Is there anyone who makes aftermarket metal wings that are of high quality but not at Porsche prices or is there anyone out there with a pair of mint wings for sale?
He is happy to give good money for a pair of very good second hand wings but ideally a pair of new wings if there is a supplier .
I'm not aware of any aftermarket wings other than fibreglass? I'm not sure that there's enough demand for them that it'd be worth setting up manufacture of quality steel wings at what would probably be a price close to what Porsche charge. In aluminium, though, that'd be nice? [8|]
This is a problem I think we blow out of all proportion. When my car was patched up and painted, the guy had in a Vauxhall Victor, Mark 5 Cortina, Aston DB6, an ex-rally Alpine thing that was a mess of decayed fibreglass, and my 944. They're all cars, made of stuff, and all repairable in different ways. You could argue that the simple, steel 944 is amongst the easiest on that list, and certainly needed less work than the others!
Classic cars are restored all the time, often without the new panels we still have the luxury of buying from the factory at what aren't ridiculous prices. Repairs, new fabrications, used parts patched up, they are all perfectly good options. It's partly about how well a repair is carried out, but more important is annual cleaning, treating any issues early, and protecting.
You pay your money and get different levels of perfection, I guess. I had a very cheap patch-up and spray, as there was no option. Given a couple of grand more, I'd have fitted two new wings and perhaps even two sills. But, the expert was very reluctant to do this, as his opinion was to replace as little original metal as possible on a car this well-built.
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