what is an 'early' 3.4 996?

[ATM]

Luke. said:

I don't get the love for the aero kit. Looks so much better without.

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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]

ATM said:

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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]

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

[GT6 Jonsey]

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

[Dammit]

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]

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]

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]

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 interior

[roca1976]

Yellow aerokit
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/49121537...

[GT6 Jonsey]

That is my ultimate spec, that or guards. Strong money but unicorn spec and colour

[roca1976]

Definitely strong but he knows what he has...

[roca1976]

Have you seen Friendsgreen one?

https://www.friendsgreenporsche.com/product-page/p...

[Dammit]

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]

roca1976 said:

Yellow aerokit
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/49121537...

Bradford.


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

[GT6 Jonsey]

roca1976 said:

Have you seen Friendsgreen one?

https://www.friendsgreenporsche.com/product-page/p...

Been watching their stock come and go over the last 6 months, they seem to find a decent supply of aero cars

[Fast Bug]

There was some patchy feedback on them a year or so ago. Hopefully they've improved since

[jimmy p]

roca1976 said:

Yellow aerokit
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/49121537...

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]

Is it the same one that was being sold by a collector further north a little while ago?

[MrC986]

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]

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.