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HI guys, what a great forum here. Newbie to this thread and Porsche's, so finally bite the bullet and got one , 2011 / 997.2 GTS couldnt be happier. The new 992's look great but the appeal of the 997 was thats it really a much smaller 911, similar in size i would say to the current cayman.
Anyway as usual i had to tinker aorund and replace things ..so 1st up was the door speakers / panels...did some sound proofing and upgraded to the focals. Tighter bass so far !
HI guys, what a great forum here. Newbie to this thread and Porsche's, so finally bite the bullet and got one , 2011 / 997.2 GTS couldnt be happier. The new 992's look great but the appeal of the 997 was thats it really a much smaller 911, similar in size i would say to the current cayman.
Anyway as usual i had to tinker aorund and replace things ..so 1st up was the door speakers / panels...did some sound proofing and upgraded to the focals. Tighter bass so far !
Inside door panel done
Outer panel done
Congrats on your purchase. So does the dampening have a significant reduction in road noise?
Took longer than I expected, but complete front and rear suspension refresh complete, also lowered the car with new TechArt springs on B6s, scheduled for an alignment later this week. Still need to drive her around to get the suspension to settle, but so far looks good. Should take care for the clunks I was struggling with as well as get rid of the monster truck look.
PS: Yes I know many of my bolts are not tight, after the pictures were taken I worked into the night putting load on the suspension and tightening everything. And reconnecting the sway bars.
Switched out the chrome headlight washer nozzles with OEM black ones to match my basalt black paint. Less chrome/silver == win.
BTW, there are plenty of youtube videos "demonstrating" how to do this involving tape and locking pliers and lots of general pain. Its a very easy 1 minute job with the right tools. A hook pick with a nice handle to pull the washer nozzle up and hold it up. A small screwdriver or straight pick to bend back the tab that retains the washer assembly against its zipper teeth. It pops out and the underlying assembly drops back into the hole. Clean it up and click in the new one pushing to down to push past the zip teeth. Less than 60s per side, nothing broken, scratched or stressed.
Hmm. This may be something every owner should check.
Depends on where you live and how you drive the car. I don't have a single rusty fastener or component on my car. Any fastener I remove gets replaced with a stainless one unless it's a hardened one like Grade 8, 10, or 12 for strength (seat bolts, etc). Since I'll never sell this car, I'll be the one removing that fastener again next time - makes my life so much easier when DIYing stuff. There are also lots of fasteners where a socket head bolt with a ball end Allen is much easier to access and use than the standard hex or Torx fastener,, so those get replaced too.
06-28-2021, 09:11 AM
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