niche

Congrats on the ruf! Once in the blood stream, they are hard to quit!

We should have a big ruf get-together here in socal.

ca993twin

Ruf seats are far more supportive than the HB seats. In fact, they do not fit a very large person at all. The Ruf seats are manufactured by Koenig, and a very similar seat (K5000 I think) is available from them for about half of the price of the genuine Ruf seats. If we do a Ruf get-together on the central coast, we can get four 993-based Rufs from Norcal to join, and you can try out my Koenig seats.

Ruf-Racer

Deal me in for the get together please.

Cheers,


Roland
AKA Ruf Racer

ca993twin

ROLAND!!!!!!!! I'm so glad to hear from you. How's your Turbo R doing? Always something going on with you. Of course you'll be included.

Ridin Dirty

What isn't full leather in a c4s that is in a turbo?

993 770

Just got my first batch of pics in. Skirts are off and disassembly has begun!

In response to the leather, this car started as a c2s so no leather... Yet

sfbanchs

looks like the makings of a job well done. keep posting as you get more pics!

Bradford

Thank you for removing those side skirts . Good luck with your new car, I look forward to seeing it completed.

911-AL

That's awesome that you got cracking in such a short time. I like your style! It's about time those skirts came off. It's such a great car and it's going to come out great.

niche

Glad this car found a good home. Look into the techart fog light ducts. They are perfect for the turbo r.

993 770

UPDATE:

Lucky me All the previous body work was done by amateurs. The shaved gutters and turbo s ducts weren't done right with overlapping welds that weren't even welded all the way. The gaps could potentially trap moisture and we all know that moisture and metal are a BAD combo! Luckily the work wasn't done too long ago and the car was well taken care of since the work, so no real damage besides doing them right this around. Next step is to have all problem areas cut, overlapping metal removed, and then butt welded correctly before doing anything else. This was a no brainer but I'm still not excited about the additional costs even though I knew there was a high probability of this happening. For now, the interior is on hold and I may just cover the center console,upper and lower dash in navy leather and leave the rest. I'll worry about all that after I know exactly what I've gotten myself into. For now, some pics of the problem areas and progress...

Nurburger

Ouch... Sorry to hear that the mods were hacked into place, though as you've already stated this 993tt is a keeper so you'll at least be safe in the knowledge that everything was done right this time around.

You're probably going to find the same issue once the paint around the hip vents is stripped.

Good luck moving forward!

993 770

You are correct sir, the pictures were from earlier in the week. Everything is getting fixed up right... I'm not so worried about the extra $ in the long run, but I want her back sooner than later!

niche

Ouch, not fun, but glad you are taking care of those issues.

You may want to delete the hip vents while you're at it. They weren't really part of Ruf Turbo R conversion. I kinda like the smooth fenders too.

Bradford

I agree, with the holes/vents in the side of the Ruf bumpers, the turbo S ducts are just a bit too much. Just my 2 cents. Love the progress you're making