Starting in on a new to me 991.1 2S Manual project. After a couple of air cooled builds I needed a break and still have something to take to cars and coffee. Great air conditioning sounded appealing, the ability to take my wife to dinner and valet the car also sounded like a great idea. In the past I would not trust any of my air cooled builds to anyone I didn’t know and trust. While the diminished trust is still there the user friendliness of the modern Porsche helps to alleviate the anxiety.

I was looking for a 996 GT3, GT2 or a 997 variety. I even went as far as to start several builds on the Porsche website on a new “T”. Having a manual transmission was a must. I started a few builds with the Mahogony color as my starting point. I just seem to gravitate to this color. You never see it in my area and I think it shows off the 911 silhouette very well.

I stumbled onto this 991.1 2S 3.8 naturally aspirated car and wouldn’t let go. It was the color and the condition and the options the original owner went for. Active exhaust, 18 way sports seats with full leather,

Burmester sound, Car play added professionally, PASM, PDCC.

Options (AZ, Y8, P3C, P3A, 498, 636, 525, 748, 653, 352, 640, 176, XDA, VRP, P07, 345, CWK, 844, XWK)

Having sold my rebuilt 72 ( https://forums.pelicanparts.com/pors...ld-thread.html) I had some funds for this project.
Previous work here: 72 Build 88 Build



In the street by my house.

In the seller's showroom.
When the car got here, I hated the wheels. I did not want 20” wheels and felt like the additional side wall a 19” tire could provide would work well around my home. The roads are littered with numerous uneven surfaces and holes. I sourced a set of 19” Apex ML-10RT (19x9 and 19x11.5) in the anthracite color. For tires I went with the continental extreme contact sport DWS. The offset on both wheels are within a millimeter or 2 of the factory wheels. I will retain the 5mm factory spacers on both wheels.

As soon as the car got here I sent it to Icon for a through cleaning, paint correction and front PPF including

Lower rocker and the faces of the rear fenders.



I have a bunch of stuff on order to make this my own. I’ll post photos as I can.

Numeric Shifter for 991.

Rear seat delete from Porsche

911R Rear Grille Kit

Porsche Sport Design “Ducktail” Spoiler

Lowering springs for the active suspension

Rear diffuser

Side skirts TBD

Front lip spoiler TBD

New front seat inserts

And several other goodies. I have a healthy budget due to the fact that I did not buy a GT3 or GT2.

 

Beautiful color! Enjoy in health!

 

Great back-story, thanks for sharing! Your personalized set-up is very appealing.

 

Love the color. Congrats and keep us posted on your mods.

 

@AG81 Should be a fun project for you and an interesting project for the rest of us to watch! I’m very keen to acquire a rear seat delete kit for my 991.2 2CS 7MT but just can bring myself to pull the trigger at $3,700 from Suncoast. Have a source for yours yet?

 

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Randy, I am biting the bullet and ordering the kit from suncoast. I'm not for wasting money but my budget got bigger when I opted for the less expensive 991.1 vs a GT3.

 

Thanks, at least I know there's no other source. I've already removed my seat backs and will probably remove the rear seat belts over the winter. I just don't get the rear seat thing in the 911. I know lots of owners find value in them but not me: no more small kids, it adds quite a bit of weight, and to me it makes the interior feel smaller — I like the open feel with the seat backs removed.

Looking forward to the next progress report on your project!

 

Nice! Your new car is utterly utterly beautiful and I’ve given it a quite thorough look over as one of my friends was quite taken with it, he ended up getting shut down by his wife though I’m in Portland OR and Grand Prix is here. It’s very nice, a good score. Rear wiper is so good on a 991.

Did you see this instagram post about the car?
Btw I told them they should fix the rear badging before they sold it btw. A prior owner put it on without using the template which isn’t spaced correctly, and just stuck it on not using the proper template (a common mistake). I’m sure that’s on your list.

 

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I totally agree. I don't need the seats. I deleted the rear seat backs in both of my air cooled builds, it just looks better. I am going to have my front belts reworked to a maroon color when I finely get to the install of the rear delete.

 

@AG81 looking forward to your build.
Here is my hybrid rear seat delete. I did not want to remove the seat back brackets so I just bought lower part (used $1000)
Just to let everyone know the plastic seat bases are the same for factory seats and lower delete bottom, if I knew this before I bought I would have just recovered my lower seat

 

 

@SHooks Nicely done, I'm jealous! Where did you have luck finding a used piece?

Good info on the plastic base being the same, in theory one could have it recovered with carpet by a competent upholstery shop. Anyone know where OEM carpet could be purchased?

I will be studying your pics and noodling on a strategy for my car.

 

Is this picture of the original upholstered version or the replacement carpeted version?

 

Original seat base. The seat delete base looks just like, factory seat cover looks to be velcro on.