what is an 'early' 3.4 996?

[Chris Stott]

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.

Edited by Chris Stott on Monday 30th May 20:21

[Fast Bug]

Looks good Chris!

I spotted my engine lid is starting to bubble. I suppose that means I need a duck tail for it next year....

[Chris Stott]

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.

[Mariosbt]

I thought you could only keep a RHD car in Spain for so long? I could be wrong

P.S….. even looks like Pork

[Chris Stott]

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).

[jonny996]

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?

[stretcher]

Buyer beware of this Black car on Facebook .https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1062816307660700/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A7aa5a9dc-455f-454f-a195-7cb09681bc1b

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.

[Chris Stott]

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.

[anonymous-user]

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.

[ATM]

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.

No

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.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks ATM

[barryrs]

Don’t forget the handbrake shoes if required.

[ATM]

barryrs said:

Don’t forget the handbrake shoes if required.

I thought these only need doing if replacing rear discs?

[barryrs]

ATM said:

I thought these only need doing if replacing rear discs?

Thought that was the plan “all 4 corners”

[nebpor]

I wouldn't fit pagid disks again - the hub area corrodes too quickly.

Love the textar pads though.

[ATM]

barryrs said:

ATM said:

I thought these only need doing if replacing rear discs?

Thought that was the plan “all 4 corners”

My mistake for some reason I thought he was only doing pads.

[Slippydiff]

ATM said:

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.

No

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.

On the basis of the discs and pads you removed, that's hardly a fair summation of Textar pads.
Judging by the state of the inner faces of the discs alone, you were never going to get a decent pedal, nor indeed any real "bite".

Textar are OE suppliers to Porsche, and their pads provide a good blend of friction from cold, reasonable thermal stability at higher temperatures, easy to remove brake dust and are silent running. They are in no way inferior to Brembos, and in my experience are actually superior.

Textar are part of the TMD friction group which also owns Pagid and Mintex :

https://tmdfriction.com/

[Slippydiff]

Chris Stott said:

Underside of mine is now pretty much complete.

Front chassis leg before


Completely cut out and replaced. 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…

Wow, that's an excellent job Chris, you should be very pleased.
I'm guessing the rather awkward looking sill "spats" fitted on the trailing edge of the sills are the cause of the corrosion in that area. Not only do they look somewhat incongruous to my eyes, they appear to cause more problems than they solve ...

[Chris Stott]

Slippydiff said:

Wow, that's an excellent job Chris, you should be very pleased.
I'm guessing the rather awkward looking sill "spats" fitted on the trailing edge of the sills are the cause of the corrosion in that area. Not only do they look somewhat incongruous to my eyes, they appear to cause more problems than they solve ...

I am… quote was £1,500, and even with the extra work, the guy said it’s not going to be far off that.

He’s also done the front discs and pads, replaced all the metal brake pipes and the horrible front to rear one.

[nunpuncher]

Slippydiff said:

Wow, that's an excellent job Chris, you should be very pleased.
I'm guessing the rather awkward looking sill "spats" fitted on the trailing edge of the sills are the cause of the corrosion in that area. Not only do they look somewhat incongruous to my eyes, they appear to cause more problems than they solve ...

Have recently had my rear sills done along with my rear arches and a few other bits and pieces. Been waiting on the sunshine to get some pics so will try to do that today.

The guy doing mine said rust in that sill area is a mix of wet grit and dirt getting between the spat thingy and the body work and Porsche fitting them in a stupid way. The top edge to the spat thingies are mounted on a metal bracket which is screwed directly through the double skinned return of the end of the sill with a self tapper (you can see the remains of what I think is the screw - possibly even the bracket in Chris's photo). We opted not to put a screw through here when we put them back on.

Edited by nunpuncher on Wednesday 1st June 09:57