Izzone

With the market not making much right now I have decided to pull some of my previous earnings out for a treat.

I was debating between trading in my car, 997.1 GT3 on a 997.2 GT3 (or RS). When I calculated the difference I can not seem to justify it.......and I am not crazy about centerlock wheels. The saved money can be spent on dirving instruction, wheels and brake pads. I know the 997.2 is an improvement.....with unlimited funds I would get one

Tomorrow I drop my car off to have a pre owned clubsport bar installed (thanks Leif997) and GT2 seats (from an RS owner who did not want them). C2 design in Tampa, FL wil lbe doing the work.

Can someone give me a place to get a bar mounted fire extimguisher and belts?

Thanks.....I will post pics when it is done

Larry Cable

suncoast will have the factory belts, OGRacing or HMS will have the schroth 3" alternatives ... only difference is in the mounting h/w and perhaps the type of cam lock as I recall (perhaps wrongly)

dont know about a bar mount for the fire ext ... have you checked BK???

BTW you will probably need the Brey Krause sub belt bars for the sports buckets ... and they are a "bugger" to install with the seats in place, so you may want to get those 1st before you install the seats ... as well as the sub belts in particular.

unless it is your plan to drill the holes in the floor for the sub belts?

Izzone

C2 design has a sub bar that they are going to use......they told me it is a factory porsche part???

I will find the part number out. C2 did the install on TrakCar's GT3 RS, he might know what it is

Larry Cable

h'mmm I'm just an amateur, *but* I do not think the sports buckets have a factory/oem sub belt bar. I think if you ordered the (RoW) clubsport options you would have some threaded plates in the floor to attach the sub belts to.

I fear what these guys have is the 996 Recaro "cobrahead" sub belt bars which will not work (unless you drill/mess around)

you need these:

http://www.bkauto.com/porsche/r9032.php
http://www.bkauto.com/porsche/r9034.php

what I think they have is this:

Izzone

I will let you know when I get the part number, i asked that exact question

Larry Cable

no need. but if it starts with a 996. take it from me (you may recall I had a pair of these seats in my '07 GT3) it will not fit.

enjoy it once its all installed

Larry

TRAKCAR

Chris did the whole thing. I just got the invoice ;-)
Mine is still rattle free, I love all the work they did.

Click on my signature for detail shots at their shop.

mooty

yeah, keep it. i recall your car was very low miler.
there are no FACTORY sub bar for GT2 seats (glad u found those seats), except the one's posted by larry cable. the old factory bar will work, need some modification, not heard. but the bar posted by larry is made for these seats.

silverboy

Good decision Izzone. The probability of a 'double dip' scenario in the economy is greater now than before. Being prudent is the 'new normal'. Your GT3.1 is a great car. Enjoy it and max it out! :-)

Izzone

I have had my car 9 months....have with 2500 miles now has 6500.....still don't drive it enough

I have searched high and low on sizing, i am 6'2", think the seats should be ok for me.

The only local car that has them is a boxter spider (no roof) so i could not judge height.

C2 said to get a thinner bottom cushion made if it is an issue

TRAKCAR

Make sure you spend some time with Andrew, this is what he did with mine to make me sink in and fit:

tcsracing1

the 997.1 is a good platform and money saved on not buying .2 can be spent elsewhere on your .1.

sharkwerks make a great fire extinguisher brackets for the GT2 seats. (drivers side)

Izzone

I dropped off my car at C2 design today......what a nice shop

GT2 seats with Alcanterra centers ship out tomorrow......

I can hardly wait it is like getting a new car

If anyone has an extra carbon shift ****.....let me know I might add one piece of carbon to match the seats

Izzone

If anyone is interested in my stock sport seats I am considering selling them (no idea what they are worth).....they are heated

Harold

I honestly think you are making the right choice. There is not enough of a difference to pony up the additional cash. I would just keep learning the existing car.... its a great machine and nothing beats getting more intimate with it!!!