Frank 993 C4S

I had a chance to take the beast up in the alps for the past two days after having the RS wing and front lip (in addition to the cup screens and 3M film) installed:









Impressions:

Above 250km/h the car is much more stable with the RS wing, at least that is my impression from an Autobahn section that I am now very familiar with. I love the looks - still get a lot of people taking pictures with their mobile phone cameras. This time I spent a fair amount on German and Austrian country roads and handling and braking proved to be absolutely fantastic, however it takes a lot of shifting to keep the revs up - my RS4 is much easier to keep at speed. Braking from 300km/h at times is "interesting" to say the least - I wonder how PCCBs would do. Forget the "hard" damper setting - it's useless as the car is all over the road, even on smooth road surfaces. I have now a little over 1500 miles on it, used 1 quart of oil and it is now much better to shift.

Ran into a Covrvette C06 as well and he was able to follow me way past 300km/h with no sweat. This is an amazing car and I look forward to my next outing in 3 weeks. No more mods for now.

carrering

beautiful frank. i wish i was still back there!

DavidNR

Very nice! I like the subtle GT3 side stripes. Very business like without being "loud". Thanks for posting.

cleanme

Love it, looks great man. Definitely great looking, the GT3 graphic is a very nice touch without looking too loud

Joe S.

Looks great. The RS wing looks so much better even though some want to call rice on it, whatever, I just can't get into the funky look of the regular 3 wing.

PN

Looking nice Frank !

Frank 993 C4S

Sorry we missed each other - how long after drop-off did your baby take to get back to the US? I am trying to figure out when/where I need to drop it off to get it to my US dealer by the end of October.

I heard that you were looking at placing an order for the wing. I think German delaers will have a problem shipping to Australia. Best to pick up all the parts in person in Germany and then take them home as luggage.

Thanks! I actually wanted to match the wheel color and it turns out that the foil reflects a lot in the sun so it almost looks like a shadow from may angles.

silverboy

Very tastefully done indeed. So the wing is OEM?

Frank 993 C4S

Thanks and yes, everything is OEM except for the decals.

TraqGear

Looks awesome Frank. I would do the same thing without hesitation.

sharkster

It looks a lot better in person (actually they both do). The regular GT2 one doesn't look right in pix tho...

CorsicanBB

Very nice car, Frank!

A quick question: am about to replace the lip on my GT3 for the first time and am wondering whether to go for the RS lip. I know it has a slightly different edge, but does that really improve aerodynamics (downforce)?

Thanks!

Frank 993 C4S

When I exchanged the rear wing, the dealer mentioned that Porsche insists that the front lip gets exchanged as well in order to keep the car aerodynamically balanced. At speeds up to 200 km/h you probably won't notice the difference, however my car is currently stored in Germany and I have plans on going much faster than that. Combining the stock wing with the RS lip will probably get you more downforce in the front, however it could produce (similar to the '80s Carrera front valance) lift in the rear.

TripleM

so how much does this RS Wing really cost?

NSXTC

Where did you get the GT3 decals?