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Widebody Porsche 911.

One of our own builds, taken from a bare, rusty shell to a finished show car: a bespoke widebody conversion, custom paint and forged wheels, all done under our roof. Drag the slider to see it.

Widebody Porsche 911 in primer during the build at MSL Customs The finished Porsche 911 in deep custom paint at a show After Before Drag to compare
The build

A shell, brought back.

This one came in as bare metal and left as a show car. The whole restoration, stage by stage.

  1. The Porsche 911 stripped to a bare, corroded shell before restoration

    What we started with

    A shell. Stripped to bare metal, corrosion showing, every panel and every bit of trim off it. Everything after this is built back up from here.

  2. A hand-fabricated steel arch being fitted and riveted to the Porsche 911

    Arches, made not bought

    The arches are fabricated and riveted on by hand, one at a time, each shaped to follow the body's own lines rather than sit proud of them.

  3. An MSL Customs technician working a fabricated arch on the Porsche 911

    By hand, panel by panel

    Hours of shaping and finishing per arch. There's no shortcut to this bit, and it's the difference between a widebody that looks made and one that looks bolted on.

  4. Fabricated arches and mesh detailing on the Porsche 911 during the build

    Vents and detail

    Mesh, vents and the smaller details fabricated to match, so the finished car reads as one piece.

  5. The MSL Customs team working on the Porsche 911's suspension and wheel fitment

    Getting it sitting right

    Ride height and fitment dialled in on the wheels it'll wear, checking clearance through the full range of travel rather than just parked.

  6. The Porsche 911 in filler and primer on axle stands with gold BBS wheels

    Filler and primer

    Bodywork flatted back over and over until the reflections run straight. Primer is where the paint job is really decided.

  7. The Porsche 911 masked up inside the spray booth ready for paint

    Into the booth

    Masked, tacked off and into the booth. Every shut line and edge opened up so the colour goes everywhere the eye can reach.

  8. The Porsche 911 with base coat applied, still masked in the workshop

    Base coat

    Base down. The colour chosen for the car is a deep metallic that needs this ground underneath it to give it any depth.

  9. The Porsche 911 in deep aubergine metallic with exhaust fitted

    The colour arrives

    Aubergine over the top, then lacquer, flatted and polished. It reads near-black in shade and turns violet the moment light hits it.

  10. The finished widebody Porsche 911 in aubergine metallic on gold BBS wheels at a car show

    Finished

    Back together and out on the show floor, on gold BBS. A long way from the shell it came in as.

The build

From a shell to a show car.

It's the same craft that goes into an everyday insurance repair, taken all the way. Fabrication, paint and finishing to a standard you'd expect on a stand, not just in a claims workshop, which is exactly why our repair work comes back to manufacturer standard.

  • Built from bare metalThis wasn't a bolt-on job. The 911 was stripped right back and built up from there, in-house, start to finish.
  • Bespoke widebodyA custom widebody conversion, arches fabricated and blended so the car sits properly over the wheels.
  • Custom paintFinished in a deep candy colour, mixed and laid down in-house to a show standard.
  • Wheels & stanceBronze forged wheels and a slammed stance to pull the whole look together.

Got a project in mind?

Custom builds, widebody, wraps, paint and PPF, all under the same roof as our repair work.

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