Bought my 997 about a year ago and have been lurking here ever since. There don't seem too many highly modified 911s here, in which case I'll probably be very unpopular.
It's a black manual 2009 997.2 C2S with 28k miles on the clock. Difficult decision between a 2S for sideways things and a 4S for the widebody. I wanted to go sideways.
I owned an R53 Mini Cooper S before this that ended up like so...
I've only had the 997 about a year, so nothing drastic yet but it's heading in a direction I'm enjoying.
Here's the car when I picked it up:
The first thing I did was get rid of the tractor stance. Only coilovers in stock at the time were BCs. I ordered a set and fitted them immediately. These will eventually be replaced with something more track-ready i.e. Ohlins/KW/Bilstein.
I changed the wheels for something that filled the arches a bit more. Went for a set of Avant Garde Ruger Mesh. They looked great wrapped in the Michelin Pilot Super Sports.
I fitted a set of Design911 Carrera GT/GT3 style fixed carbon buckets. They're very comfortable, surprisngly even on long journeys, and I think they look great.
I had the car wrapped by Vinyl Image near Leeds. I went for something close to Nardo Grey. Pretty happy with the outcome.
We then ran into an issue. A big issue...
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Shifting between third and fourth at about 6500 rpm and it went bang. Big style. Lots of smoke. No drive at all. I pulled over, got out, couldn't see anything at all that didn't look right. Tried to turn it over and there was nothing. Had the car recovered and eventually trailered to Hartech as I wanted the most knowledgeable guys to look at it.
A few months later and I have it back. The damage was completely catastrophic. Hartech haven't seen a Gen 2 so bad before. A short motor is no longer available from Porsche, so a long motor it was. One horrendous 5-figure bill and a few months later and I have it back.
Time for my favourite bit. I've lusted after a set of these wheels for years but never thought the opportunity would come to have a car to justify putting them on, or even finding the right set to buy.
18x9 and 18x12 BBS E88. This set were originally on a 993 RSR car, have since been refurbed and are nearly like new. The look incredible on the car. Some sticky AD08Rs complete the look and it's starting to look like the track car I want it to be.
Ignore the wheel gap in the a few of the pics, the coilovers hadn't been adjusted properly.
That's pretty much where it is for now. I'll keep it updated as I go. The very next thing will be to improve the fitment of the rear wheels.
My ideal world would include GT3 rear bumper and centre exit (including more noise), GT3/RS/Cup front end, and either a ducktail or RS wing. Probably a half cage too. And a CAE shifter. And... :lol:
It's a black manual 2009 997.2 C2S with 28k miles on the clock. Difficult decision between a 2S for sideways things and a 4S for the widebody. I wanted to go sideways.
I owned an R53 Mini Cooper S before this that ended up like so...
I've only had the 997 about a year, so nothing drastic yet but it's heading in a direction I'm enjoying.
Here's the car when I picked it up:
The first thing I did was get rid of the tractor stance. Only coilovers in stock at the time were BCs. I ordered a set and fitted them immediately. These will eventually be replaced with something more track-ready i.e. Ohlins/KW/Bilstein.
I changed the wheels for something that filled the arches a bit more. Went for a set of Avant Garde Ruger Mesh. They looked great wrapped in the Michelin Pilot Super Sports.
I fitted a set of Design911 Carrera GT/GT3 style fixed carbon buckets. They're very comfortable, surprisngly even on long journeys, and I think they look great.
I had the car wrapped by Vinyl Image near Leeds. I went for something close to Nardo Grey. Pretty happy with the outcome.
We then ran into an issue. A big issue...
Shifting between third and fourth at about 6500 rpm and it went bang. Big style. Lots of smoke. No drive at all. I pulled over, got out, couldn't see anything at all that didn't look right. Tried to turn it over and there was nothing. Had the car recovered and eventually trailered to Hartech as I wanted the most knowledgeable guys to look at it.
A few months later and I have it back. The damage was completely catastrophic. Hartech haven't seen a Gen 2 so bad before. A short motor is no longer available from Porsche, so a long motor it was. One horrendous 5-figure bill and a few months later and I have it back.
Time for my favourite bit. I've lusted after a set of these wheels for years but never thought the opportunity would come to have a car to justify putting them on, or even finding the right set to buy.
18x9 and 18x12 BBS E88. This set were originally on a 993 RSR car, have since been refurbed and are nearly like new. The look incredible on the car. Some sticky AD08Rs complete the look and it's starting to look like the track car I want it to be.
Ignore the wheel gap in the a few of the pics, the coilovers hadn't been adjusted properly.
That's pretty much where it is for now. I'll keep it updated as I go. The very next thing will be to improve the fitment of the rear wheels.
My ideal world would include GT3 rear bumper and centre exit (including more noise), GT3/RS/Cup front end, and either a ducktail or RS wing. Probably a half cage too. And a CAE shifter. And... :lol: