what is an 'early' 3.4 996?
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Chris Stott said:
Mine went in today to have the chassis sorted… cleaning up, some welding on the chassis legs etc. Guy who’s doing it called me this afternoon to say the main brake line front to rear needs doing and the rear of the sills are rotten.
Car has done 198k now, so probably to be expected.
Once this is done a mate of his is going to sort the front and rear arches.
Had her over 15 years and 140k miles now.
10k a year for 15 years is good going! Has it had an engine rebuild at all?!Car has done 198k now, so probably to be expected.
Once this is done a mate of his is going to sort the front and rear arches.
Had her over 15 years and 140k miles now.
Chris Stott said:
Mine went in today to have the chassis sorted… cleaning up, some welding on the chassis legs etc. Guy who’s doing it called me this afternoon to say the main brake line front to rear needs doing and the rear of the sills are rotten.
Will we get any pics to look at Chris?
nebpor said:
Excellent - that's a lovely colour!
Indeed. Nothing against other colours but I think the Zenith blue looks absolutely brilliant. I also absolutely love the Turbo wheels from this era 911. They've been freshly refurbished, which is both brilliant and a curse (cleaning *the entire* wheel properly to get that beautiful finish showing through the spokes)
Underside of mine is now pretty much complete.
Front chassis leg before
Completely cut out and relplaced. Seam sealed as per factory, it has blended in nicely. OS similar treatment.
Rear of OS sill… turned out to be a bit worse than first thought.
Most of the brake pipes replaced at the same time… the main one (front to rear) broke in to 4 pieces when removed.
From the guy that’s done it… Dinitrol 77B gives such a good OEM finish compared to just using black underseal to hide everything… where we’ve done weld repairs, painted it all silver to match the factory stuff and then coated the lot…
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Got a couple of good 2nd front wings for it, and it’ll go to his body guy next to have them fitted and the rear arches done…. He’ll then finish the rear sills and paint it.
Front chassis leg before
Completely cut out and relplaced. Seam sealed as per factory, it has blended in nicely. OS similar treatment.
Rear of OS sill… turned out to be a bit worse than first thought.
Most of the brake pipes replaced at the same time… the main one (front to rear) broke in to 4 pieces when removed.
From the guy that’s done it… Dinitrol 77B gives such a good OEM finish compared to just using black underseal to hide everything… where we’ve done weld repairs, painted it all silver to match the factory stuff and then coated the lot…
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|https://thumbsnap.com/j2habaSP[/url]Got a couple of good 2nd front wings for it, and it’ll go to his body guy next to have them fitted and the rear arches done…. He’ll then finish the rear sills and paint it.
Edited by Chris Stott on Monday 30th May 20:21
To be honest, I was surprised by just how bad it was underneath when it was up on the ramps at Christmas.
I guess that’s 22 years of living outside in British weather.
Might bring it down here to Spain once it’s all done as it will never see salt, hardly ever see rain, and probably last forever… plus I have the most amazing driving roads as soon as I turn out of our urbanisation. Need to look at what the tax implications are.
I guess that’s 22 years of living outside in British weather.
Might bring it down here to Spain once it’s all done as it will never see salt, hardly ever see rain, and probably last forever… plus I have the most amazing driving roads as soon as I turn out of our urbanisation. Need to look at what the tax implications are.
RHD is fine… but would need registering in Spain… so LHD headlights and a Spanish MoT (ITV). There’s a registration tax to pay that can be prohibitive though.
An Irish guy who owns a place here has a RHD 996 cab on Spanish plates.
You can drive British registered cars here, but I’m a resident with a Spanish driving license so not allowed to drive non Spanish registered cars (€500 fine).
An Irish guy who owns a place here has a RHD 996 cab on Spanish plates.
You can drive British registered cars here, but I’m a resident with a Spanish driving license so not allowed to drive non Spanish registered cars (€500 fine).
Chris Stott said:
RHD is fine… but would need registering in Spain… so LHD headlights and a Spanish MoT (ITV). There’s a registration tax to pay that can be prohibitive though.
An Irish guy who owns a place here has a RHD 996 cab on Spanish plates.
You can drive British registered cars here, but I’m a resident with a Spanish driving license so not allowed to drive non Spanish registered cars (€500 fine).
Is that a Brexit thing?An Irish guy who owns a place here has a RHD 996 cab on Spanish plates.
You can drive British registered cars here, but I’m a resident with a Spanish driving license so not allowed to drive non Spanish registered cars (€500 fine).
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I had Porsche inspections take a look for me as i was suspicious about the poor re-paint. Turns out it has been in a heavy frontal impact, not recorded. Seller say's he had it painted to tidy it up..... Owner is a liar and there's no mention of it in this fresh advert. £500 up the swaney.
I had Porsche inspections take a look for me as i was suspicious about the poor re-paint. Turns out it has been in a heavy frontal impact, not recorded. Seller say's he had it painted to tidy it up..... Owner is a liar and there's no mention of it in this fresh advert. £500 up the swaney.
jonny996 said:
Is that a Brexit thing?
No, it’s always been the case that you can only have a foreign registered car here for 6 months then it must be registered in Spain. What’s changed since Brexit is the police have started checking British register cars… before Brexit, they weren’t really bothered - my neighbour ran 2 British cars for 12 years without a problem. His wife got stopped dropping their daughter off at school last year and warned next time they caught her it would be €500, doubling with each offence.
OnTheBreadline said:
Brake warning light has now come on. Probably going to do all 4 corners because futureproof. Is the recommendation still Pagid discs and Textar pads? Best place still Carparts4less?
Thanks all.
NoThanks all.
I recently went for Brembo pads and when I removed the old pads I noticed they were Textar. I noticed an improvement in pedal feel and firmness. However I also changed the front discs at the same time as they were a bit old and crusty.
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