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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 03:44 PM
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White is a great color on the 993!
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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 03:47 PM
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Nicely done, my friend. Nicely done. Welcome to the madness. IMO, I think color-matched seats with white are too Miami Vice and I would leave as-is. Not that my opinion matters, but you have a supporter in the non-painted corner.
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You guys are awesome. Thanks for the warm welcome!

Originally Posted by Magdaddy
welcome car looks great. You could throw some 5mm spacers all round with those 996 twists, really does make a visual difference, and relitively cheap too.
I was just thinking about that the other day after putting the 996 twists on. I saw a few pics in another thread and they looked nice (...and wide)!

Originally Posted by Magdaddy
Time to color match the backs of the HB's, that'll really make em pop.
Thought about it, but currently like the graphite/black look. But don't tell Opo.

Originally Posted by Cowhorn
Beautiful! Which white is that?
bbs993tt already mentioned it -- it's Grand Prix White since it's a '96.

Originally Posted by inkatouring
Nice looking car. If I owned a 993, it would look like that one....
Thanks! What a ride and hope I'm doing justice taking care of her.

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PorscheBud - Beautiful Car! I like the wheels --- are those Porsche solids, hollows, or are those Hartmanns?
They are Porsche hollow 996 twists.

Originally Posted by Busta Rib
Nicely done, my friend. Nicely done. Welcome to the madness. IMO, I think color-matched seats with white are too Miami Vice and I would leave as-is. Not that my opinion matters, but you have a supporter in the non-painted corner.
+1!

Originally Posted by cmd4
I always liked inka's c4s.Looks great!Have to ask though why swap the sport(996) seats it already had.
The 996 sport seats were great, but for some reason didn't fit me as well as I hoped. When I saw a pair of mint 993 sport seats for sale, I jumped on it and haven't looked back. They feel great and look awesome.
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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by porsche bud
Thought about it, but currently like the graphite/black look. But don't tell Opo.
I would agree, I prefer unpainted myself. Nice looking car.

When are we going to get together and listen to each others exhaust?
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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 11:33 PM
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Effing badass!!
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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 11:41 PM
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Great car, best of luck...damn, I should have held out for a white WB. White is the best color for a WB IMO.
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by porsche bud
Thanks! What a ride and hope I'm doing justice taking care of her.
Hmmm? Lets see. HB sport seats and refinishing the 996 twists (aka best looking wheel for c4s). Yeah, I'd say you're doing her justice.

The pics look so good I thought for a second -- just a second -- that I shouldn't have let her go. Then I remembered that I couldn't keep her.

Enjoy....
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by porsche bud
You guys are awesome. Thanks for the warm welcome!

The 996 sport seats were great, but for some reason didn't fit me as well as I hoped. When I saw a pair of mint 993 sport seats for sale, I jumped on it and haven't looked back. They feel great and look awesome.
How can you tell the difference between 993 and 996 sport seats? My car has painted sports seats. I know that they were not installed at the factory but I don't know exactly where they came from.
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 09:52 AM
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Bud-- Looks brand new & very nicely modded. Well done, sir!
Originally Posted by porsche bud

Finally time for an intro to RL!
Great intro post - LUV the pics & details.
Drive safe & enjoy. Welcome to RL & 993 ownership.
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by wtmmm
How can you tell the difference between 993 and 996 sport seats? My car has painted sports seats. I know that they were not installed at the factory but I don't know exactly where they came from.
993 seats have round buttons for the power controls and 996 seats have *****.
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 04:07 PM
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PB, your car is beautiful! Must be the setting or something b/c the color almost looks like chiffon white, which is my all-time favorite!

Well done and enjoy.

Us owners of 993's are a lucky group!
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Old Oct 19, 2013 | 04:22 PM
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NICE!!

Should do a Bay Area meet in the near future!
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Originally Posted by wtmmm
How can you tell the difference between 993 and 996 sport seats? My car has painted sports seats. I know that they were not installed at the factory but I don't know exactly where they came from.
Originally Posted by pirahna
993 seats have round buttons for the power controls and 996 seats have *****.
it's more than the controls..the shape, the leather, the stitching, but especially...the value. 993 HB's are three times as valuable as 996 HB's.

The 993 HB's are very distinctive looking, compare pics of the two...and you'll never confuse them with each other again.
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Congrats, welcome, white is sooo growing on me. Nice job
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Originally Posted by Magdaddy
it's more than the controls..the shape, the leather, the stitching, but especially...the value. 993 HB's are three times as valuable as 996 HB's.

The 993 HB's are very distinctive looking, compare pics of the two...and you'll never confuse them with each other again.
Yes, but the buttons are the easiest to describe without pictures. It would be much harder to describe the other differences so that he could easily tell what he has.

This is a 996 sport seat


993 sport seats


997 sport seats
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