New 996 Owner. 1st Porsche.
#18
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IT Buyer by trade, scanned the net for a few hours and ordered everything piece mail. Thankfully searching for C4S parts is much more limiting, only a handful of manufacturers/vendors/part numbers
#20
My C4S will be picked up by the carrier and shipped either today or tomorrow morning. As a new owner I can hardly wait and I am happy to be a member of the 996 community too! Congrats!
-DC Josh
-DC Josh
#21
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Congrats! I was looking out of state and lucky/unlucky found one nearby. Would have loved to have one delivered/picked it up! Enjoy!
#22
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Parts are starting to arrive. So far:
Engine:
-Spark Plugs/Coils
-Pulleys/Belts/Alternator/Water Pump
-Headers/Sport Tips
-AOS
-Low Thermostat
Brakes:
-EBC Pads/Zim Rotors/SS Lines/Ti Plates/Motul6 Fluid
Suspension
-Bilstein M030 Turbo Struts & H&R Springs (ordered before coilovers. Going to try this setup first. It was dirt cheap comparatively.)
Exterior:
-New Lip (old was cracked)
Interior:
-Cabin Filter
-Hexamats
-Radio and AC Trim
-V1
-Dension 500
-Bluetooth Adapter
Work starts this weekend.
Engine:
-Spark Plugs/Coils
-Pulleys/Belts/Alternator/Water Pump
-Headers/Sport Tips
-AOS
-Low Thermostat
Brakes:
-EBC Pads/Zim Rotors/SS Lines/Ti Plates/Motul6 Fluid
Suspension
-Bilstein M030 Turbo Struts & H&R Springs (ordered before coilovers. Going to try this setup first. It was dirt cheap comparatively.)
Exterior:
-New Lip (old was cracked)
Interior:
-Cabin Filter
-Hexamats
-Radio and AC Trim
-V1
-Dension 500
-Bluetooth Adapter
Work starts this weekend.
#24
Love the rims , keep the posts coming cant wait to hear about the mods, first porsche owner myself 996 C2 love it, not many about here in Ireland especially small town Ireland
#25
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Finished a lot of work over the past few weeks along with a 2000 mile trip from Seattle to San Francisco and my first track day in the 911.
Work Completed:
Tools
-Atlas 7000 Scissor Lift installed. Perfect setup for 911s. Has paid for itself already in its first month.
Brakes
-EBC Pads Front Yellows/Rear Reds
-Zimmerman Rotors F/R
-SuperGold Fluid
Suspension
-ROW M030 Struts off Turbo
-H&R Lowering Springs
-Adjustable Toe Links
-Adjustable Dogbones
-New Tie Rods
-Eibach Sway Bars F/R
-Custom Sway Bar Endlinks
-Alignment (-1 Camber Front/-2 Rear)
Maintenance
-LN Oil Filter Conversion
-LN Deep Oil Pan, Baffle and Armor
-New Spark Plugs and Coils
-New MAF Sensor and K&N Filter
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Getting Started: All of the new goodies.
Everything Removed from Front Suspension. If you pop the thrust arms and control arms off and the axles out, the struts come out easily without having to use compressors.
Old front stock suspension removed.
Designing the new endlinks with the help of my local parts supplier. Also replacing a few bolts/nuts with Grade 8 hardware.
ROW M030 struts and H&R springs going in.
New Eibach Sway Bar Mounted.
New Custom Front Endlinks installed.
New Front Tie Rods.
New Rear Adjustable Dogbones.
New Rear Adjustable Toelinks.
Rear Sway Bar and Endlinks.
Old Stock Ride Height
New Ride Height - <br/>Lowered 1" all around.
New Zimmerman Rotors.
New GT3 Brake Ducts
Everything Back together with new Rotors/Pads.
New Solid Motor Mounts
New Solid Motor Mounts
Sway Bar Pre-Loading and Suspension Check before alignment.
Alignment <br/>Front -1 Camber<br/>Rear -2 Camber
Seattle to San Francisco Roadtrip begins
Quick shot from Mt. Shasta
Light Maintenance at Burlingame Porsche. My check engine, PSM/ABS light came on. Suspected MAF sensor.
Replaced Plugs, Coils and MAF. The shop foreman serviced the car and was incredibly nice and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend this shop to anyone in the Bay Area as they gave me our PCA discount and a lower shop rate while knocking my car out in record time as I had to head back north in only a few days with short notice.
Crossing the Golden Gate heading back to Seattle
Highway 101 Traffic.
Highway 101 Sunset
SF to Seattle done. Back on Friday night, PCA Track Day on Saturday on morning. Prep work begins:<br/>-Track Wheels - Hollow Turbos with Falkens<br/>-EBC Yellowstuff Front/Redstuff Rear<br/>-SuperGold Fluid Check<br/>-Suspension Check<br/>-Brakes Check<br/>-Coolant Check<br/>-Interior Emptied<br/>-Spare MAF/Brake Light Switch
900 miles of Highway 101 to get home in time for the First Track Day. Fell in love.
Work Completed:
Tools
-Atlas 7000 Scissor Lift installed. Perfect setup for 911s. Has paid for itself already in its first month.
Brakes
-EBC Pads Front Yellows/Rear Reds
-Zimmerman Rotors F/R
-SuperGold Fluid
Suspension
-ROW M030 Struts off Turbo
-H&R Lowering Springs
-Adjustable Toe Links
-Adjustable Dogbones
-New Tie Rods
-Eibach Sway Bars F/R
-Custom Sway Bar Endlinks
-Alignment (-1 Camber Front/-2 Rear)
Maintenance
-LN Oil Filter Conversion
-LN Deep Oil Pan, Baffle and Armor
-New Spark Plugs and Coils
-New MAF Sensor and K&N Filter
_________________________________________________________
Getting Started: All of the new goodies.
Everything Removed from Front Suspension. If you pop the thrust arms and control arms off and the axles out, the struts come out easily without having to use compressors.
Old front stock suspension removed.
Designing the new endlinks with the help of my local parts supplier. Also replacing a few bolts/nuts with Grade 8 hardware.
ROW M030 struts and H&R springs going in.
New Eibach Sway Bar Mounted.
New Custom Front Endlinks installed.
New Front Tie Rods.
New Rear Adjustable Dogbones.
New Rear Adjustable Toelinks.
Rear Sway Bar and Endlinks.
Old Stock Ride Height
New Ride Height - <br/>Lowered 1" all around.
New Zimmerman Rotors.
New GT3 Brake Ducts
Everything Back together with new Rotors/Pads.
New Solid Motor Mounts
New Solid Motor Mounts
Sway Bar Pre-Loading and Suspension Check before alignment.
Alignment <br/>Front -1 Camber<br/>Rear -2 Camber
Seattle to San Francisco Roadtrip begins
Quick shot from Mt. Shasta
Light Maintenance at Burlingame Porsche. My check engine, PSM/ABS light came on. Suspected MAF sensor.
Replaced Plugs, Coils and MAF. The shop foreman serviced the car and was incredibly nice and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend this shop to anyone in the Bay Area as they gave me our PCA discount and a lower shop rate while knocking my car out in record time as I had to head back north in only a few days with short notice.
Crossing the Golden Gate heading back to Seattle
Highway 101 Traffic.
Highway 101 Sunset
SF to Seattle done. Back on Friday night, PCA Track Day on Saturday on morning. Prep work begins:<br/>-Track Wheels - Hollow Turbos with Falkens<br/>-EBC Yellowstuff Front/Redstuff Rear<br/>-SuperGold Fluid Check<br/>-Suspension Check<br/>-Brakes Check<br/>-Coolant Check<br/>-Interior Emptied<br/>-Spare MAF/Brake Light Switch
900 miles of Highway 101 to get home in time for the First Track Day. Fell in love.
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This is a video of all three groups running the most technical part of the Ridge course in Shelton, WA.
Pretty interesting to watch and see the lines drivers of different skill levels and cars take on the same steep S turn. This turn drops 80 feet from top to bottom.
(Will reupload video soon)
Pretty interesting to watch and see the lines drivers of different skill levels and cars take on the same steep S turn. This turn drops 80 feet from top to bottom.
(Will reupload video soon)
Last edited by vandersmith; 02-25-2016 at 03:39 AM.