smrpr

I thought that it would be better to open a thread and keep track of what I did to my car instead of posting here and there and resurrecting old threads

I'm based in Barcelona, Spain, and in January I blindly bought a car from an island called Mallorca. It was a cheap car so I took the risk and bought it before being able to inspect it. I flew there, got the car and brought it back home by ferry the same day. The risk paid off as the car is solid, but wasn't looked after. Nothing I can't fix, and I love a project car more than a pristine condition one.





At its new home

2005 911 Carrera 2 in Forest Green Metallic. 141.000km (~87.000 miles). I'm the second owner. Options include (sorry, in Spanish):




I drove it straight to my mechanic and he performed the following operations:

- Replaced spark plugs for NGK Iridium ones
- Replaced oil (5W40 Castrol Edge)
- Replaced oil filter
- Replaced transmission fluid (Motul Gear 300 75W90)
- Replaced coolant reservoir (it was leaking)
- Replaced Poly belt
- Replaced pulleys
- Replaced a leaky (and expensive) coolant pipe
- Replaced brake fluid (Motul RBF660)
- Added steel brake lines
- Replaced brake pads for Ferodo DS2500
- Replaced worn engine mounts with Function First
- Replaced the thermostat for a low temperature one
- Replaced the water pump
- Bomba de Agua
- Flushed the coolant (G12 Evo)

With all this done, I feel I have a good base car to start working on. I'ts not perfect by any means, I still need to replace the clutch and other various things, but at least I can drive it for a bit without worrying.

smrpr

Stuff I've done as of today:

When I first opened the sun visor, the cover of the mirror fell on my lap as the plastic melted:


I was going to order a genuine Porsche one until I saw the price:

So I resorted to Aliexpress



30 second fix

Lots of the plastics were very worn so I gave them a bit of Meguiars love:


Also installed the auto headlights mod from 997Research:



Replaced the fog lights for a set of 991-style DRLs:




And the side markers, too. These are a set of Audi-style sequential lights that I'm still not sure if I like:




Got my cat to approve the jobs I was doing on the car, she said all looks ok:



And I installed a Macan steering wheel together with the steering wheel column from a 997.2 that supports the multifunction:



I have an issue with the steering wheel as it rubs on the steering column when doing 90 degree turns and it's driving me crazy. I really need to fix it but I'd rather not take everything apart again.

This is how it sounds like: https://i.imgur.com/l598ylb.mp4

And I found an old thread with exactly the same issue: https://rennlist.com/forums/991/1360...s-rubbing.html

I'll need to look into it but very happy with the new wheel otherwise.

smrpr

Stuff that's pending:

Fister mod on a stock exhaust that I found for cheap and spent a week cleaning up:


Before

After

Install 200-cell cats and equal length headers that I got from TopGear UK:




And most importantly, I need to drive it and take some good pics of it! Haven't even driven it 200km since I got it and I hope this weekend I can fix that.

Tj40

Wow, looks like you had a clear plan and are executing it!

Congratulations, love the colour - don’t see Green 997’s too often.

Benlavigne

Great looking car, congratulations! Is that your MX-5, too? Looks like a Mazdaspeed turbo, with tinted headlights? I have a couple of those, also!

Ben

smrpr

I wish! We didn’t get the Mazdaspeed in Spain. It’s a Phoenix edition I spent 10 years modifying:

Spastblast

Great to see how you're improving this car. And quite a unique color as well!

If you experience notchiness in the shifting, please note that many consider that Mobilube PTX is best when changing the transmission oil.

evil_betty85

Congratulations! That porsche racing green metallic is stunning! I have a 997.2 in the same color.

Thanks for sharing!

smrpr

Finished polishing the headlights today.




Quite the difference!




Not perfect but this’ll do until I get the Morimotos:

Graufuchs

Huge improvement!!

smrpr

Another quick fix in the books, new A/C buttons:

Hootsama

Nice work cleaning up the headlights. What was your approach to that?

smrpr

200-400-800-1200-2000 sand grit and then some kind of polymer kit. I think it works by melting the outer plastic layer:

shepmess

did you replace those without removing the unit from the dash?

smrpr

Yep! I saw a couple of posts on FB explaining how to remove the buttons from the front and tried my luck - it went well as the plastic was so cooked that I was able to bend it and pull quite easily.