JPS

^^ Pics, size, offset?

Coltranes

^^^^You have a PM

JPS

Car has arrived...starting the slide down the slope soon...

csertich

Congratulations. Looks beautiful. Great color.
chuk

JPS

Thx all.

Taking the cab up Tuesday to start swapping bits. Should have it back in a couple (or few) weeks.

Taking the cab for a family ride this weekend, then test driving the "before" coupe prior to the swap. Should be a fun few days but dayam...going to miss that cab.

JPS

Well, if I can't be skiing, this is the weather to have in March.

Saturday drove up with the family and some friends up the Palisades to Bear Mountain.

Sunday to the beach.

Tuesday went for a 120 mi drive (taking the loooooong way to the shop).

All with the top down. Wondering all the time if I've done the right thing buying a coupe. Ultimately it is the right thing for safety, but damn...that top down is just epic.

Dropped it off at the shop, then picked up the coupe to take for a drive. On first sight, it's great! Really pretty, really clean shape. As represented and reported in the Rennfax(es) and PPI(s). Couple little spots one sees when one purchased it but other than that great.

Long list of bits to swap and prep and such. Will be at the shop a few weeks between their schedule and some upcoming travel on my part.

Here's a few pics because this is probably one of the few times in my life I'll own 2 Porsches, at least for awhile. The big bubble wrap in the cab is the Turbo wing for the coupe.

JPS

Still in the shop.

Swapping:

• Euro Turbo nose
• Euro rear bumper (no bumperettes)
• G50 trans
• RS sways
• RS clutch
• LWF
• Chip
• LSD
• JIC Cross suspension
• Strut tower brace
• Some 3M protection film

Having some new things put on:

• Aftermarket Turbo tail in midnight blue but didn't match well so have to repaint
• Techart cooling ducts / fogs
• Semi solid tranny and engine mounts
• Golden rod
• Plugs & wires

Doing a few things myself:

• DAS coupe bar (already purchased)
• DDM small ballast HID lows and fogs
• Probably Recaro Pole Positions in black leather with perhaps silver/grey stitching
• A few black interior bits to put the cab back to blue stock
• Surflex on any remaining blue interior bits to black
• Drilling airbox
• Passenger airbag override switch
• Replace engine sound pad
• Switching seats until new ones arrive
• Switching harnesses
• Traqmate
• GoPro

Later:

• RS short shift kit
• Perhaps Fister exhaust
• Some sort of 8.5/10 18" wheels with hopefully Toyo RA/1 (if they ever get into good volume production again)
• Bluetooth/iPod stereo
• Refinish calipers
• Upgrade pedals
• Upgrade shifter/ebrake

csmab

Congrats. Nice color but hard to keep clean. It shows every speck of dust. Everytime I buy a dark color car I say it is the last time. Well...here I am with a midnight blue car and all of the other cars in the garage are black. I guess some people never learn.
Everytime I wash it I am glad I bought it. Enjoy yours. Can't wait to see your upgrades.

JPS

Picked it up over the weekend.

Pulled off the upper dash, lower dash, side trim. Headlights out for mini-HID, new rotors, new-ish pads, took off the brake sensors.

Couple remaining punch-list items after picking it up from the shop, but overall happy.

P.S. Not sure I would have done the semi-soft transmission mount had I heard it before-hand. There was a thread about noise and I'll post there, but damn...it's loud.
Before and after:

Dryfly57

JPS your new coupe is beautiful.... Enjoy her when she arrives!

JPS

Work continues...DAS bar, Recaro seats (unfortunately tan at the moment, will have to sort that out), black dash and other bits that are blue shifting to black.
Also shots of the brake cooling back from the shop.

JPS

Trying it out on a trip/track this weekend:

Done, either in shop or by me:

• Euro Turbo nose & rear bumper (no bumperettes)
• Black upper dash & lower dash
• Black upper door trim
• Stock black steering wheel
• After market turbo tail
• G50/21 (?) short ratio trans & LSD
• JIC Cross & RS sways
• RS clutch & LWFW, chip to prevent stalling
• Strut tower brace
• Front clear bra
• Techart cooling ducts / fogs
• AJUSA under car brake cooling ducts
• Semi solid tranny mount
• Golden rod
• New plugs & wires
• DAS coupe bar
• DDM small ballast HID (still have to install fogs)
• New rotors & removed spiders, sensors and dust shields
• Oil fan high speed switch
• My old Recaro Sport Topline seats
• BK underseat sub strap mounts
• 6 pt harnesses
• Tie rods
• Cleaned out / prev. maint on sunroof track
• Traqmate
• GoPro

Still on the list:

• Probably Recaro Pole Positions in black leather with perhaps silver/grey stitching
• Surflex on any remaining blue interior bits to black
• Drilling airbox
• RS short shift kit
• Passenger airbag override switch
• Repair engine sound pad
• Bluetooth/iPod stereo & speakers
• Refinish calipers
• Probably Veloce wheels (sort of Speedline knockoffs)
• Make the oil switch look better
• Hardwire V1 and Traqmate

Later:

• Perhaps Fister exhaust
• OZ HLT 8.5/10 18" wheels with hopefully Toyo RA/1 (if they ever get into good volume production again)
• Upgrade pedals
• Upgrade shifter/ebrake
• 3 spoke steering wheel

JPS

Getting closer. Still need to figure out seats, stereo, and track wheels.

ironimages

^^ looking good, me likey the new rims...

pmo75

JPS,
We spoke tonight abt the cab. Congrats on the coupe, it is very very neat!