Silver Surfer

Year: 1997
Make: Porsche
Model: 0
Cont. Porsche Models: 993
Mileage (numbers only please): 83000
Options (Please check ALL which apply): Airbags, Air Conditioning, Alarm System, Antilock Brakes, Cruise Control, Foglamps, Intermittent Wipers, Leather Seats, Power Brakes, Power Door Locks, Power Steering, Power Windows, Sunroof, Traction Control
Color: Black/Black
Price (no $ sign please): $70000
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (Region): NorthWest
Body Style: Coupe
Transmission Type: Manual - 6 speed
2 or 4 Wheel Drive?: 2 Wheel Drive
Engine Type: Fuel Injection
Stereo System: AM-FM CD

I am reluctantly offering my beloved 1997 993 C4S for sale, in Seattle, Washington. I have owned it since March 2012. My car has been regularly maintained at the same local Porsche specialist shop during my ownership and the previous owner’s ownership. I can put a serious buyer in contact with the shop where the car is well-known. I have learned so much from the folks here at Rennlist and you have all been very good to me over the years, so I am listing the car here before I list it anywhere else. The asking price is $70,000. But I will consider reasonable offers, so please don't give me a hard time about the price. It's hard to price a car like this.

Note: This C4S was converted to RWD by the prior owner using all Porsche OEM parts including the transmission brace. The car comes with all of the original parts necessary to restore it to AWD.

Exterior color: Black

Interior color: Black

Mileage: 83,000

Factory Options (from COA):

- Motor sound package

- HiFi Sound Package

- Supple leather F/R

- Porsche floor mats

- AM/FM radio with CD Player

- Power seat package

- Metal door sill with C4S insignia

Body:

- OEM Euro turbo front bumper

- OEM turbo splitter

- OEM front bumper brake ducts with integral fog lights

- OEM Euro clear front turn lens

- OEM Euro turbo rear bumper

- Porsche decal side stripe in ghosted matt black

- Lightly tinted glass

- Respray in original black color about two years ago

- 3M clear protective covering on hood, front bumper, splitter, windshield and headlights

- Original tool kit and tire compressor

Wheels and Tires:

- OEM hollow-spoke “Technical” turbo twist wheels, restored by Wheel Enhancements

- 7mm spacers front and rear with longer studs

- Bridgestone SO4 tires with good remaining tread

Lights:

- OEM litronic headlight upgrade

- BergvillFX Electronics T-LED front and rear turn signal and brake light LED kit

Interior:

- OEM carbon fiber interior package on dash, door panels and center console

- OEM carbon fiber steering wheel

- OEM carbon fiber shifter

- OEM carbon fiber parking brake

- Original Porsche radio head unit with original Nokia premium sound amplifier

- Seats have subtle contrasting guards red piping around front and rear center sections

- Aluminum-finished pedals and dead pedal

- OEM Porsche floor mats

- All gauges restored by North Hollywood Speedometer (prior owner had aftermarket white gauge faces)

- Wallrod rings on gauges, easily removable if desired

- Currently has one OEM Carrera RS/Clubsport hardshell bucket driver’s seat with black leather and shell painted body color purchased in Germany. Has all correct Porsche OEM hardshell mounting hardware. I have the original driver’s seat carefully stored.

Engine:

- ECU re-flash by Rennsport

- Fabspeed 200 cell sport cats with X-Pipe and stock Motorsound mufflers

- OEM RS engine mounts

- OEM RS lightweight flywheel and clutch

- Rennline RSR engine carrier

Transmission:

- OEM RS short shift kit

- OEM RS transmission mounts

- FD Motorsports Goldenrod

- Function First street hardness transmission mount inserts

Suspension:

- Moton Clubsport dampers

- Eibach springs

- OEM RS wheel carriers

- OEM RS brake shields

- OEM RS adjustable front and rear sway bars and drop links

- OEM RS A-arms and links

- OEM RS strut brace

- Tarrett Engineering reproduction 993 GT2 solid tie rods

- Rothsport polyurethane steering rack bushings

- Front monoballs

- All front and rear suspension bushings replaced with Elephant Racing sport hardness bushings

- Recently aligned and corner balanced, lowered to RS ride height by Porsche specialist alignment shop

Brakes:

- OEM turbo “big red” front brake calipers (new, to match new RS rear brakes)

- OEM RS four-piston rear brakes

General:

Paint is 9/10 with no blemishes

Interior is 9/10 with almost no visible wear. Never smoked in.

Engine blows no smoke, leaks no oil

Just passed its second Washington State emissions test after installing Fabspeed Sportcats.

I have receipts for all of my OEM purchases and upgrades, and prior owner’s upgrades

Almost all non-original parts are Porsche OEM parts, either RS, Euro, or period-correct options

Enthusiast owned, fastidiously maintained, tastefully modified, the car is a joy to drive:

- Throttle response is sharp

- Engine pulls strong

- Shift action and feel are tight

- Steering and handling is crisp and responsive

- Ride is firm and sporty but not harsh

- Stops on a dime

Known issues:

- Carfax shows one “accident.” A driver bumped into the rear reflector panel and broke it, scratching the rear bumper. I had the reflector replaced and replaced the stock bumper cover with an OEM Euro turbo rear bumper cover. No prior accidents.



- Prior owner installed after-market boxed rockers that required cutting a 2 inch by about 12 inch strip length-wise out of the side of the rocker sheet metal. I had the after-market boxed rockers removed, purchased turbo rocker panels and had pieces cut out and welded-in by a Porsche specialist restoration shop. No visible sign of the repair.




At the beach...


Side...


Front...





Motons in the frunk...


Upgraded litronic headlights...


Motor and rear Motons....


Rear seats....


Passenger seat...

joejenie

How about you take that shifter and brake handle out and swap me, then put it for sale! GLWS

Silver Surfer

Hey JoeJenie, thanks for the good wishes and the suggestion, but I suspect that this car will appeal to other compulsive types like me who will want ALL THE CARBON FIBERS!

mistapony

Interested and am in Seattle as well but too new to send a PM.

Silver Surfer

I left you a message in visitor messages. I'm not sure how that works, but check whether you can find or see it.

Fr3sh

Do you still have original driver seat?

Fr3sh

AC super cold?

Silver Surfer

Fr3sh, I do have the original driver's seat carefully stored in great condition. I have only been using the RS/CS hardback for about a year. The prior owner invested a lot in the air conditioning, and it does blow cold on high. It's a subjective thing, but I don't know if I would describe any European car's air conditioning of this vintage as "super" cold. I seldom use it in the Pacific Northwest.

mrsystems

Looks like a lotta love and $ to make this great car even greater, nicely done! I've never known of a AWD conversion back to RWD but i can understand why someone would want that, do you have the invoices on that job? I'm curious how much that costed is why i ask. GLWS someone is gonna get a beautiful machine oh and the price IMHO seems very fair considering all the tasteful mods. Last question, are the seats Recaros or ?

lthatch

Gorgeous, purposeful, utterly tasteful.

Silver Surfer

Lthatch, thank you very much for the compliment.

Silver Surfer

mrsystems, I have the receipt for the RWD conversion and can dig it up. It was done by the prior owner more than six years ago, so like everything else it is probably more expensive now. My recollection is that it was around $2k. If I end up keeping it, it will be converted back to AWD, but it will be sold as RWD with the parts to convert it at the buyer's discretion. The driver seat is an authentic Carerra RS sport bucket in leather, with the shell painted in body color Porsche Schwartz paint. I bought it out of Germany from a shop that took it out of the passenger side of an RS. I don't know why it was removed. It did not come with mounting hardware, so I bought all OEM manual RS seat mounting hardware from Porsche. The seat is very comfortable (to me). I have used it on several long drives. If the new owner prefers the stock seat, I may keep the RS seat and sell it separately, though the market for a single RS seat may be limited to other fanatics like me.

nine9six

That's a lot of car for the price!
GLWS

Fr3sh

Man I wished I seen this car before I bought my red one couple months ago :....(

Silver Surfer