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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 02:08 PM
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Since I’ve been asking a lot of questions here recently (with many more to come ) I thought I better start an introduction thread. I bought this 1989 911 C4 about a month ago. You probably saw it listed for sale on the forums here (the one in Toronto, Canada). It currently has 180,000km on it and I would say overall it is a pretty solid car. Leak down test showed < 4% on all cylinders so that is encouraging. I haven’t done a ton so far to it (just fixing little things here and there) but I did just finish a 2 day paint compounding and buffing session to restore some luster. Here are a few pictures I snapped quickly (along with my daily driver a 2010 Cayman S). When I get some better pictures I’ll add them to the picture thread.

In my limited time on the forum I can tell everyone here is very friendly and helpful and I look forward to getting to know some of you better.








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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 02:19 PM
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Nice! HID headlights?
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 02:19 PM
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Welcome!

Is this your first air-cooled Porsche? How do you think the driving experience compares with the Cayman?
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 02:39 PM
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Congratulations and welcome You got a beaut!
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 02:43 PM
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Welcome! Great looking car! Did anyone tell you that Red ones are the fastest?
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 04:10 PM
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Welcome, welcome.
We know the last owner really loved the car, and took good care of it.
I enjoyed my Cayman "test drive", the view out of the side mirror at those rear hips is to die for.

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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 04:43 PM
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Thanks guys. Yes this is my first air cooled Porsche so I am still getting used to the driving experience. Totally different from the Cayman. In the Cayman everything comes very easy, whereas the 911 makes you work for it. The Cayman is a precision point and shoot type car and the 911 is a car you need to muscle around to get the best out of it. I’m almost as excited about all the learning to be done with the car as I am to drive it.

Yes it has HID's but I'm really not happy with the way they are installed which is why I have another thread asking about alternatives.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 06:45 PM
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Which HID's are they?
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 07:10 PM
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Custom made from what I remember
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by onceover
Custom made from what I remember
Yes they are a custom job but I don't like the look of them personally and inside they look like this:






I think I am going to switch them to H4's assuming that the connector I am seeing is still the stock one. I'll take it apart this weekend and take a picture to confirm.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 08:25 PM
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Saw this car in the FS section, it looked well taken care of. Congrats! Agree with the headlight decision as well.

Enjoy
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 08:45 PM
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Congrats on the buy! Great 964 The wheels/fitment are setup so nicely. x3 on the headlights
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 09:00 PM
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Welcome, fastest color right there ;D. The HID headlight setup is both inventive and disastrous at the same time. H4's and good bulbs should suffice.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 10:57 PM
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Where's the best place to pick up a set H4? How much do they run these days?
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 11:43 PM
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Congrats on the car. If you can switch to h4 I highly recommend it. Very happy with my recent upgrade from h5 to h4
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