what is an 'early' 3.4 996?

[skinny]

Similar to the powerflex gearbox inserts. Some say that it just stiffened up the unit but no additional harshness. For me, and i know others too, the vibration was completely unacceptable and it shook the whole car at 3k rpm. I've since modified them by drilling some holes essentially softening the mount and it's lots better but still borderline imo.

[Chris Stott]

LordHaveMurci said:

Interesting how some say they make little or no difference to NVH & others switch back due to unacceptable harshness!

Something I'm interested in doing but don't want to waste any cash, the car is quite capable of sucking me dry as it is!

May be the particular version I have. Mine are Rennline, fitted with the softest of the 3 supplied bushings - god only knows what the harder ones are like... track use only I would imagine.

They add a resonance above 5k that makes the engine lose all its smoothness and transfers through the car. In addition to this, they also make the ride really really harsh - as the weight of the engine is more directly transferred to the car over bumps.

It was much nicer before I had them fitted - one mod too far!

[richthebike]

I have the RSS semi-solids and haven't noticed any nasties.

[jonny996]

How long would it take a garage to change engine mounts & I take it you should change both at same time.
Also it’s used as a daily, so what is best for comfort ride

[ATM]

My mate did his on his drive. I'd guess an hour tops.

[skinny]

Yeah if everything comes undone ok, an hour max including getting all the tools out and putting them away again. I got all new hardware to replace the old so didn't need to worry about stuck nuts etc.

Edit: oh a garage is doing the work? Maybe 15 mins

[ATM]

Nephrite alert

Car (as in the rest of the car) looks lovely.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/283732693477

Edited by ATM on Saturday 11th January 08:47

[Risotto]

i still can’t stomach savannah or terracotta but I’ve grown to really like nephrite in a black or silver car.



If it weren’t for the fact that the eBay car has ruffled leather, I’d probably stick a bid in. It always manages to looks synthetic when new and baggy when it ages.

Anyone else back themselves into a corner by coming up with a unicorn spec for their next car?!

Edited by Risotto on Saturday 11th January 10:31

[skinny]

I'd have no issues ripping out the ruffled interior and replacing with buckets. The problem would be Porsche's insistence on colouring absolutely every part of the interior, i don't want green doors, carpet, roof and dash!!

[ATM]

The fact that's its nephrite means it will probably be cheaper than standard black or whatever else. So there could be bargain to be had there. If you are planning to buy some decent seats anyway and maybe change the steering wheel then you'll soon have a bit of black to break it up. If there is too much green then you can always die the leather bits easily enough. I quite like the colour as I think it's got some retro cool to it but agree about ruffled leather always looking poo.

My first Porsche was Lapis with Savannah so I still long for another in that combo. In some light the Savannah can look a bit too beige. The perfect colour for me would be a tad darker or richer if I was being picky but on a deep blue like Lapis I think Savannah wins from the Porsdhe palette.

[dai1983]

Don’t mind the green interior especially on the boxster as it has a lot more black to break it up. There was a suspiciously cheap 986S for sale nearby in guards red. It’s original owner must have been on drugs because with the red he also had the green interior. The combination looked gopping.

[nebpor]

“PERFECT FOR COLOURBLIND”

[was8v]

Its really not that bad once you are in it and driving. In fact its not really noticeable.

Its only when you are stood outside looking in you think hmmm thats a lot of green.

I really like the way my all grey cabin is lighter, makes the whole cabin lighter and a more pleasant place to sit.

[ATM]

was8v said:

I really like the way my all grey cabin is lighter, makes the whole cabin lighter and a more pleasant place to sit.

Agreed

I am in the 'anything other than black' camp for this exact reason. People like talking about car exteriors being in a colour. I prefer car interiors in a colour. I could live with Nephrite and I'd prefer it to Black but the exterior interior colour combo could throw out some exceptions.

[nebpor]

I had the tan interior in my Boxster, loved it, it looked quite classy - the green has never looked that in pictures I've seen, but maybe I just need to see it in the flesh!

And agree the world would be a dull place if everything was black ....

[nunpuncher]

The trouble with Porsche interiors is that they go all out on the colour. Seats, dash, carpets, steering wheel.... nothing escapes.

My mother in law had a 3 series with cream leather. The door cards, carpets and lower dash were all cream and it was revolting. There's nothing worse than weird coloured plastics in a car. She now has a Jag with similar cream leather seats but the carpets, dash etc are all black with cream leather inserts on the door cards. Much classier and a rather nice place to be.

[ATM]

nunpuncher said:

The trouble with Porsche interiors is that they go all out on the colour. Seats, dash, carpets, steering wheel.... nothing escapes.

My mother in law had a 3 series with cream leather. The door cards, carpets and lower dash were all cream and it was revolting. There's nothing worse than weird coloured plastics in a car. She now has a Jag with similar cream leather seats but the carpets, dash etc are all black with cream leather inserts on the door cards. Much classier and a rather nice place to be.

Thats why Porsche let you pay [a lot] extra for leather on absolutely everything like Sun Visors, steering column surround etc etc etc

[Fast Bug]

I'd rather black dash and door panels with coloured seats and maybe a flash of colour on the door panels. As much as I don't like black, mine is covered in nineties slip on shoe grey. It's a bit too much if i'm honest, I've got black carpet mats and a black Momo steering wheel to go on it to tone things down a touch

[Risotto]

was8v said:

I really like the way my all grey cabin is lighter, makes the whole cabin lighter and a more pleasant place to sit.

I agree, my last 996 had grey and it seemed a lot airier than black. Whoever originally ordered it had a bit of a carbon fetish, which helped break up the grey a bit. The steering wheel took things a bit far though.

[nunpuncher]

Fast Bug said:

I'd rather black dash and door panels with coloured seats and maybe a flash of colour on the door panels. As much as I don't like black, mine is covered in nineties slip on shoe grey. It's a bit too much if i'm honest, I've got black carpet mats and a black Momo steering wheel to go on it to tone things down a touch

I'm ashamed to admit that interior colour influenced the car I purchased more than the state of some of the mechanical bits.

I looked at cars with other colours (other than black) and costed up buying the bits to swap dash, carpet, door cards etc and figured it wasn't much less than fixing some of the crusty suspension and other mechanical bits on a car. Having sapped a complete dash in a car before I know it's not fun and unlike mechanical bits it's pretty difficult to put it all back in a way that you don't get some random squeak or rattle, especially on a 20 year old car.

The black interior is quite oppressive but for a couple hundred you could easily fit a set of coloured seats. Also figure it's a lot easier to lift a black interior with things like body coloured centre tunnel, aluminium pack, match retire bits with leather or alcantara and a bit of colour coded/contrast stitching.