Lost my mind and picked up a 996.

[lucky7]

congrats man. nice shit.

[PlatinumSR20]

Originally Posted by HyperTek

i think the gt3 aero looks pretty good on these

+ agreed...got me thinking about picking up one. lol

[0100]

Originally Posted by PlatinumSR20

+ agreed...got me thinking about picking up one. lol

Just so you know that front bumper alone is $2k. Unless you go knockoff fiberglass.

[ineedone]

Suspension + Wheels then be done with it! Parts for those cars are ridiculously expensive!!!! Great fine nonetheless. I though CL was just for underage hookers... guess I was wrong!

[WanganRunner]

I'd flip it eventually, but keep it for awhile. It's not like the value is going to plummet from $25k to the $11k you paid overnight. I'd probably keep it for the summer and then sell it.

[HyperTek]

apparently everyone says porsche parts are expensive.. i see it no different than building up a 240sx with LEGIT jdm parts.

[ineedone]

Originally Posted by HyperTek

apparently everyone says porsche parts are expensive.. i see it no different than building up a 240sx with LEGIT jdm parts.

SharkWerks Porsche Performance Experts in Northern California Bay Area (510-651-0300)

yeah 7k for suspension is completely normal.... 2.5k for stainless steel exhaust... yeah...

I am pretty sure my SuPeR TYtE JDM DOOOOORIFTO parts do not cost anywhere near that... even the top dollar parts that no street car would ever need... shit no race car would really need... cost anywhere near that.

[!Zar!]

Shark Werks is good. My fav local shop is S-car-Go.

I might get a Porsche again one day; Use to have a 930 and the 2000+ Carrerra's are dirt cheap.

[ineedone]

Originally Posted by !Zar!

Shark Werks is good. My fav local shop is S-car-Go.

I might get a Porsche again one day; Use to have a 930 and the 2000+ Carrerra's are dirt cheap.

Porsche Wheels, Tires and Accessories

This is a friend's place. Might be worth checking out if your close!

[drift freaq]

Originally Posted by handinpants

so what you are saying is a ducati which is air cooled is a true motorcycle..... and a vw bug is a true what?

Wow, you like to extrapolate to get analogies. I was saying nothing of the sort.

Perhaps you do not know much about Porsche 911's? The fact that they have been air cooled for years and Porsche only switched them to water cooled in 1996 in the U.S.?

Most true Porsche fanatics do not like the water cooled versions.

I spoke from that line of thinking. Its also been said that the 993 was the last 911 to have a true 911 feel and much more solid hand built feel. While the 996 and 997 feel like mass produced cars and do not have the immediacy of the 993 and earlier 911's.

It was in fact the first 911 to have truly sorted out a lot of the suspension driving issues and yet retain the old school feel for what Porches were known for .

A lot of people will say both the 996 and 997 do not have that feel. Some will say its for the better aka more electronic gizmo's and others will say that shit fucks the cars up.

The OP himself admitted he liked 993's and earlier 911's better as well. He got a smoking deal.

It does not change the fact that some will say the last of the great 911's ended with the watercooled 993's even Porsche mechanics have echoed those sediments. hence the phrase a true Porsche.

Oh and to make a true analogy to my statement Ferrari 246 Dino which was a flat 6 and Most Ferrari owners at the time did not consider it a true Ferrari because it was not a 12 cylinder which was Ferrari's stock in trade at the time.

Just like the 911's stock in trade at the the time of the first water cooled ones was air cooled.

[ZilviaKid]

to add to that wall of text, a ducati IS a real motorcycle, and an aircooled bug is a real VW. so there!

[!Zar!]

Ducati is a high end bike, so that is real in my book.

And VW owns Porsche, so yeah.

[Homer_Simpson]

Congrats on the killer deal and a beautiful car.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

Originally Posted by 0100

saw this pic and thought it had a gt wing. lol. congrats on the pick-up.

[thenooblet]

you should have taken a picture of the stacks

[Om1kron]

I'm more impressed you had 10,900k liquid in the bank. Good job on saving

[0100]

Just got done installing the stance coilovers. Went in really easy, just had to make a spacer for the rear swaybar mount(last pic). More pictures to come..., but for now I am hitting the road to test these out!

[PlatinumSR20]

what wheels are you planning to get?

[blueshark123]

wheres the pics of the cars height

[sw20>>s14]

Pics pics pics!!!!

[Wongger]

wow tease!

[creyes13491]

yeahh, pics pics pics. i wanna see this thing lowered already. haha

[0100]

Oh shit sorry guys, didn't mean to tease. Just had too much fun with the car last night and not really any good pictures to post. Huge difference over stock suspension. Love it! I set it 7 clicks from full hard, so basically right in the middle, ride height fender to ground is 25" all around. This is much lower than stock. A lot better handling, and I am still on stock C2 sways. I will be going full hard next time out. Car is a blast now!! Here is some pictures I snapped last night. I had just got it off the jack stands in these pictures, so the front hadn't settled yet (no engine lol). I checked this AM and it's a 1/2 inch lower in the front so looks better. I will get better pictures, but really need to wait for the new wheels! Just ordered them today... You are going to have to wait, haha. I needed wheels before, but now with it low I need wheels ASAP. The way the car sits now the stock tires are tucked maybe 5mm rear and 2-3mm front.

Disregard the sunken battleship, I need like 90mm spacers. LOL Looks like trash...

I set camber at:
F: 1.6
R: 2.3

Still need to set toe.

[lucky7]

dope, i want.

[drift freaq]

this is sick. Props again man.

[HyperTek]

awesome. i know engine mods is where the price soars when modding, are there mods you can do that arent too pricey? like intakes etc

[sw20>>s14]

absolute sex...

btw, screw you because your recent acquisition has riled me up to lurk on craigs once again for another car and im scared i might do something stupid...

[0100]

Haha thanks guys.

Plan was to get some 1.5" spacers, and flat black the wheels to hide the tiny 17" wheels, but said F it and bought some proper wheels. Took me weeks of pouring over pictures and threads to get a proper offset. Not much info out there on aggressive offsets on a 996.

I tried using my eastwood to roll the fenders, and that shit don't bolt up to a 5x130. !!Damn you porsche and your 5x130!!, makes even finding nice wheels hard. Well let me rephrase that, makes finding decent wheels at a sane price hard.

Unfortunately Tek, there is really nothing cheap you can do for power mods. Porsche pretty much did all the work already. They have intakes but hp is marginal and causes CELs on most cars. The porsche design is already super nice. If you look at the back wing it has vents, which funnels right into the airfilter box.

It really does have plenty of power though. I think with these cars all you need to do is mod the suspension, wheels/tires, aero, and you are good.

Everything on the suspension can be upgraded to the GT3 supercup stuff. All the GT3 aero bolts up as you know, even the supercup wing.

[Walperstyle]

FML.

I'm going to have about $15,000 into my s13... and sure, it will be a better car, but Damn this is such a better base to start from.

Edit: I'm the kind of guy that is building a Porsche destroyer, but that was based on the fact that Stuttgarts cost so much. You got an amazing car, treat her well!

[Gnnr]

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