Porsche 911 covered in gold
If you have enough money and you would like to have an ugly but unique car, buy some gold and cover your car with it. This way you will attract everyone’s attention.
This Porsche was covered in 18 kg of gold and I really don’t understand why the owner wanted to do such thing. I think it is pretty dangerous to park a car like this in any area. You should always have some guards to protect it.
72 Responses to “Porsche 911 covered in gold”
By briz on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply
ugly
By Dave on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
Enough gold leaf to cover a Porsche probably costs all of $450. Big deal–this is no different than sticking on retarded looking oversized chrome wheels. (Cheaper, actually.)
By Sean on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
You could cover it in platinum leaf, it’s not that much when you consider it’s a film measured in microns. Maybe an ounce of material if your sloppy and don’t know what your doing.
By olof on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
dave, you’re a genius. it says that it was covered in 18 kg of gold, hardly 450 bucks. not even americans can be that ignorant to the metric system.
By John on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
Whats with the generalized attack on Americans olof?
By Rob on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
Well, I am an American, and here in America 18kg of gold would weigh over 39 lbs. One kilogram equals 2.2 pounds. 18kg is more than my 3 year old daughter weighs. So, if you guys know where I can buy that much gold for $450 dollars, take me there, and I guarantee that we will ALL be filthy rich in a matter of days…
By Dave on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
Regardless of weight or cost it comes down to simple aesthetics. The Porsche 911 is a beautiful vehicle due to its gorgeous curves and simplicity in sleek design. I think this distracts from those curves. It’s only my opinion but I think for the money spent on this there are many other ways to make the car look better than factory … for whatever reasons one may have.
By Anthony R Collins on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
I think he meant 18k not kg
By Nate S. on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
Could it be that the source meant to say 18 karat gold?
By Geoff on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
Assuming ingot gold @ $500/ounce=gold leaf about $700/ounce. That’s about $450,000. The adhesive(assuming it’s the same as jewellers use) is at least another $100,00:that’s $550,000. God knows what the craftsmen would charge to put the stuff on-the car would have to be partially dismantled for a start. You could see the whole job coming to at least $750000. Dave, I take it you like you wheels encrusted with diamonds?
By Don on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
That’s almost 40lbs gold.
By Bill Vincent on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
You know, there are ‘gold’ paints available now that are a damned good replica of real gold. They’re considerably more pricey than plain auto paint, but you get my drift. 90% of the pics like this floating around the net are real pics, with BS stories attached, like the diamond encrusted Benz. (look it up on snopes if you’re curious)
All that said, while it’s not my style, it looks pretty fecking sharp.
By Teka on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
You are right, olof, but you already knew that.
I’ll wow the world and do the math for everyone, being a supposed (not what you said, but what the world thinks) “stupid American”.
18 kg of gold
1 kilogram = 35.3 ounces
18 kilograms = 634.9 ounces
$925 USD per ounce of gold (at the moment).
634.9 ounces of gold = $587,282.50 USD
$587,282.50 USD = 18 kg of gold
Over a half million.
So, yes, this is alot of money just to make your car look ugly.
I say gold is pee-colored silver.
By Another Dave on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
olof…you retard…Its clear the OP ment 18k gold…as in 18 karat gold…
By roy on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
dave can you let me know where i can buy 18kg of gold for $450. i reckon you only look at the pictures as you cant read.
By just me on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
but they are you see, they are
By 911 Fan on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
What a waste of a decent Porsche; why don’t rich vandals stick to Lamborghini’s…
By RockstEdy on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply
I think Dave was referring to something like this: http://www.tcpglobal.com/kustomshop/itemdetail.aspx?itemno=KUS+23K-BOOK
By Si on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
Its obviously not gold leaf as its screwed on in panels!
Id imagine it wouldn’t be real judging by how thick it looks.
Why do it to a lowly Porsche when a Bugatti Veyron or Aston Martin would look so much better
By Ben on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
It is not Gold leaf, You can check out http://www.goldleaf.com.au to see for yourself as these guys make it (Gold leaf).
By Alias1431 on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
All of you are wrong. It’s not gold leaf, look at some of the pictures more closely. You can see that the side paneling is actually screwed in, meaning much thicker plates as opposed to leaf. Gold leaf wouldn’t even last a few hundred miles, or a couple rough car washes.
By CrapCannon on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
This is one of the dumbest ideas ever.
By Justin on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
“its clear the OP meant” something other than what he typed?
its not like he said “i liek gold” and it wouldn’t make sense unless you corrected it. He literally used a completely cogent amount of gold, and since metric is the world’s standard unit of measurements it seems very likely that he did mean 18kg as opposed to 18karat gold. notice he said “18kg -of- gold”. for him to mess that up, would require not only adding an extra “g” after the 18k, but also adding the word “of” and an extra space.
By Tomasz on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
One thing for sure you don’t have to worry about the rust problem.
By Seymour on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
Um. Isn’t it possible to print a pattern on gold leaf? If you look off into the distance you can’t really see a divot where the “panels” meet, which would seem to indicate this is just a pattern. However it’s hard to say either way since these pictures aren’t at a high enough resolution.
By dulitus on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
what a waste of time and money!!!
ugly to death
By Anonymous on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
There’s one main point which seems to have been overlooked here:
To paint a car it takes approx 2.5 to 3 litres of paint.
So my calculation
Using the current price of Gold as approx 928.60 an ounce
And 1 litre = 33.8140227 (US fluid) ounces
It would take about 84.5 - 101.4 ounces of gold to paint the car.
This makes the price between $78,466.7 - $94,160.04 (US dollars..though I’m not American)
However the person has said its 18K gold (my assumption being they didnt mean 18Kg but rather 18K) so it should cost less than the price worked out which uses the price of “pure” gold.
But regardless of all this I agree with Bill that the picture is most likely NOT of a car covered in real gold but gold paint.
I also agree with most of the comments above that it really doesn’t look attractive anyway so whatever they paid for it was not worth the end result.
But you know what…we all spent time looking at the pic, reading the comments, thinking and posting. So the person got what they really wanted out of painting their car this way -Attention!
By gus on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
18 kg of gold… that’s several bricks of gold. nice. i’d love to have a couple sitting in my backyard, just appreciating in value.
By SamIam on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
The car is painted in gold, not real gold but a gold color. The paint is pretty expensive and requires great care when applying, like the chrome paint someone done a Lambo in a year or so ago.
All of the ’screws’ are airbrushed on as are the spoiler grapics. take a look at the photo of the mirror.
Someone spent a great deal of money on the paint but hardly half a million.
By Cheeba on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
KARAT NOT KILOGRAM… wtf about that is so hard.
By Berto on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
Derretia-o!
By acanamay on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
GEHIN.
NARIKIN.
By Dan on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
Whatever, I think it’s fun. Isn’t the point of having a flashy car getting noticed? It’s like people with rockin’, sorta ugly hairstyles… you wouldn’t choose it for yourself but it’s kinda interesting to see it out in the world.
Plus, Gold won’t oxidize, so the owner won’t have any problem keeping it looking spiffy. Just buff it and it will gleam.
Now they only have to encrust it with gems.
By natsherman on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
Either way…usually the idea is to remove excess weight in a sports car, not add it. Aside from ruining a beautiful car’s aesthetics, this idiot has destroyed the other main attribute of a Porsche: it’s agility and acceleration. More proof that just because you can afford something, does not mean you deserve it.
By IT'S A TYPO on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
It’s not 18 kilograms of gold, it’s 18 karat gold. It’s covered in gold leaf, the brick patern is airbrushed on and then the whole thing is clear-coated. Pretty basic stuff here folks.
By Alberto Mar on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
Tanta gente muriendo de hambre y este tipo en lugar de donar el dinero hace esto…
By Abdul on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
This fugly piece was paid for with your perto dollars. Someone from the royal dubia family owns it. Sad tough, even with so much money you can’t buy taste
By cyber runner on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
Wow… It seems a richer’s collection.
But sadly no taste…
By ebz on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
waste of money but I think it’s hot.
By daphne on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
absolutely “an ugly but unique car”
By Bling Joe on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
it is KG, I checked on a few other sites and sources, it is definitely 18KG. Which sums to a total over half a million. Waste of money.
By Groingo on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
Ya, but what about all the screw holes…sure it’s not a vinyl wrap?
By Levente on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
such thing can only happen in Ukraine or russia, but somewhere in east europe.
By Jizzy on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
OMG this car is sooooo not ugly. i dont like gold but 1.its a porche and no one can go wrong there, and
2. if ur rich enough for that i say go for it,
thats so totally bad ass dude.
By dude on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
first of all, this is a russian plate. imagine million of people who turned from communism into capitalism overnight. still wondering why they dont have taste?
By Bucko on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
Hehe, a russian number plate — it tells it all. Good taste money can’t buy…
By AL on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
yo niggaz stop hatin n mind ur business this shit is in russia(moscow region) i been there yo one thing i can say states will suck in few years matter of fact in nearest future ppl go crazy when it comes to whips out there.example when new cl mercedes came out i remember they had exhibition in berlin(germany) the very next day russian bought 50 of them muzafukaz,even german ppl were like WTF.
so stop hatin(like my dude Katt sad) n if u dont have anybody to hate on fell free to hate on me…
By Al DeMofio on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
If any of you, would be able to afford at least one of those gold leafs - than you wouldn’t be posting such comments like ugly car or damn waste of money. Just calculating $450 for the gold and than saying that 1kg=2.2lb explains to me all your intellectual level. Just keep living your miserable lives and don’t disturb yourself by posting.
By Al DeMofio on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
I’m glad that luckily there some people who have noticed the plates on the car and know what it’s like to express yourself in this hub of the world.
By Krasimir Naumov on Jul 11, 2008 | Reply
Ahaha Guys ok,I`ll take that ugly GOLD Porsche with its 18kg of gold and u cam laugh on me as much as u desire while you ride ur own toyota Corolla or mb some other peace of crap.
I`ve never seen so much ppls who deny to admit the obvious truth -> Bodywork Rocks totaly.
That It does not match ur taste cuz you are too poor to have it well it does not mean its ugly
Best regards
By Al DeMofio on Jul 12, 2008 | Reply
That’s exactly right turned overnight from communism to capitalism, just overnight, without taking years going through Great Depression or whole bunch of recessions. Ready to impress each and everyone of those hundred years old capitalists. Talking about taste why wouldn’t you wonder why all high top level butiques most profitable nowhere else but Moscow. Just make sure you know what’re u talking about first before start such conversations. And by the way, why wouldn’t go out and take 1986 Camry to carwash and get yourself a new pair of Levi’s (I’m sure u can find them on sale for $20)
By PISSED on Jul 16, 2008 | Reply
http://www.crookedbrains.net/2008/07/automobile_14.html
39 LBS OF GOLD… IT WASNT A ‘KARAT’ TYPO
By Carter on Jul 16, 2008 | Reply
I have been a luxury car dealer for over 14 years and what this person has done to this vehicle is a sin. If they were to bring this vehicle in to be used as a trade in, I would say it hurts the value by 30%. If the owner is happy good for him.
As we say in the car buisness “There is an ass for every seat!”
By Hammer on Jul 22, 2008 | Reply
This is interesting. Is it possible to cover a car with 18 kg of gold? How much is it… really? Well… the density of gold is almost 20 000 kg for each cubic meter. Let’s say we had 20 kg to make it easy. It would mean a cube with a 1 decimeter long side; 1 cubic decimeter. That’s the amount of gold… almost. It’s like a cube with each side about 4 inches long. Can we use that cube to cover a whole car? Well… let’s say we flatten the cube so it’s like… 0.1 millimeter (about 4 milli-inches) thick. How big would that plate be? Well… about 5 meter times 2 meter (16.5 feet times 6.5 feet). Sounds pretty reasonable to me…
By wat on Jul 26, 2008 | Reply
Of course it’s not a typo! Slipping from ‘18 kg of gold’ to ‘18k gold’ (note the spaces), happens to me all the time…
Ugly piece of shit though. I love the 911 but this just ruins it.
By planta on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply
What da’ hell r u talking about??? This car is beautifull, dont you wanna this car in your garage??? And you Dave, you r full of crap… Look at the size of this car, and how many kilos of gold is required for doing this… That gold costs at least 10 000 dollars!!! I bought an iPhone covered with gold and diamants, and I payed it 6000 dollars…
By Sean Reichle on Aug 3, 2008 | Reply
I bet it looks good with the top down… and I think he should get gold wheels to really finish it off…. and why not white wall tires to really go the extra mile.