Discussion
Four Rears
I didn't intend to be driving around with 4 rears on the car. I borrowed the fronts so I could try the Boxster with 4 fronts on. I need to figure out what I am doing with the wheels on the Boxster now so I can get the fronts back for the 996. I might even try some smaller wheels on the back of the 996 next. The car drives fine with rears on the front as in no rubbing or catching at all. I've had some comments from people saying they look better. The steering definitely feels a lot more vague with them on especially around the centre. Maybe if you were planning to track the car you could use rears on the front but they are not for me.
Clutch and Brakes
Now that I have the Boxster of similar vintage I've been comparing these 2 cars back to back. The Clutch is very different on the 996 with its biting point being very low. Occasionally I also get the pedal sticking down too. I think someone mentioned this might be the master cylinder so I need to investigate this as its really starting to annoy me now I know how much better it could be. The brakes lack a bit of bite too. I think this might be due to the track day type pads which came on the car. They do create a lot of dust and make the wheels go black instantly. Which is one of the reason I dont bother cleaning the car too often and because it is all scratched and dented from the random vandalism.
Seat and Steering Wheel
Now that I have had some seat time I am really liking the 997 seats. They are almost too low so occasionally I find myself trying the seat raised slightly. But then I remind myself I wanted this so I lower it to the floor again. Legroom is also so much better. I dont have the seat all the way back like I did with the original seats. I am currently forward by 3 clicks. It probably doesn't help that the rake adjustment is a bit too far back for me as I am longer in the legs. I dont have the wiring connected so I cant adjust the rake and have to live with it in the current position for now. The steering wheel even feels almost too far away too. I definitely prefer the feel of the thinner Momo compared to the Boxster which uses the original wheel.
I didn't intend to be driving around with 4 rears on the car. I borrowed the fronts so I could try the Boxster with 4 fronts on. I need to figure out what I am doing with the wheels on the Boxster now so I can get the fronts back for the 996. I might even try some smaller wheels on the back of the 996 next. The car drives fine with rears on the front as in no rubbing or catching at all. I've had some comments from people saying they look better. The steering definitely feels a lot more vague with them on especially around the centre. Maybe if you were planning to track the car you could use rears on the front but they are not for me.
Clutch and Brakes
Now that I have the Boxster of similar vintage I've been comparing these 2 cars back to back. The Clutch is very different on the 996 with its biting point being very low. Occasionally I also get the pedal sticking down too. I think someone mentioned this might be the master cylinder so I need to investigate this as its really starting to annoy me now I know how much better it could be. The brakes lack a bit of bite too. I think this might be due to the track day type pads which came on the car. They do create a lot of dust and make the wheels go black instantly. Which is one of the reason I dont bother cleaning the car too often and because it is all scratched and dented from the random vandalism.
Seat and Steering Wheel
Now that I have had some seat time I am really liking the 997 seats. They are almost too low so occasionally I find myself trying the seat raised slightly. But then I remind myself I wanted this so I lower it to the floor again. Legroom is also so much better. I dont have the seat all the way back like I did with the original seats. I am currently forward by 3 clicks. It probably doesn't help that the rake adjustment is a bit too far back for me as I am longer in the legs. I dont have the wiring connected so I cant adjust the rake and have to live with it in the current position for now. The steering wheel even feels almost too far away too. I definitely prefer the feel of the thinner Momo compared to the Boxster which uses the original wheel.
ATM said:
HughG said:
No 996.2
On the front the colour was ok, neither amazing or unpleasant (imo).
I'm looking for something with a retro old school flavour flave. It's not intended to be shouty. I'm swinging back to silver but maybe a different silver like Porsche GT Silver.On the front the colour was ok, neither amazing or unpleasant (imo).
My brakes seemed a bit wooden with the OE spec brake pads (textar?) in them then I changed the brake rotors which were pretty knackered to OE ATE ones and brake feel really improved. Was surprised with the difference actually.
Having said that track pads do tend to feel awful unless they have some heat in them!
The only benefit to Silver is that's the colour of the car now. Otherwise its not really a colour is it?
If I did get a different colour then maybe I'd need to actual keep it clean or just wash it occasionally. I'm already feeling bad about the little red Boxster I bought which looked basically brand new when I bought it and now it does not.
If I did get a different colour then maybe I'd need to actual keep it clean or just wash it occasionally. I'm already feeling bad about the little red Boxster I bought which looked basically brand new when I bought it and now it does not.
36 years ago, I went to visit my mate for the weekend at Wolverhampton Poly. In my Avenger that I’d bought for £75.
Saturday night, whilst driving 5 of us to the student union, NS rear arm snapped. Parked the car up (luckily no yellow lines) and went for the night out. Caught the train home on the Sunday night, fetched an arm from the local scrappy in the week and trained it back to Wolves the following Saturday with a socket set I’d borrowed from my dad. Changed the arm at the side of the road with the car on a bottle jack
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Saturday night, whilst driving 5 of us to the student union, NS rear arm snapped. Parked the car up (luckily no yellow lines) and went for the night out. Caught the train home on the Sunday night, fetched an arm from the local scrappy in the week and trained it back to Wolves the following Saturday with a socket set I’d borrowed from my dad. Changed the arm at the side of the road with the car on a bottle jack
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