Help choosing which GT3

[Dammit]

alfapork said:

Camber front is 1deg and rear 1.5deg. I know on air cooled cars the norm is to run about a degree more on the rear than the front.

Not sure on these cars what the recommended settings are for various situations.

FWIW this is how CoG set my car up:



It's X74 height, which is ~9mm higher than GT3, so may be meaningless as a comparison of course.

[alfapork]

I took a pic to demonstrate what I mean:



Excuse my Karcher and leaf blower in the reflection :-)

You can see how there is some white residue on the edge of the film across the roof.

Also notice the reflection of the light panels - the one on the left (ceramic coated paint) is much sharper than the one on the right (PPF).

The film is Xpel, installed by Xpel in Letchworth back in 2014, so about 4 years old.

Edited by alfapork on Sunday 19th August 23:10

[BrotherMouzone]

Thanks for the pic.

The whole roof will be done rather than only the front section so it’ll be ok.

[alfapork]

Anyone got any tips for adding Bluetooth to the CDR-23? Initially I bought a cigar lighter FM transmitter from Amazon, but the quality is not great. Does anyone have any experience of the units that plug into the CD changer prep, or the ones that go directly into the FM arial socket on the back of the radio?

Thanks!

[BertBert]

I'm no expert at all in car sound/phone/bluetooth etc, but I have a parrot fitted in my 2008 VW which seems to work pretty well. It doesn't seem to have any front/rear fade adjustment and sometimes has a bit of a life of its own, but by and large it seems to work well. No idea if it's suitable for the 911 though.
Bert

[alfapork]

Well I spoke too soon and have took the front lip off the car coming down a car park ramp yesterday, I thought I was merely brushing the brake air ducts (like would have happened on my old 997) but no when I got to my destination the front lip was hanging off and scratched.

I'll sand and repaint the one I have, but would like to get a spare from somewhere. So far the Porsche dealer is a bit clueless and has come up with a part for 337+VAT (which doesn't sound right) - design911 are showing NLA for the original part for a 2003-

Anyone have any ideas of suppliers for a decent lip?

[Gramrugby]

I obtained one about a year back from Porscheshop. I can't recall the exact price, but I'm sure it was less than £100.

[alfapork]

They only seem to list the RS splitter or the Mk1 for now. I'm struggling to find something for the Mk2.

[Gramrugby]

Sorry, should have read more. Mine's a mkI

[Harris_I]

alfapork said:

They only seem to list the RS splitter or the Mk1 for now. I'm struggling to find something for the Mk2.

Try a motorsport shop like Parr. The Cup part is substantially cheaper - around £150 IIRC.

[Slippydiff]

alfapork said:

They only seem to list the RS splitter or the Mk1 for now. I'm struggling to find something for the Mk2.

This should do the job :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-PORSCHE-996-GT3...

RS front bumper is the same apart from the top vents.

[Slippydiff]

Harris_I said:

Try a motorsport shop like Parr. The Cup part is substantially cheaper - around £150 IIRC.

As I understand it, they're 20mm deeper than the standard part, and thus more likely to deck out ?

[Harris_I]

That's right. But they look better and give a little extra grip. Plus it's probably right to think of them as disposable parts.

[alfapork]

Not even my nicest car is immune from my rattle cans and filler efforts........ Would have liked it to have remained un-bodged for more than 2 weeks though.







Hasn't come up too bad after a bit of sanding, some P38, filler primer and matt black.

Porsche-a-part had a genuine RS splitter and the proper fixings on eBay so have ordered that anyway so have a nice new one for show. This one will do for road trips ;-)

[LaSource]

Hmm..my splitter came off during a brief trip across the chicane at Zandvoort earlier this week and is looking a little roughed up. If you do favours, I could do with the excellent treatment you have applied to yours!

[LaSource]

Hmm..my splitter came off during a brief trip across the chicane at Zandvoort earlier this week and is looking a little roughed up. If you do favours, I could do with the excellent treatment you have applied to yours!

[alfapork]

It's worth doing and keeping that one for track, and buy a new one for best!

[Slippydiff]

alfapork said:

Porsche-a-part had a genuine RS splitter and the proper fixings on eBay so have ordered that anyway so have a nice new one for show. This one will do for road trips ;-)

I know, that's why I posted a link to it

[lemmingjames]

Don't forget the double sided tape and black mastic as well

[alfapork]

Is there specific tape?

The splitter that came off had some ineffective tape. Perhaps that's why it fell off as soon as it was knocked.