Bringing my 944 back to life
01-05-2013, 12:13 PM
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finally going to get a chance to work on the car today. i will update with pics..not only because i'm a pic *****..but because..well..i'm a pic *****, lol.
01-05-2013, 05:39 PM
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thank you! its the last house that i'll buy. i plan on living here forever. i also plan on putting up a shop near the parking area on the right side of the driveway. this is still a few years off though. we bought the house when the economy was down and it helped us save a lot of money. it appraised for $268,000 but we got it on a short sale for $180,000, which was what was owed on the house. deal of the century and i had to jump on it. we bid on the house the day we looked at it!
01-06-2013, 02:18 AM
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Did you ever get your defective rear shock replaced? I happen to have one Sachs OEM rear shock that I have no use for. It's new still in the box. It was for a 944S2. Not sure if they are the same.
01-06-2013, 12:28 PM
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i brought the shock back to the parts store and they ordered a new one in for me. they let me keep the bad one for some reason so its in the basement on my Porsche parts shelf.
from what i understand, the 85.2 and up 944 shocks have a larger mounting hole and will not work on the early cars. if it would work i would gladly buy it. i may still consider it, just to have a spare on the shelf for when i get a later build 944.
from what i understand, the 85.2 and up 944 shocks have a larger mounting hole and will not work on the early cars. if it would work i would gladly buy it. i may still consider it, just to have a spare on the shelf for when i get a later build 944.
01-06-2013, 04:59 PM
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OK glad the store took care of that for you. I suppose I'll get around to posting the shock in the classifieds so that someone can put it to use. Until I do that, if anyone needs a new unused OEM shock for a 944S2 you know where to find me.
01-07-2013, 06:46 AM
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the sunroof on my car had been sanded down and primered before i purchased the car. yesterday i decided that i'd had enough of that and i removed the sunroof, removed the headliner from the sunroof and painted it. the paint isn't an exact match and who would expect a match from a rattle can. it turned out ok and i will reinstall it tonight or tomorrow night after work:
01-08-2013, 04:44 PM
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looking to install the sunroof tomorrow. i think i will need to get some adhesive for the felt seal around the sunroof. sucker was on there pretty good..
01-09-2013, 05:58 PM
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got the sunroof back in and its not a perfect match but better than bare fiberglass. also got the rearview mirror back on and the lower fender corners painted. pics as soon as i am able. might pull the car outside and take some pics. inside of the garage is not good for pics due to the poor natural lighting
01-14-2013, 05:34 PM
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will try and get some pics up soon of what i've been doing. not a lot but i've been plugging away at some of the smaller things.
01-20-2013, 12:17 AM
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here are a few pics i took of the 944 today:
pic of the sunroof in the light:
pic of the sunroof in the light:
01-20-2013, 01:02 PM
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thank you! the car needs painted something awful. the paint that's on the car that's good really shines nicely.
01-22-2013, 08:26 AM
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i appreciate that! its my little getaway, lol. any time i can head to the garage and relax and work on the 944 is time well spent! sometimes it takes the edge off of a hard day.