Porsche 997 Turbo Wide Body

In our line of business with the products we offer, we get to not only ship our parts all around the world, we also get to work with some great people on their fantastic builds, and just recently our customer Yann Boivin who resides in Dubai completed his stunning RSR Inspired 997 Turbo.

Yann made contact with us mid part of 2016 about building a wide body Porsche 997, based on his Turbo with his inspiration coming not just from the race series Porsche GT3 RSR, but the VAD RSR Turbo 650R build we did in 2013, although It a personal build we like to forget about, because it wasn’t built to a standard we have always strived for, the paint work wasn’t the best, we used a very cheap, poor quality FRP RSR kit, the fit was appalling, and the wheel build was to extreme, with our initial idea was to build a race looking Porsche 997 RSR, we build a stance cambered RSR, modifying the front bumper that gave the car a silly looking smile, if we had our time over again building an RSR turbo, it would be done totally different, as we will showcase when we start to construct our new Porsche 997 build, the GT3R bi-turbo, but we will cover that in another post when our build starts.

Yann had a few niggles along the way, mainly with the body shop he chose, but with a new recommendation and his vison and determination still in full flow, his dream build has now hit the street, and its one very special looking 997 Turbo.

His wheel choice from day one was to fit our VAD VF1 3 piece forged concave wheels as seen on our original demo, but they wouldn’t be as extreme, and they would be a completely tyre set up and colour combo, with Matte brushed bronze, with brushed silver hardware, 10x20 > 265/30R20 front and 13x20 > 345/25R20 rear sitting on custom coilover suspension, the finish and colour of the wheel suit the beautiful Metallic Khaki green to absolute perfection.

We have a full range of professional photos heading our way over the next few weeks, so check back in for details as they will be uploaded to our blog and VAD fitted vehicle gallery.

#VADPorsche #PorscheRSR #Porsche997Turbo #WideBody #997TurboWideBody #GT3R #VADVM1

L.A Transporters

Over the last few weeks we have been in collaboration with the guys from L.A Transporters and Hartwell Motor Services, with us all having an input into the VW T5 Transporter builds the L.A boys have been carrying out, and although our input is minimal, we just wanted to show people what these boys can do with the VW Panel van, with the Mercedes Vito also on their build list.

There are quite a few VW T5 specialists around the country, but the L.A Transporter guys seem to go about the business a little differently, looking at doing things their own way, yes they will fit the air suspension, but they prefer to fit either a coil over set up, or the H&R 50mm spring drop as most of the customer base prefers, they then add a 9” and 10” wheel set up, 275/40R20 tyres front and rear, which happens to be slightly oversized, but has the correct load index to match the load rated wheels, they are constantly rectifying their competition wheel and tyre errors, of either incorrect, tyre size, wheel offset, or load index, these boys do it right the first time round, no corners cut on any of the parts they fit.

LA Transporters

LA Transporters

LA Transporters

LA Transporters

LA Transporters

LA Transporters

Over the last few weeks they have been converting a lot of the older T5 to the face lift T5.1 conversion, and they look so much better, with the interiors also coming in for some enhancement, with LED interior lighting, rear seat upgrades, leather trims, rear carpeting and headlining, side windows, stainless side bars, they do it all.

For the VITO they have the Wald Bison conversion, as well as the AMG and Brabus upgrades.

We will be heading to the L.A Transporters team over the next few weeks with our very own T5 that we will be modifying, and we will bring the full details as and when it happens, as well as blogging about the new LWB transporter T5 about to undergo the 5.1 upgrades that’s just about to start.

The new L.A website is not far away from launching, so give them a follow and if you need any work doing on your own Transporter or Vito, give them a shout www.latransporters.co.uk

#LATRANSPORTERS #LATransporters #ModifiedMercedesVito #ModifiedVWTransporter #VWT5 #VW51T5 #VWT6Transporter

Hartwell Motor Services, Relocates

Our good friend and service partner Hartwell Motor Services have just finished up relocating their business, after 12 years and simply out growing the old premises, Andy the proprietor decided it was time to expand the building to the size of his customer base and ever growing list of services he offers.

On a trip out to get some fuel for one of the service vehicles he came across an old factory unit that was up for lease and with the new building two minutes up the road from his current business, it seemed like a no brainer, and some 3 months later he has completely transformed a 50+ year old factory into a modern day MOT test station, a testament to his vision and where he is looking to take his company, it’s most certainly a place you would be happy to take your pride and joy.

Moving to larger premises has enabled him to spread his wings, with 4-wheel alignment and tyres being added to the huge list of services he now offers, as well as adding the lucrative class 7 MOT along with Class 5 light testing to his credentials, so any vehicles from 3000kg up to 3500kg. i.e. Mercedes Sprinters, Ford Transits, Renault Master, can all be catered for, whilst still being extremely busy on his usual class 4 MOT work.

Tyres are also new addition to the company, with a full list of car and commercial tyres available on request, if they aren’t in stock, they can be delivered or dispatched the same day, call for pricing on the huge selection of brands they now offer. We wish Andy and his team all the best in his all new premises, it nice to see that hard work really does pay off.

www.hartwellmotorservices.co.uk

#hartwell #Hartwellmotors #Hartwellmotorservices #andyhartwell #05hartwell #MOTCLASS4 #MOTCLASS7 #MOTBirmingham #MOTBirmighamarea #VehicleServicing