1998 Porsche 996
Discussion
Squishey said:
Looking great! I must be getting old as I'm starting to get the appeal of 911s now.
Is there anywhere else you can put the front number plate? Or even just remove it?
im going to get a new one as i hate the style of it, not sure about alternative places to locate it or removal! Is there anywhere else you can put the front number plate? Or even just remove it?
Got the 911 back from paint on saturday and my front number plate plinth also arrived! so i took it down to my garage and finally introduced it to the 944, turns out i already have a number plate plinth on the car and it appears the body shop had just fitted it upside down when re fititng the front bumper so i turned it around! whilst i was there i also put a new stop/tail light in on the drivers side
Really nice car and seems incredible value as well.
A good pal has owned a Boxster S for years now, I have driven that a few times.
I keep nagging him to change it for a 911.... mainly so I can drive that !!
He says he would only want a 911 drop head.....which IMO does not look as good as your car.
By the way, if I had your 911, I would look at changing the front plate for a vinyl one on the nose, like the Jag E-types had 'back in the day'
Probably a grey legal area, but it would make the front so much 'cleaner'
Enjoying the write up
A good pal has owned a Boxster S for years now, I have driven that a few times.
I keep nagging him to change it for a 911.... mainly so I can drive that !!
He says he would only want a 911 drop head.....which IMO does not look as good as your car.
By the way, if I had your 911, I would look at changing the front plate for a vinyl one on the nose, like the Jag E-types had 'back in the day'
Probably a grey legal area, but it would make the front so much 'cleaner'
Enjoying the write up
Paul S4 said:
By the way, if I had your 911, I would look at changing the front plate for a vinyl one on the nose, like the Jag E-types had 'back in the day'
Probably a grey legal area, but it would make the front so much 'cleaner'
Enjoying the write up
As far as I know, sticker plates are absolutely fine provided they are the correct size and are fitted in the correct position (i.e. furthest point forward it can be).Probably a grey legal area, but it would make the front so much 'cleaner'
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Finally got around to doing the coilpacks and spark plugs today! after starting off having a look at the running issues on my 944... i have read a bit about doing the plugs and coils and that its easier with the mufflers removed but can be done without, as i really didnt fancy my chances of getting old rusty exhaust bolts out without snapping any and not having any new ones to hand i decided to do it the hard way!
First job get the car in the air
I decided to start on the passenger side as i think thats where i was when i jacked the car up! first one in
new style bolts compared to the old allen heads
old spark plugs compared to new one top! think they were long due a change! some of the coils had a sticker on from 2014
another pic showing the limited room
The last bolt!!! which was a relief
All done and just the wheels to go back on
if anybody else is planning on doing this job id say give it a go, just take you time set aside a day and dont rush! i found that no matter what extension i used it was either a bit too long or a bit short and i struggled to get the ratchet on it! but i got there in the end
First job get the car in the air
I decided to start on the passenger side as i think thats where i was when i jacked the car up! first one in
new style bolts compared to the old allen heads
old spark plugs compared to new one top! think they were long due a change! some of the coils had a sticker on from 2014
another pic showing the limited room
The last bolt!!! which was a relief
All done and just the wheels to go back on
if anybody else is planning on doing this job id say give it a go, just take you time set aside a day and dont rush! i found that no matter what extension i used it was either a bit too long or a bit short and i struggled to get the ratchet on it! but i got there in the end
Good work. I'm not sure I fancy doing it with the exhausts still in place so fair play for doing it the hard way!
Did you notice any difference after the change? Was slightly disappointed when I did mine with very knackered plugs that any difference was not particularly noticeable....
Did you notice any difference after the change? Was slightly disappointed when I did mine with very knackered plugs that any difference was not particularly noticeable....
I did this job just recently on a friend's 996. We took the bumper and back boxes off and there still wasn't much wiggle room. It's not difficult, per se, but you need to learn the technique! One bank was to learn how to do the job and the second bank was a lot quicker to do. Have you put the heat shields back on with those new coil bolts? You need to space the heat shield slightly IIRC. My friends car had some original coil packs and several of them gave up the ghost at the same time, leaving him with multiple misfires until we changed them along with all the plugs, plus the tubes to stop the oil leaks...
The heat shields were like that on my friend's car too! Literally falling apart. Sounds like the tubes in your car have been replaced at some point then, the passenger side on my friend's car was leaking quite badly. Looks like you're on top of the maintenance on yours, it's looking good 
Gallons Per Mile said:
I did this job just recently on a friend's 996. We took the bumper and back boxes off and there still wasn't much wiggle room. It's not difficult, per se, but you need to learn the technique! One bank was to learn how to do the job and the second bank was a lot quicker to do. Have you put the heat shields back on with those new coil bolts? You need to space the heat shield slightly IIRC. My friends car had some original coil packs and several of them gave up the ghost at the same time, leaving him with multiple misfires until we changed them along with all the plugs, plus the tubes to stop the oil leaks...
I did my 997 coils back in late March. It wasn't something I'd budgeted on, as I'd ordered new heat shields for my indy to put on during the major service, but they called during the job and said I had cracks in 4 out of 6. Yikes!So one internet trawl and delivery a few days later, I was under the car.
Turns out the coils were all original (!) so I was relieved to see how much better the new versions are. I didn't remove anything other than the heat shields to do the job, and for some reason the drivers side rearmost was an absolute beatch to do, but as the new coils come with torx bolts it was a doddle to do them up with an 8mm ratchet spanner, in complete contrast to having to fiddle with sockets and hex bits to get the old ones off.
A note of caution for the OP on the heat shields. You might have to put some spacers behind them as you've changed to the new style coil packs, which have the bolt heads sitting proud of the tops. I know a few other people have had to do this.
I did the plugs on mine a few weeks ago, after one plug went duff, with back boxes and bumper still attached. The front two were perfectly easy, one was a bit of a pain and the rearmost three were absolute sods. The coils were easy but fiddling around swapping extensions and wobbly ends to get the plugs loose, tight and into or out of the tubes was a right pain in the backside.
996 are ace for the money you can get them for now. I love mine and still see it as a bargain, although it cost over 50% more than the OP's. I also find it pretty easy to work on, on the whole. For a 21 year old car it's held up really well to life in the UK and the only things I wince at are the rusty remains of the manifold studs and exhaust clamp bolts.
I did the plugs on mine a few weeks ago, after one plug went duff, with back boxes and bumper still attached. The front two were perfectly easy, one was a bit of a pain and the rearmost three were absolute sods. The coils were easy but fiddling around swapping extensions and wobbly ends to get the plugs loose, tight and into or out of the tubes was a right pain in the backside.
996 are ace for the money you can get them for now. I love mine and still see it as a bargain, although it cost over 50% more than the OP's. I also find it pretty easy to work on, on the whole. For a 21 year old car it's held up really well to life in the UK and the only things I wince at are the rusty remains of the manifold studs and exhaust clamp bolts.
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