The 997 Appreciation Thread

[Filibuster]

andrew-494ym said:

It happened. I finally got my poster car! ( well, the water cooled version ) I've been wanting one since i was a kid, and seriously looking since Christmas.
its a 2006 C2S, 74k miles, 9 services, it comes with grey extended leather, memory seats, sport chrono, modern pioneer head unit, no engine rebuild, has been recently borescoped, all ok. plenty of work done in the last few years.
First impressions: I love it, the noise is addictive, plenty of power, not had chance to test the handling yet as I only got it on Friday. Oh, and its very Red!
Andy.

Congratulations

I can’t see it clearly, but has your HVAC been painted? Looks much darker than the oem (artic?)silver.

[freedman]

Filibuster said:

Congratulations

I can’t see it clearly, but has your HVAC been painted? Looks much darker than the oem (artic?)silver.

Almost certainly (from the pics anyway), and looks far better for it

[andrew-494ym]

Better pic of the dash here. Yes it’s been painted, and yes I am waiting for the new hvac switches to arrive…..

[andrew-494ym]

Only thing that’s letting the car down is the speakers. Well, I presume it’s the speakers, as the head unit looks decent.
Any suggestions for a reasonable price upgrade chaps?

[Terry Winks]

andrew-494ym said:

Only thing that’s letting the car down is the speakers. Well, I presume it’s the speakers, as the head unit looks decent.
Any suggestions for a reasonable price upgrade chaps?

Don't look at me, I got really carried away. But it's an 8 inch in the lower door, and a 4 inch in the upper and tweeter in the dash, even the boggo sound system has a central tweeter for no reason I could fathom.

If you need any brackets for the speakers in the door, my mate has a load of drawn up models and a 3D printer ready to rock

[andrew-494ym]

Don't look at me, I got really carried away. But it's an 8 inch in the lower door, and a 4 inch in the upper and tweeter in the dash, even the boggo sound system has a central tweeter for no reason I could fathom.

If you need any brackets for the speakers in the door, my mate has a load of drawn up models and a 3D printer ready to rock

Thanks,
Excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject, but why would I need brackets?

[ATM]

andrew-494ym said:

It happened

I finally got my poster car

not had chance to test the handling yet as I only got it on Friday.

Worth getting the geo checked just in case. Sometimes these can be all over the place.

[andrew-494ym]

ATM said:

Worth getting the geo checked just in case. Sometimes these can be all over the place.

Yep, I will do.

[Terry Winks]

andrew-494ym said:

Don't look at me, I got really carried away. But it's an 8 inch in the lower door, and a 4 inch in the upper and tweeter in the dash, even the boggo sound system has a central tweeter for no reason I could fathom.

If you need any brackets for the speakers in the door, my mate has a load of drawn up models and a 3D printer ready to rock

Thanks,
Excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject, but why would I need brackets?

Depends on the replacement speaker depth but for example would have been hitting the door skin

Standard vs what we put in

[andrew-494ym]

[Ah ok I see. Maybe that’s why they sound crap then?quote=Terry Winks]

Depends on the replacement speaker depth but for example would have been hitting the door skin

Standard vs what we put in


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[Merp]

very nice, congratulations!
Any chance to share some photos of what your "normal bores" look like.
Always a nice bit of education to benchmark them.

[dgswk]

andrew-494ym said:

Only thing that’s letting the car down is the speakers. Well, I presume it’s the speakers, as the head unit looks decent.
Any suggestions for a reasonable price upgrade chaps?

Is it non-BOSE?

If so, check the amplifier - are the large speakers in the doors working, or just the smaller ones dotted around the car?

If its just the smaller ones, check the amplifier, its tucked away behind a panel in the frunk, froot - whatever you want to call it

Think its common for the Amp to go AWOL and start humming and hissing, the previous owner then removes fuse, meaning only the small speakers work (powered by the headunit) and a poor tinny sound inside.

Useful guide here:
https://www.bergvillfx.com/categories/audio-amplif...

Mine had this, when I identified lack of power to the amp, I plugged the fuse in, got an awful white noise.... Amp is sat on window sill currently, still waiting for me to post it off for repair

[andrew-494ym]

Merp said:

very nice, congratulations!
Any chance to share some photos of what your "normal bores" look like.
Always a nice bit of education to benchmark them.

Sorry, I dont have any pics, just the report from ,RPM in Knaresborogh.

[andrew-494ym]

Yes its non Bose, I saw the amp in the frunk, its got ASK on it??
Yes its really tinny, almost no bass. You could be onto something... I will check the fuse for starters. Thanks.

dgswk said:

Is it non-BOSE?

If so, check the amplifier - are the large speakers in the doors working, or just the smaller ones dotted around the car?

If its just the smaller ones, check the amplifier, its tucked away behind a panel in the frunk, froot - whatever you want to call it

Think its common for the Amp to go AWOL and start humming and hissing, the previous owner then removes fuse, meaning only the small speakers work (powered by the headunit) and a poor tinny sound inside.

Useful guide here:
https://www.bergvillfx.com/categories/audio-amplif...

Mine had this, when I identified lack of power to the amp, I plugged the fuse in, got an awful white noise.... Amp is sat on window sill currently, still waiting for me to post it off for repair

[dgswk]

andrew-494ym said:

Yes its non Bose, I saw the amp in the frunk, its got ASK on it??
Yes its really tinny, almost no bass. You could be onto something... I will check the fuse for starters. Thanks.

dgswk said:

Is it non-BOSE?

If so, check the amplifier - are the large speakers in the doors working, or just the smaller ones dotted around the car?

If its just the smaller ones, check the amplifier, its tucked away behind a panel in the frunk, froot - whatever you want to call it

Think its common for the Amp to go AWOL and start humming and hissing, the previous owner then removes fuse, meaning only the small speakers work (powered by the headunit) and a poor tinny sound inside.

Useful guide here:
https://www.bergvillfx.com/categories/audio-amplif...

Mine had this, when I identified lack of power to the amp, I plugged the fuse in, got an awful white noise.... Amp is sat on window sill currently, still waiting for me to post it off for repair

Yep, thats it, the ASK amp (aka Sound Plus on the spec sheet I think). Before you spend loads on speakers, definitely get that checked, they are repairable apparently and not too expensive. Bergville seem to be mentioned regularly on Rennlist etc. and there are other aftermarket options.

I've got a Gundo exhaust hack, so its futile having any kind of tunes in mine

[andrew-494ym]

The fusebox in the drivers footwell?

dgswk said:

Is it non-BOSE?

If so, check the amplifier - are the large speakers in the doors working, or just the smaller ones dotted around the car?

If its just the smaller ones, check the amplifier, its tucked away behind a panel in the frunk, froot - whatever you want to call it

Think its common for the Amp to go AWOL and start humming and hissing, the previous owner then removes fuse, meaning only the small speakers work (powered by the headunit) and a poor tinny sound inside.

Useful guide here:
https://www.bergvillfx.com/categories/audio-amplif...

Mine had this, when I identified lack of power to the amp, I plugged the fuse in, got an awful white noise.... Amp is sat on window sill currently, still waiting for me to post it off for repair

[rob1234]

dgswk said:

Is it non-BOSE?

If so, check the amplifier - are the large speakers in the doors working, or just the smaller ones dotted around the car?

If its just the smaller ones, check the amplifier, its tucked away behind a panel in the frunk, froot - whatever you want to call it

Think its common for the Amp to go AWOL and start humming and hissing, the previous owner then removes fuse, meaning only the small speakers work (powered by the headunit) and a poor tinny sound inside.

Useful guide here:
https://www.bergvillfx.com/categories/audio-amplif...

Mine had this, when I identified lack of power to the amp, I plugged the fuse in, got an awful white noise.... Amp is sat on window sill currently, still waiting for me to post it off for repair

Had my amp repaired recently by them - this chap really does have an excellent service. No affiliation etc.

[dgswk]

andrew-494ym said:

The fusebox in the drivers footwell?

dgswk said:

Is it non-BOSE?

If so, check the amplifier - are the large speakers in the doors working, or just the smaller ones dotted around the car?

If its just the smaller ones, check the amplifier, its tucked away behind a panel in the frunk, froot - whatever you want to call it

Think its common for the Amp to go AWOL and start humming and hissing, the previous owner then removes fuse, meaning only the small speakers work (powered by the headunit) and a poor tinny sound inside.

Useful guide here:
https://www.bergvillfx.com/categories/audio-amplif...

Mine had this, when I identified lack of power to the amp, I plugged the fuse in, got an awful white noise.... Amp is sat on window sill currently, still waiting for me to post it off for repair

Yes, can’t remember fuse number but bottom right area from memory. In my case, previous owner had removed it. I replaced it and got loads of static hiss / hum… classic failed amp… Bergvill will get mine at some point, not hugely expensive either.

[andrew-494ym]

thanks guys, I had a look on their site, its £100 plus £25-35 shipping to repair.

dgswk said:

Yes, can’t remember fuse number but bottom right area from memory. In my case, previous owner had removed it. I replaced it and got loads of static hiss / hum… classic failed amp… Bergvill will get mine at some point, not hugely expensive either.

[dgswk]

andrew-494ym said:

Forgot to say, lovely 911 by the way, I really wanted Red or Yellow but got bored and went black in the end.

Mine also has the extended grey / black leather which is nice too. I also have crappy HVAC switches to swap at some point and also want to paint the silver bits a darker black….



You’ll get used to this, they like a drink…

Edited by dgswk on Tuesday 30th April 18:58