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Nice Job! Our family is growing - love the slate grey/saddle/beige interior. Like you, when I bought my TT sight unseen from Montreal, I had a garage full of new parts and fluids taking up space a month before the car arrived. We thought along the same lines too: SpeedTech (3.0 Cat X-Pipe), plugs, coils, O2 Sensors, a tuner, new Michelin 4S moccasins, et-al and like your ride, the front vents we jammed with leaves.
Couldn't help cringing though when I see you working off the floor. I suspect your youth continues to grant few "body aches" - I couldn't have done plugs et-al without the car on a lift.
You are also somewhat modest. The work performed as you state is not tough, but for those digging in for the first time the endeavor is daunting. You are commended!
BTW, I have the same mid 70's magazines...and have been hooked on Porsches ever since '75--76 when the first 930's were introduced.
ENJOY!
The front radiator intake grilles (various types available or DIY) are well worth it to keep the leaves and debris out and protect the fins. I think they clean-up the cosmetics too.
Thorough job, and time consuming judging by the bottle caps. Leatherique, been using it for decades on my Porsches.
Don't know what you do for a living, but if you had to quit your day job could easily open your own Porsche shop.
I was happy with the local P dealer service when we lived in Chapel Hill. Been looking for a shop with your ability since we moved to FL; local dealer not quite so good and expensive.
Enjoy your car, they are great.
I was born and raised in Durham, and spent some time at UNC so I am very familiar with Chapel Hill. I could never make any $ as a mechanic because it takes me too long, ha.
Nice Job! Our family is growing - love the slate grey/saddle/beige interior. Like you, when I bought my TT sight unseen from Montreal, I had a garage full of new parts and fluids taking up space a month before the car arrived. We thought along the same lines too: SpeedTech (3.0 Cat X-Pipe), plugs, coils, O2 Sensors, a tuner, new Michelin 4S moccasins, et-al and like your ride, the front vents we jammed with leaves.
Couldn't help cringing though when I see you working off the floor. I suspect your youth continues to grant few "body aches" - I couldn't have done plugs et-al without the car on a lift.
You are also somewhat modest. The work performed as you state is not tough, but for those digging in for the first time the endeavor is daunting. You are commended!
BTW, I have the same mid 70's magazines...and have been hooked on Porsches ever since '75--76 when the first 930's were introduced.
ENJOY!
Thanks for the note. My biggest problem under the car is, as my eyes age, I can't focus on anything within a foot of my face and the concrete won't let you back up any more. So sometimes I was laughing and cursing at myself, damn too old for this.
Nice to see owners perform all or most of the work. I enjoy working on it more than anything else. I removed my own engine and worked on it for about a month. New flywheel, clutch, PP, all hoses, sharkwerks coolant elbows, spark plugs, coils, both water pumps, both master and salve, Europipe, coolant tank and other stuff I probably have forgotten. All parts from Sonnen Porsche and lots of questions to Neal and a few calls to Kevin at UMW. Everything he suggested I replaced needed or not. Also cleaned every square inch of the engine bay. All total in parts $5700. EP-1 not included $4500. Bought me a Panerai watch the following week due to the labor savings. Enjoy your car! Keep working on it.
Maybe everyone has done this already or it doesn't bother anyone else, but the "fried egg" look of the rear turn signals bothered me. So I replaced the bulbs with stealth bulbs that are silver in color but shine amber. $30 well spent. I believe it cleans up the rear nicely.
Congrats and Sam at ByDesign is awesome...his encyclopedic knowledge of tuning TT P cars never ceases to amaze me. As to the car's colors...I do not mean to offend but not really a fan...but as the old saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so what I think don't matter! Good luck with your car. And yes doing coils is much easier by dropping the engine....nice car dude.
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