I couldn't afford a clean 991 C2S so I rebuilt a salvaged one. Quick story.
05-08-2015, 07:01 PM
#18
Track Day
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Thanks everyone for the comments. I love the car so much. It overcome my expectations 5x. Now I realize where the big love for Porsche comes from.
I saved 20-25% off the used market price in Europe today. But the USD/ EUR rate has appreciated by 20% since the day I bought it, thus the amount of USD I spent on it then now makes the same amount in Euros for the clean/ unsalvaged second hand C2S. But you never now the exchange rate. So based on the exchange rate the day I bought it, I made a good deal.
Sure. I bought it for $56k from the auction. But this was in August, 2014. In March, 2015 a friend of mine bought a 2014 C4S cabrio manual with 6k miles and a lesser damage than mine for only $43k. You can certainly get a good deal on those insurance auctions.
I have known the shop since the rebuild of my previous car. However, shops in my area don't do any marketing by any means at all. And customer support is non existent. Its like a wild west. They just don't care about it because the demand for a quality repair is few times higher than a supply. We have many people flipping US imported luxury cars for a living. Waiting lists for repairs are insanely long. If its a good shop, you have to wait for up to 6 months to get a paint job done. That is a major reason why it took me those 10 long moths to rebuild it.
Regarding the wheels, you have a good eye on details
We mounted those wheels since day 1 because the original wheels had tires broken on, and I had purchased a winter weel set prior arriving the car. So we mounted the winter set on for the works.
To straighten the frame they used a body alignment machine. And to properly align it they needed to now the key measurement points which they got from Porsche dealers.
My car had a trunk frame bent and they had to realign it by using that machine, however, by the time the repair works were finished Porsche has started selling complete trunk frames for 800€ only wich is a steal. If I had replaced the frame instead of realigning it I would have gotten a better repair quality and saved a lot of labour hours.
Nice job...As things usually go in countries in the part of the world you're from (my origins are from the same part of the world) the shop was probably run by someone you know who gave you a good deal and subsequently could also use the job he did on your car to promote his business. Also interesting that they mounted different (but still 991) wheels to move the car for the paint job, while you put the original ones from the initial pictures back on...
Good luck with the car!! Same as mine for probably a fraction of the cost!
Good luck with the car!! Same as mine for probably a fraction of the cost!
Regarding the wheels, you have a good eye on details
We mounted those wheels since day 1 because the original wheels had tires broken on, and I had purchased a winter weel set prior arriving the car. So we mounted the winter set on for the works.My car had a trunk frame bent and they had to realign it by using that machine, however, by the time the repair works were finished Porsche has started selling complete trunk frames for 800€ only wich is a steal. If I had replaced the frame instead of realigning it I would have gotten a better repair quality and saved a lot of labour hours.
05-08-2015, 08:10 PM
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However, shops in my area don't do any marketing by any means at all. And customer support is non existent. Its like a wild west. They just don't care about it because the demand for a quality repair is few times higher than a supply. We have many people flipping US imported luxury cars for a living. Waiting lists for repairs are insanely long. If its a good shop, you have to wait for up to 6 months to get a paint job done. That is a major reason why it took me those 10 long moths to rebuild it.
It sounds like a really good market for the auto repair shops.
05-09-2015, 01:54 PM
#25
Congratulations!
Your road to the Porsche world was certainly more exciting than mine where I just went to the dealer and ordered one. Kudos for taking on the project.
Your road to the Porsche world was certainly more exciting than mine where I just went to the dealer and ordered one. Kudos for taking on the project.
05-12-2015, 06:17 PM
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991 headlights are both US and EU compliant so you don't have to replace them. You only have to adjust light angles to EU standards. Any decent repair shop can do this at little cost.
The only things I had to replace to comply with EU registration were the rear lights and sidemarkers. EU rear lights look exactly the same as US ones, except turn signals light is yellow, and it has a fog light on a left side, and lights for a reverse gear on both sides.
Regarding speedo, there is no requirement to have it in km/h but I changed it anyway as my personal preference. Tip - you don't need to change the entire dash to have it in km/h - you can only replace a mph speedo dial sticker with a km/h one.
Its Lithuania, EU
05-12-2015, 11:05 PM
#28
To register a US imported car in EU you need to have EU spec headlights, rear lights, and sidemarkers have to be clear (orange is not allowed).
991 headlights are both US and EU compliant so you don't have to replace them. You only have to adjust light angles to EU standards. Any decent repair shop can do this at little cost.
The only things I had to replace to comply with EU registration were the rear lights and sidemarkers. EU rear lights look exactly the same as US ones, except turn signals light is yellow, and it has a fog light on a left side, and lights for a reverse gear on both sides.
Regarding speedo, there is no requirement to have it in km/h but I changed it anyway as my personal preference. Tip - you don't need to change the entire dash to have it in km/h - you can only replace a mph speedo dial sticker with a km/h one.
Its Lithuania, EU
991 headlights are both US and EU compliant so you don't have to replace them. You only have to adjust light angles to EU standards. Any decent repair shop can do this at little cost.
The only things I had to replace to comply with EU registration were the rear lights and sidemarkers. EU rear lights look exactly the same as US ones, except turn signals light is yellow, and it has a fog light on a left side, and lights for a reverse gear on both sides.
Regarding speedo, there is no requirement to have it in km/h but I changed it anyway as my personal preference. Tip - you don't need to change the entire dash to have it in km/h - you can only replace a mph speedo dial sticker with a km/h one.
Its Lithuania, EU
05-13-2015, 10:16 PM
#29
To register a US imported car in EU you need to have EU spec headlights, rear lights, and sidemarkers have to be clear (orange is not allowed).
991 headlights are both US and EU compliant so you don't have to replace them. You only have to adjust light angles to EU standards. Any decent repair shop can do this at little cost.
The only things I had to replace to comply with EU registration were the rear lights and sidemarkers. EU rear lights look exactly the same as US ones, except turn signals light is yellow, and it has a fog light on a left side, and lights for a reverse gear on both sides.
Regarding speedo, there is no requirement to have it in km/h but I changed it anyway as my personal preference. Tip - you don't need to change the entire dash to have it in km/h - you can only replace a mph speedo dial sticker with a km/h one.
Its Lithuania, EU
991 headlights are both US and EU compliant so you don't have to replace them. You only have to adjust light angles to EU standards. Any decent repair shop can do this at little cost.
The only things I had to replace to comply with EU registration were the rear lights and sidemarkers. EU rear lights look exactly the same as US ones, except turn signals light is yellow, and it has a fog light on a left side, and lights for a reverse gear on both sides.
Regarding speedo, there is no requirement to have it in km/h but I changed it anyway as my personal preference. Tip - you don't need to change the entire dash to have it in km/h - you can only replace a mph speedo dial sticker with a km/h one.
Its Lithuania, EU
