Just got my first Porsche
11-21-2002, 10:29 PM
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Just got my first Porsche
It has been about 23 hours and 18 mins since i handed over the check and i still have that silly grin on my face. Love this car, been looking for one for more than a year now...
88 Carrera Coupe, 85k miles, black on black. Original everything, except for suspension mods. Complete with everything down to the original window sticker, manuals and vinyl holder for the booklets.
88 Carrera Coupe, 85k miles, black on black. Original everything, except for suspension mods. Complete with everything down to the original window sticker, manuals and vinyl holder for the booklets.
11-22-2002, 02:04 AM
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Congratulations. Absolutely stunning car....and welcome to the family!
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11-22-2002, 02:07 AM
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Not sure if it was in the local papers, my co-worker found the listing on our company's Porsche Club mailing list. I looked all over the place for this car, turns out that it was just a 5 min drive away...funny thing is that same co-worker who found the listing was looking for a very specific BoxterS, almost bought one in FL (we are in Seattle), but he found one in the next office building a week later and bought that instead.
Here are the suspension mods done on it. All the factory stuff is sitting in my trunk of my wife's car. I was afraid i had to raise it to get up and down my driveway, but no problems, the bushings are kinda noisy though.
Turbo Tie Rods
Bump steer fix for lowered height
Bilstein Sport shocks front and rear
Poly graphite bushings front and rear
22mm torsen bars in the front and 29mm bars in the rear (Sway away bars)
21mm front and rear adjustable Weltmeister sway bars / with poly urethane bushings. (adjusted full soft in front and full hard in the rear – no preload dialed after corner balance)
height adjusted to 24 ¼” front 23 ¾” rear
Corner balanced to 165lbs drivers seat (i am 180, good reason to loose some weight)
1/3 degree toe alignment front and rear
negative ½ degree camber front
negative 1 ½ degree camber rear
Weltmeister strut bar with camber brace attached to shock tower and chassis frame negating rubber shock frame bushing. In place of MonoBalls.
Here are the suspension mods done on it. All the factory stuff is sitting in my trunk of my wife's car. I was afraid i had to raise it to get up and down my driveway, but no problems, the bushings are kinda noisy though.
Turbo Tie Rods
Bump steer fix for lowered height
Bilstein Sport shocks front and rear
Poly graphite bushings front and rear
22mm torsen bars in the front and 29mm bars in the rear (Sway away bars)
21mm front and rear adjustable Weltmeister sway bars / with poly urethane bushings. (adjusted full soft in front and full hard in the rear – no preload dialed after corner balance)
height adjusted to 24 ¼” front 23 ¾” rear
Corner balanced to 165lbs drivers seat (i am 180, good reason to loose some weight)
1/3 degree toe alignment front and rear
negative ½ degree camber front
negative 1 ½ degree camber rear
Weltmeister strut bar with camber brace attached to shock tower and chassis frame negating rubber shock frame bushing. In place of MonoBalls.
11-22-2002, 02:58 AM
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I'm in the same neck of the woods, and always watching the papers. Would've seen that one for sure.
The car is perfect. Paint is nice (esp. for black in Seattle!) Congrats again on a good score. See you around the neighborhood.
rjp
Edit: Don't touch the ride height, it's perfect!
The car is perfect. Paint is nice (esp. for black in Seattle!) Congrats again on a good score. See you around the neighborhood.
rjp
Edit: Don't touch the ride height, it's perfect!
11-22-2002, 11:34 AM
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<img src="graemlins/wave.gif" border="0" alt="[byebye]" /> CONGRATS!! Nice car...one of the best things you could do now is join rennlist.com; it will be the best $17.95 you will spend!
Welcome!
Kevin
Welcome!
Kevin
11-22-2002, 12:56 PM
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Kenshi:
Sweet looking car. Welcome to the club! <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
Sweet looking car. Welcome to the club! <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
11-24-2002, 01:15 PM
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Jeez,
Saw you in Renton Sat. Morning. That car is something else. It was figurative speech when I said "around the neighborhood"!
It was P-Car day. Saw 2 other SC's (red) after that on the road. It was only 9AM.
rjp
Saw you in Renton Sat. Morning. That car is something else. It was figurative speech when I said "around the neighborhood"!
It was P-Car day. Saw 2 other SC's (red) after that on the road. It was only 9AM.
rjp