cars to be created, it really is a beautiful look car in standard trim, but ACR have proved that if you have the funds along with the huge balls to mess around with the AMV8, you can improve those gorgeous looks even further, something we didn't think was possible.

Aston Martin ACR Wide Body Vantage

Get in touch with us if you have any interest in transforming your Vantage into this stunning wide body beauty.

 

With any kit especially a wide body the first thing you really want to do is trial fit, and believe us the excitement is real, so with the air ride all sorted it was dress up time.

The RAD boys had already said how impressed they were at the quality of the kit, and as we said in our last post they were extremely pleased, and even more so with the fit of the kit, the quality is exceptional, which we already knew, as we had seen it previously up close and personal some twelve months previously, which is why its on our website and associated with our brand name, but we understand why they were a little concerned as these boys fit kits on a regular basis, so they know what is involved in building a top level show car, which is what this car will become for the Reflex brand.

OLD & NEW Japan, Porsche 997 Slant Nose

With the test fit done and the boys well happy it was exhaust time, and that was entrusted to EMP Performance. If you recall, we showed the cut out on the OLD & new rear bumper that had been done for the exposed exhaust look, so it was a case of no going back, any although it wouldn't of been our personal choice, we do like that racer look for the rear, its radically different to any other slant nose that has been put together so far, so kudos for thinking outside the box with their ideas.

EMP Performance Exposed Exhaust, for the Old & New Japan Slant Nose Porsche 997

We know what the finished car will look like in the way of paint scheme and graphics, so this merely adds to the look they are aiming at, with the exhaust complete, wheels delivered and caressed with Toyo Tyres, its now time for graft, with the kit fitting and bodywork prep, lets hope its ready for Ultimate dubs show in April, and lets hope ultimate dubs is ready for this.

 
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