what is an 'early' 3.4 996?

what is an 'early' 3.4 996?

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ATM

19,776 posts

234 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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Luke. said:
I don't get the love for the aero kit. Looks so much better without.
Snap

It's all a bit max power for me. Dont get me wrong I'd love a gt3 but the simpler look of the standard car looks a lot less shouty and just more civilised.

jonny996

2,660 posts

232 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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ATM said:
Snap

It's all a bit max power for me. Dont get me wrong I'd love a gt3 but the simpler look of the standard car looks a lot less shouty and just more civilised.
It's defiantly an era thing, you don't see many kitted 997's . I'm not a fan

Dammit

3,804 posts

223 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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Look at the GT3 Touring as an indicator of how fashion has moved - all trousers with very little mouth.

GT6 Jonsey

871 posts

137 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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definitely a matter of taste, would people please stop snapping up the C2 aero cars so I can buy one smile I have a budget of around £18000 if anyone knows of such beast

Dammit

3,804 posts

223 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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I'm (hopefully) making a plain 996.1 cab with the performance of a GT3 - it'll be a splendid lightning rod for ire I suspect.

MrC986

3,671 posts

206 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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nunpuncher said:
IREvans said:
Yes, the middle advert above is meridian silver. I was never a fan of it....
Pretty certain that's Paladium (very rare on a 996) rather than Meridian. Meridian silver doesn't have enough yellow/gold in it for some of those photos.
It's Mirage Metallic or sometimes known as Paladio Metallic (paintcode 555 I think which covers both names) - if you enter the registration on the DVLA website it doesn't help form a selling point that it says "beige" though if you're after a manual aero kit low miles C2 its not bad if you can live with the colour (I have one in that colour bought at the right £s) I'm sure that particular car will ultimately sell although with Savananh beige interior it isn't the best colour combination (call it a Marmite one!) & if someone made a cheeky offer given winter is approaching & where it's located, they might be able to bag a good deal possibly.

Dammit

3,804 posts

223 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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I think anthracite wheels would make a big difference - the silver wheels currently on there don't work with the colour (which I like, for the record).

I also think that the Savannah interior can work - it just needs to be broken up with some black.

A trip to a trimmers that is friendly with a breaker and I think you'd have an interior that worked:


GT6 Jonsey

871 posts

137 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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MrC986 said:
nunpuncher said:
IREvans said:
Yes, the middle advert above is meridian silver. I was never a fan of it....
Pretty certain that's Paladium (very rare on a 996) rather than Meridian. Meridian silver doesn't have enough yellow/gold in it for some of those photos.
It's Mirage Metallic or sometimes known as Paladio Metallic (paintcode 555 I think which covers both names) - if you enter the registration on the DVLA website it doesn't help form a selling point that it says "beige" though if you're after a manual aero kit low miles C2 its not bad if you can live with the colour (I have one in that colour bought at the right £s) I'm sure that particular car will ultimately sell although with Savananh beige interior it isn't the best colour combination (call it a Marmite one!) & if someone made a cheeky offer given winter is approaching & where it's located, they might be able to bag a good deal possibly.
I was thinking exactly this I can live with the colour combo and for me it’s not a case of it being a nightmare to shift after I’ve had my fun with it, now that cheeky offer you speak of, what would you lot offer for a nice ( to me ) spec beige 996 with custard interiorsmile

roca1976

600 posts

130 months

GT6 Jonsey

871 posts

137 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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That is my ultimate spec, that or guards. Strong money but unicorn spec and colour

roca1976

600 posts

130 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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Definitely strong but he knows what he has...

roca1976

600 posts

130 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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Dammit

3,804 posts

223 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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Aftermarket head unit, comfort seats, four spoke steering wheel. Plus it looks like it's on stilts, although they all do unless they're a GT3 or they're on coil-overs.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

211 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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roca1976 said:
Bradford.


Everyone
seen Jethro's plans in this month's Evo?

GT6 Jonsey

871 posts

137 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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roca1976 said:
Been watching their stock come and go over the last 6 months, they seem to find a decent supply of aero cars

Fast Bug

12,718 posts

176 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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There was some patchy feedback on them a year or so ago. Hopefully they've improved since

jimmy p

972 posts

181 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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roca1976 said:
Think this is someones from 911uk.
Think if you git it for 20k that would be where my money would go. Looks in great condition.

ferrisbueller

30,007 posts

242 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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Is it the same one that was being sold by a collector further north a little while ago?

MrC986

3,671 posts

206 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
Everyone
seen Jethro's plans in this month's Evo?
^ some serious “budget creep” I’ve read...a full rebuild & an X51 OEM performance kit - mucho £s me thinks!

Dammit

3,804 posts

223 months

Sunday 8th September 2019
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Which is interesting as (to you or I) the X51 kit isn't available anymore - I tried to buy one and discovered that quite a lot of parts are NLA.

Possibly more importantly at least one part is dangerously made - the dual stage scavenge pump for the head on bank two pumps backwards, which is sub-optimal.

Now Porsche may be making him parts from scratch, he's a journo and it'll lead to a decent article (or series of articles), but I'm uncertain on that one.