ARIZON.RS

Hello everyone! I'm a new member and just recently added an .2 997 gt3 rs to my garage..... I love the look and feel of this car .... Never felt anything like it b4 .... I'm not looking to track the car this year .... The car is fairly new got it wit 310km and put about 1000km on it. I wrapped the front of the car in 3m and it came out great! Will post pic's later. The car came with an aftermarket exhuast but can't figure out the name of it!. I will post pic's later . I've been reading a lot on the fourm and kinda getting nervous about the car. What should I look out for ?? I know CL's have lots of issue's plus cooling ... Should I worry if the car is "only" street drivin?? I do like to have fun here and there. So should I still worrie ... Also got my first nail on my sport cup's !! Pffffffffffff kinda mad about that . But nothing more I can do! But fix it .... I will have a local tire shop swap it out cuz there 10x cheaper from porsche. Thanks PHIL

911SLOW

Welcome.

We don't save money on tires or anything safety related.
Make sure that the shop is good and then cheap.

Get a fresh alignment for the car. Street driven or not.

Stop worrying and go drive.

P.J.S.

local tire shop and centerlocks may be of some concern...
in my experience the local porsche dealer will accept tires from Tire Rack and is reasonable about mount and balance etc..

just a thought

drl

i regularly have dealership mount/balance my race tires on aftermarket wheels. they have done great work and price is reasonable. local tire shops (not race shops) did terrible balancing and put huge scratches in wheels.

Larry Cable

best to have a Porsche shop deal with the CLs ... you do not want some independent that has never handled them to deal with them ...

NJ-GT

Center Lock and local tire shop ==> Expensive disaster almost guaranteed.

Do a reading and search on CL, have it done properly.

Personally, I don't plug tires, I want to minimize tire failures for my own and others safety.

ARIZON.RS

thanks fellas . Think i might get them at cost, then get them installed by a Porsche dealer for peice of mind. i was wondering if u guys can help me with the exhuast system .

stock exhuast




those parts were shipped with the car .... i wish i could get better shots of the system i have on now .... but i need the car on a hoist to display a good photo... will try this saterday ... is it a bypass ?? race sytem ?? i have no clue.

ARIZON.RS

this is what she looks like






my nephew was the camera man .... still learning the rope's .... but he's getting there.lol

Larry Cable

all the bits in the box/photos look like the cars factory exhaust system: ctr muffler, side mufflers and the sport exhaust bypass valves etc ... which I think then means that the car must have a pretty interesting after-market system installed!!!

Looks as though everything from the cats back has been replaced given what OEM parts you have in the boxes ... will need pictures of the ctr muffler and side cans (if any) to tell what the provenance of the installed system is ...

ARIZON.RS

Larry Cable

agreed, either wheels f***ed up, or worse CL failure while driving!

ARIZON.RS

thanks

ARIZON.RS

yes i do have everything . including brackets and plug for vac line. but the name i cant make out on the damn thing!!! lol mind u im sticking my head between the floor and exhuast trying to make something out lol

ARIZON.RS

even if there down the middle??

Larry Cable

get a closeup of the tips and the ctr muffler behind them ... someone will recognize the solution ...

I wonder if its a akrapovic?