Dingo

Hi guys I'm needing help and advice. i purchased my car to "hot rod" tastefully but anyway I want for my needs and what I wanto do with it. It's an original car with 118k kms on it. No service history and imported from Japan.
My problem is after researching all the mods I wanto do and reading almost every post on here I'm now too scared to touch it. Everyone I speak to says don't touch this and don't touch that because it won't be original etc' and what if the next owner wants to put it back to original and so on. So I'm at the point now where I no longer have any dreams for my car and I'm not excited about it anymore. I didnt buy it to keep it standard as the fun part for me is working on it and getting excited about new things im doing to it, saving up for mods and making it my own. Having an original car that is the same as someone else's is not for me. Should I tone things down and just do bolt ons and bolt offs, that way ill have all the original parts stashed away if i sell or should i do whatever i want and deal with the consequences later. I dont plan on ever selling but I dont care if i sell in 10 years and lose money as its my only real hobby and will have enjoyed the hell out of it for 10 years! What do you guys think?

Marine Blue

John McM

Lorenzoh

First of all the best things you can do to these cars are bolt on's which are for the most part easily reversible. And, most bolt ons transform the car and the way it drives. Sure, you can go nuts and throw a 3.8L at it, rebuild the trans, etc....but the best most cost effective mods are reversible bolts on's, and weight savings (that can be put back). So, whomever you're been talking to doesn't really know what they are talking about.
It's your car, enjoy it and do whatever you want with it.

Dingo

Hi guys thanks for the replies. I think I'll do all my bolt ons and bolt offs and see what happens from there. Next on the list is the rs lightweight carpet kit. Which also has me confused to where the reversible starts and stops. I mean I know I won't be able to get the old carpet and undaylay out without destroying some of it so is that bad? The studs where I removed the sound pad are also driving me crazy.. I'd love to cut them off and touch up the paint to get things really smooth but thats probably irreversible. I'd also do the same with all of the other unnecessary brackets etc in the frunk. There are a million other things but I'll ask you guys when the time comes.

Deserion

Personally, carpet is one thing I would consider reversible. Is it a bit of a pain to change back? Sure, but doesn't need any major work to do so. It's not like you're cutting into the body for spoilers or something.

rkwfxd

Your car your money, do what you want. I am modding mine but everything I am doing is reversible and I am keeping all the factory parts just in case there ever is a "next guy."

azander

The RS carpet kit is borderline irreversible if done correctly. You have to cut some spot welded brackets, etc. If you're careful you can keep them to be welded back on, I suppose. That said, for my RS interior conversion, I decided to do a factory authentic install with the best carpet I could find - windows out, all brackets cut, lockpost removed, etc. My car has enough miles on it I don't care. But I'm trying to keep my 'mods' to factory authentic parts, detail and quality.

Streetdaddy

tonymission

Thank you! Do what YOU want to it and then deal with the "repercussions" when it comes time to sell it. If you do everything tastefully then you might even add value by having a perfectly modded car that saves someone a lot of time and money. The problem with modded cars is that many people have horrible taste and do stupid things to their car that the majority of people don't like. LOL

I sold a 775hp RS7 with 10,000 miles for $10k over sticker (dealer was offering me 35k UNDER sticker). It was the perfect color, with the perfect mods and I actually had two people fighting/bidding over the car because they still couldn't have done it cheaper.

Dingo

I think streetdaddy summed it up for me. My house will be an investment my car is my hobby. Life is too short to not be completely happy with something from fear of doing something that probably doesnt really matter anyway i guess. And if i did take things to the next level with this car and decide to sell someone will probably love it and buy it for what it is. There are plenty of other bone stock c2 tiptronics about if that's what the buyer wants. And like tonymission said if I do it right it will probably sell for more anyway! I guess at the end of the day if you can afford to buy a porsche you can afford to lose a bit of money if nobody wants to buy your modded car anyway. So my conclusion is i will modify my car tastefully and without fear of repercussions and and hopefully never wanto sell it anyway! Cheers guys

Streetdaddy

Vegas993

Be excited about the fact you have one of the most desirable Porsches on the planet. There are plenty of things you can do it to improve and personalize it without affecting the value.

I saved all of my stock parts with the thought that maybe I'll restore it to stock someday when I'm retired and bored.

Streetdaddy

tonymission

That's kind of where I'm at with my GT3 RS... the value almost makes it hard to enjoy. Or the dealership telling me they have to give me a low number because it has "high miles" (7000).