Kalashnikov

Nice car. JSC Motorcars had this car for sale for a while.

It looks clean in person and you got it for a good price.

Turbodan

looks nice. where did you order your suspension parts from. I need to do some on my 996 turbo.

vandersmith

IT Buyer by trade, scanned the net for a few hours and ordered everything piece mail. Thankfully searching for C4S parts is much more limiting, only a handful of manufacturers/vendors/part numbers

AndrewK996

how does it drive compared to the other cars you've had? I was specifically thinking about picking up an E46 m3 at one point.

DCJosh

My C4S will be picked up by the carrier and shipped either today or tomorrow morning. As a new owner I can hardly wait and I am happy to be a member of the 996 community too! Congrats!

-DC Josh

vandersmith

Yeah, I did some research on the VIN and came across the link. I know the guys that own the dealership that brought it from there to Seattle.

Coming from various M3s and lastly my E60 M5, its completely different. I was originally in the hunt for another E46 M3 until I saw 996 prices. After looking at a few it quickly and almost permanently changed my mind away from a car and marque I've known well to a car I've admired from afar but never really considered. Couldn't believe it. I had to have one.

Congrats! I was looking out of state and lucky/unlucky found one nearby. Would have loved to have one delivered/picked it up! Enjoy!

vandersmith

Parts are starting to arrive. So far:

Engine:
-Spark Plugs/Coils
-Pulleys/Belts/Alternator/Water Pump
-Headers/Sport Tips
-AOS
-Low Thermostat

Brakes:
-EBC Pads/Zim Rotors/SS Lines/Ti Plates/Motul6 Fluid

Suspension
-Bilstein M030 Turbo Struts & H&R Springs (ordered before coilovers. Going to try this setup first. It was dirt cheap comparatively.)

Exterior:
-New Lip (old was cracked)

Interior:
-Cabin Filter
-Hexamats
-Radio and AC Trim
-V1
-Dension 500
-Bluetooth Adapter

Work starts this weekend.

vandersmith

More updates coming soon as I've done a ton of work on the car.

Fat 996

Love the rims , keep the posts coming cant wait to hear about the mods, first porsche owner myself 996 C2 love it, not many about here in Ireland especially small town Ireland

vandersmith

Finished a lot of work over the past few weeks along with a 2000 mile trip from Seattle to San Francisco and my first track day in the 911.

Work Completed:

Tools
-Atlas 7000 Scissor Lift installed. Perfect setup for 911s. Has paid for itself already in its first month.

Brakes
-EBC Pads Front Yellows/Rear Reds
-Zimmerman Rotors F/R
-SuperGold Fluid

Suspension
-ROW M030 Struts off Turbo
-H&R Lowering Springs
-Adjustable Toe Links
-Adjustable Dogbones
-New Tie Rods
-Eibach Sway Bars F/R
-Custom Sway Bar Endlinks
-Alignment (-1 Camber Front/-2 Rear)

Maintenance
-LN Oil Filter Conversion
-LN Deep Oil Pan, Baffle and Armor
-New Spark Plugs and Coils
-New MAF Sensor and K&N Filter

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Getting Started: All of the new goodies.





Everything Removed from Front Suspension. If you pop the thrust arms and control arms off and the axles out, the struts come out easily without having to use compressors.





Old front stock suspension removed.





Designing the new endlinks with the help of my local parts supplier. Also replacing a few bolts/nuts with Grade 8 hardware.





ROW M030 struts and H&R springs going in.





New Eibach Sway Bar Mounted.





New Custom Front Endlinks installed.





New Front Tie Rods.





New Rear Adjustable Dogbones.





New Rear Adjustable Toelinks.





Rear Sway Bar and Endlinks.





Old Stock Ride Height





New Ride Height - <br/>Lowered 1" all around.





New Zimmerman Rotors.





New GT3 Brake Ducts





Everything Back together with new Rotors/Pads.





New Solid Motor Mounts





New Solid Motor Mounts





Sway Bar Pre-Loading and Suspension Check before alignment.





Alignment <br/>Front -1 Camber<br/>Rear -2 Camber





Seattle to San Francisco Roadtrip begins





Quick shot from Mt. Shasta





Light Maintenance at Burlingame Porsche. My check engine, PSM/ABS light came on. Suspected MAF sensor.





Replaced Plugs, Coils and MAF. The shop foreman serviced the car and was incredibly nice and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend this shop to anyone in the Bay Area as they gave me our PCA discount and a lower shop rate while knocking my car out in record time as I had to head back north in only a few days with short notice.





Crossing the Golden Gate heading back to Seattle





Highway 101 Traffic.





Highway 101 Sunset





SF to Seattle done. Back on Friday night, PCA Track Day on Saturday on morning. Prep work begins:<br/>-Track Wheels - Hollow Turbos with Falkens<br/>-EBC Yellowstuff Front/Redstuff Rear<br/>-SuperGold Fluid Check<br/>-Suspension Check<br/>-Brakes Check<br/>-Coolant Check<br/>-Interior Emptied<br/>-Spare MAF/Brake Light Switch





900 miles of Highway 101 to get home in time for the First Track Day. Fell in love.

Barn996

Nice looking Porsche. Was in Seattle last Sept. for a wedding, loved the area. Didn't take you long to perform numerous upgrades to your new Porsche.

Fat 996

long live THE STIG - Vandersmith - best update in some time keep them coming enjoying this thread man

vandersmith

Here's my two fastest laps, back to back from Saturday at the Ridge:

vandersmith

This is a video of all three groups running the most technical part of the Ridge course in Shelton, WA.

Pretty interesting to watch and see the lines drivers of different skill levels and cars take on the same steep S turn. This turn drops 80 feet from top to bottom.

(Will reupload video soon)

alpine003

Nice mods and updates. Is that a ramp by the entrance of your garage? It doesn't seem that steep. Is it for some other purpose?