Flat_Six_

What was Fidelity quoting you for your warranty?

I was hesitant to buy a warranty from Fidelity after reading the comments on Consumer Reports. So I called and spoke with their rep and spoke to the Porsche dealer service department. They confirmed the warranty covered the areas of my concern.

I went with a 2 year, 24,000 mile gold plan.

TheBruce

@Flat_Six here are the prices I was quoted at 40k miles. The "total remit" column is the price (not "total retail").

TheBruce

@olymark997 - welcome!! I had a similar philosophy when I bought mine. It had enough patina where I told myself I wasn't going to stress parking on the street having the kids get sand all over it, etc, etc.

Well that lasted 3 weeks :-) The OCD kicked in and I got tired of the patina. Ive pretty much fixed, repainted or upgraded everything in the past few months. The car looks, drives and sounds better than new.

My latest project is repainting the calipers. Thats going to take another few days to finish up but I attached the work in progress pics.

Enjoy the car and send us some pics.

TheBruce

Lesson #60 - Eibach lowering springs and spacers are another required mod for 997s. They look perrrfect. Just the right amount of drop.

I did this project DIY. It was my biggest to-date and I learned a ton. Besides learning about the suspension I learned how to replace the brakes, rotors and adjust my parking brake. Those are simple compared to the suspension work.

I posted a writeup of the steps a couple weeks ago but forgot to update this thread. https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...r-997-1-a.html

Flat_Six_

I bought the Gold Plan from the dealer when I purchased my '06 997.1 S. Car has 54,900 miles at the time of purchase.


There was a lot of haggling involved which was annoying. I ended up with a 2 year/24,000 mile warranty for $2,600 with a $250 deductible. The dealer and Fidelity confirmed it would cover issues such as engine/transmission/IMS, etc.


Thanks for sharing.

911-997

Bruce, did you follow a DiY guide to remove the calibers? How easy is it?

TheBruce

Removing the caliper is dead simple. Here is a guide but the pics don't work. https://rennlist.com/how-tos/a/porsche-997-how-to-replace-brake-pads-rotors-and-calipers-377873

Steps:

Unclip the brake sensor on the top of the wheel carrier and pull the connectors out, remove the 10mm bolt holding the brake line bracket to the top of the wheel carrier (you only need to do this if you are NOT going to remove the brake lines as this gives you more room to manuever the caliper with the brake line still attached), then loosen the 2 10mm hex bolts on the back of the caliper and the caliper will be free.

Note: Make sure you are holding the caliper so you don't stress the brake line. You can then either hang the caliper in the wheel well with a bungie or put it on a box.

If if you are taking the pads out you need to pull the retaining clip holding the pin in place. Then take a punch and tap the pin out towards the engine. The metal bracket will then be free. You can then pull out the brake sensor lines from each pad. You can then pull out the pads. (If you can't move them use a wrench or crow bar to gently push the pads apart.)

Reinstall the same way and torque the 2 10mm hex bolts to 63lbs.

wolfsburgde

Edgy01

WD-40 works well.

TheBruce

blast from the past :-) 30k miles later and still loving it. so many more things ive learned I lost count.