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I'm a long time Rennlister, but so far was mostly active in the 997 section.
However, I've been lusting for a Targa for years, it had to be a real, aircooled Targa and after test driving a '85 Targa I figured that that's not my cup of tea. So I finally saw the light and started looking for a 964 (no need to tell you guys why)
As you all know (good) 964 Targas are pretty much Unicorns by now and after seeing the prices of too many going into unobtanium I finally got lucky and got mine at bringatrailer two weeks ago.
She finally arrived here and now my 997 has a new friend in the garage.
I'm totally stoked and here's my project list
upgrade the D90 wheels to Cup2 (done), does anyone need good D90?
replace the dead Reno 2 radio with something modern (done), this was a pain in the a** as I had to create a new wiring harness
after upgrading the headunit i noticed that ALL speakers had disintegrated, new speakers on order
Upgrade to LED lights (ordered JW Speakers from John)
Give her a name, but I'm not allowed to do that until my daughter comes home from college ;-)
and maybe, just maybe upgrade the seats to heated 997 seats, (that I have sitting in the garage from a 997 project)
eventually de-amber the front signal lights
Monday in a week she will go to my trusted aircooled guy (Don's Autowerks) who will hopefully give her a clean bill of health
As I said I'm totally stoked, and super happy to finally have the car I was dreaming about for so long
Beautiful. I've had mine for about six weeks now. I'm slowly knocking out a handful of the same tasks. Haven't settled on headlights yet, but that can't wait much longer.
Was this the Tiptronic automatic one on Bat? That went so cheap, even being an automatic you got a good deal, probably less than half of what you would have paid for a manual.
Was this the Tiptronic automatic one on Bat? That went so cheap, even being an automatic you got a good deal, probably less than half of what you would have paid for a manual.
Was this the Tiptronic automatic one on Bat? That went so cheap, even being an automatic you got a good deal, probably less than half of what you would have paid for a manual.
Yes, that was it. When I called the seller after the auction closed I almost apologized to him. He was not very happy and had expected much more and only lowered the reserve from $35k to $30k in the last minutes (my luck)
And the best is that I don't mind the tiptronic, it's actually fine. I just catch myself sometimes trying to change gears with paddle shifters like in my (PDK) 997.2 :-)
Your wheels are not Cup 2’s but rather Cup Design C2. Any reason you settled on 16’s and not 17’s such as Cup 1’s. Also I’d suggest lowering the car to RoW height.
Really? I had no idea. What's the difference?
I was debating between 16" and 17" but I liked the look of the 16" more (yes I'm weird ;-)
Lowering to ROW? I guess that's done with springs. Maybe I'll do it when the shocks need replacement.
At the moment I very much enjoy driving one Porsche that does not scrape the front everytime I enter my driveway :-)
Little update about all the things I did in the meantime (pictures will follow, need to wash her first)
Audio update is complete, i settled for a Pioneer MVH-MS512BS Marine Digital Media Receiver, not perfect looking, but at least the lighting is orange and the display doesn't wash out in direct sunlight. Sometime in the future there might be a Porsche Classic Radio...
Also all speakers (which had disintegrated) have been replaced with.Pioneer TS-G520 (front) and Polk Audio DB461P (rear)
Removed the Blaupunkt amp under the passenger seat, and now my battery drain seem to have stopped
Installed Rennline phone mount (the one which attaches to the clock)
Installed USB outlets in place of the cigarette lighter, following this thread and since I was already at it installed another (very stealthy) one in the ashtray
Replaced the original seats with heated 997 seats (using the Brey-Krause adapters), I had sitting around in my garage, now I have 2-stage heated seats, which add two months driving with the top down :-)
Replaced the original H5 headlights with CW Speaker LED lights with fluted lenses from Audette. The light is now up to par with modern cars and due to the fluted lenses the car still has the original look - highly recommended
still struggling with making them fit pefectly
de-ambered the fronts markers and blinkers, the (cheap) clear lenses weren't a perfect fit and needed some convincing using a dremel
replaced the taillights with brand new ones from Suncoast
Installed T-LOCK keyless entry from BergvillFX, yeah not really necessary, but nice to have
Little update about all the things I did in the meantime (pictures will follow, need to wash her first)
Audio update is complete, i settled for a Pioneer MVH-MS512BS Marine Digital Media Receiver, not perfect looking, but at least the lighting is orange and the display doesn't wash out in direct sunlight. Sometime in the future there might be a Porsche Classic Radio...
Also all speakers (which had disintegrated) have been replaced with.Pioneer TS-G520 (front) and Polk Audio DB461P (rear)
Removed the Blaupunkt amp under the passenger seat, and now my battery drain seem to have stopped
Installed Rennline phone mount (the one which attaches to the clock)
Installed USB outlets in place of the cigarette lighter, following this thread and since I was already at it installed another (very stealthy) one in the ashtray
Replaced the original seats with heated 997 seats (using the Brey-Krause adapters), I had sitting around in my garage, now I have 2-stage heated seats, which add two months driving with the top down :-)
Replaced the original H5 headlights with CW Speaker LED lights with fluted lenses from Audette. The light is now up to par with modern cars and due to the fluted lenses the car still has the original look - highly recommended
still struggling with making them fit pefectly
de-ambered the fronts markers and blinkers, the (cheap) clear lenses weren't a perfect fit and needed some convincing using a dremel
replaced the taillights with brand new ones from Suncoast
Installed T-LOCK keyless entry from BergvillFX, yeah not really necessary, but nice to have
Wow you’ve been busy! Looking forward to seeing the pictures, especially the headlights.
Wow you’ve been busy! Looking forward to seeing the pictures, especially the headlights.
Not the full list of pictures but here are 3 pictures of the LED headlights with the fluted lenses
As you can see, you need to get super-close to detect the LED projectors (the JW Speaker have separate projectors for high and low beam), otherwise the lights look totally stock.
At one point I'll have the trim rings painted in the car color, the matte black doesn't make me too happy.
And to say it again, the lights are such a huge (safety) upgrade, they give me the same lighted area in front of my car as modern cars with OEM HID or LED headlights.
05-04-2019, 10:52 PM
My new to me 1990 964 Targa
