evoq007

Morning all,

This is my first 911 as I have always wanted one since starting driving a few years ago. During college I have had two 944's and a boxster so I am not exactly new to the porsche brand, just the 911 experience. I guess now I have drank the koolaid and understand what all the hype is about.

Here is my new to me 2007 C4S in meteor grey with stone grey interior. I love it so far. First tasks are motul fluid change, clear side markers and a new air filter.








Hopefully I can meet some other local bay area 997's sometime.

myw

very nice. enjoy in good health.

BrakingBad

Very Nice. Congrats!

Perk10

I love Meteor Gray... Awesome car but find a better parking spot next time

chris.hanle

I like it, you will hear pretty quickly some one say "you need to change the pumpkin turn signals" I do not want to be the first to tell so I won't. Even though it is a cheap fix($30-$40).

Perk10

actually he covered that in his original post if you actually read it

evoq007

haha yup. Clear side markers and a new oil drain pan were the first things I bought.

Also just ordered some 200 cell cats. I hate loving modifying my cars.....

php

very nice. congrats.

sulu911

Congrats, you'll love it. Pretty soon, your gonna need a track car as well, maybe your 3rd 944.

ksozay

Great looking car!

And then I think about cleaning those wheels...

evoq007

haha which is why I am currently looking at getting new wheels

ufischer

Beautiful car evoq. Enjoy it. I agree that Sport Designs are a royal pain to keep clean. But there is no nicer wheel as far as I am concerned. But I am biased.

ECS Tuning

Great looking car evoq007 and congratulations What's the mileage on the beast?

Volnomad

Congratulations! I like the Sport Designs too. They look great when clean, but getting them that way and keeping them that way is a royal pain!

StormRune

Gorgeous car! I love the wheels, I don't see those very frequently. The red calipers pop nicely with the gray paint and silver wheels.

Here's one way to spend a lot less time cleaning your wheels:

One of the first things I did when I picked up my car (and the last two cars as well) was change the brakes pads to Hawk Performance Ceramics. Of course, it helped that the dealer had done new brakes as part of the CPO so before the discs were worn I was able to just switch the pads and keep the discs.

These pads leave a LOT less dust on the wheels. Its my understanding that the dust they do throw is less sticky so it doesn't stay on the wheels as much. The dust that does stick is a lot grayer and less visible on silver wheels. Performance feels equivalent to OEM to me, but I don't do a lot of consecutive extreme stops or track the car so I can't say I know if there are as good or better there.

If you get unhappy with the blacker dust from the OEM pads and your discs haven't worn significantly, I'd recommend the switch. I no longer feel like I need to wash the wheels more frequently than the rest of the car.

It only cost me around $225 to make the switch doing the work myself (you have to shop around to find the best price, it varies a lot from place to place for the same product). If you are VERY careful and patient you can salvage and reuse the existing wear sensors and vibration dampers to save the money those cost like I did. No squeals or any other problems.