OK so it's early days but if you had a few thousand what would you choose to do to my car? I'm not going down the aerokit or wheels route and generally stick to rule of any upgrade being fairly easy to remove if needed.

Personalised tag - MARITIME complete
Clear side-markers complete
Dension IPhone in-process
Dension Bluetooth in-process
H&R spacers 2010
Seat backs body color 2010
Exhaust, lighter, better sound after warranty expiration, 01/2011
other interior trim in body color need suggestions, I have carbon wheel, carbon center consol and carbon package.


As delivered:

Non-Metallic Paint to Sample
Black Mats – Porsche lettering
Bi-Xenon Headlamp Package
Leather Sport Seats
Self-Dimming Mirrors
Heated Front Seats
19" Carrera Classic Wheel
PASM
TPMS
Delete Model Designation
Fire Extinguisher
Sport Chrono Package Plus
Bose High End Sound Package

EXCLUSIVE OPTIONS
Headlight Cleaner Cover Exterior Color
Painted Model Designation Rear Lid
Instrument Dials Carrara White
Rear Center Console – Carbon
Carbon Steering Wheel Multi-function
Carbon Package

 

Looks like you’ve addressed the cosmetics of your vehicle quite nicely. Perhaps you might consider a few defensive items to protect its appearance. Here are a few possibilities…

XPEL Paint/Headlight Protection Film - see http://www.xpel.com/
SCHILD Lid Liner - see http://www.p1speed.com
SCHILD Luggage Compartment Liner - see http://www.p1speed.com
DoorDefender Magnetic Car Door Protectors - see http://www.doordefender.com
Porsche Sunshield - see http://www.carlsenporsche.com/

Beyond those sorts of things, perhaps a V1 - see http://www.valentine1.com/

Beautiful vehicle, by the way. Could you share the specs for your spacers?

 

Lloyd's Mats w/997 script and piping,
Silver Crest Hood Emblem,
Hoen's white light kit for all the auxillary lamps,
2' pipe between the intake and exhaust side of you mufflers....

 

I would invest in the most important element of driving a Porsche - the driver... go with a PDE course! No need to wait until 2011 when warranty expires! :-)

 

Look at that, NC has just switched back to blue lettering for their tags, how fortuitous.

 

when i lived there i never knew why some were red letter and some blue..

why wait for exhaust? doesnt harm any part of warranty as long as your after the cats...

id hack the side mufflers!... best thing i ever did to my 997.1, keeps all the stock parts but under higher RPM it allows for better flow and sounds superb!


by hack i mean what member above said:

2" pipe between the intake and exhaust side of you mufflers....... you do it before the side muffler, usually costs 150-200$ and sounds better than 2500$ PSE

 

Thanks for the replies.
Yes I've thought about film on the front of the car, but I wonder about the cost vs benefit. Hmmmm.
DoorDefender - I wonder if people will be more careless just because they see a DoorDefender parked next door?
With regards to spacers I have 5 mm on the front and 14 mm on the rear of my Boxster and the difference is amazing, I'll do the same on my 997.
I thought about a Silver crest as I've got the whole blue/silver thing going and no colored wheel crests, but not sure - as yet. Change for change sake?
The 2" pipe thing has me thinking, but what I really want is a lighter exhaust too. Can't beat the cost, Trick would be to find a good shop.
Well I do plan on doing a DE yemenmocha, I've done plenty in the Boxster, I think I've got a lot to learn in this rear engined car!

 

How about a short shift kit?

 

I had the Dension bluetooth and iPhone hooked up to my car. It was expensive but I love the way it's out of sight, yet easy to access and works through the PCM and MF steering wheel. Thanks to European Performance, in Raleigh, for the professional install.
The bluetooth is visible only as a large black “q-tip” (well illuminated by the camera flash here) and in the glove box are an iPhone hook-up (loose cable), USB port (placed up top) and an input for audio (secured up top).

 

Looks super---another project down!

So are spacers next? Looks like a few of us are heading in that direction (see https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...r-spacers.html). Might be worth investigating a group buy.

 

RemoteKey, for one touch windows, beep on lock.trunk delay etc.

 

How about cover-ups for those ugly airbag warning labels.
ebay item # 130339635261

 

1. Personalised tag. complete MARITIME
2. Clear side-markers. complete
3. Dension IPhone. complete
4. Dension Bluetooth. complete
5. H&R spacers. I'm thinking 5/7 mm all around.
6. Seat backs in body color. In 2010 using bumperplugs.com
7. Exhaust, lighter, better sound. Gundo hack probably, X51 header later
8. NEW Visor's de-decaled. complete, see picture
9. NEW Cupholder. complete, Ultimatecupholders.com, much better than stock and lower c of g means less chance of a spill under high G's. See picture.
10. NEW IDEA. Air vent slats body color?

 

engine bore out to 3.8 l

 

GHills that is a cool idea, I hadn't even considered it! Maybe I'll add the big reds brakes and an S on the rump too. Sweetness
However I generally stick to rule of any upgrade being fairly easy to remove if needed.