Porsche 911 997.1 Daily Driver

[TheJimi]

AyBee said:

Pent said:

gold / bronze

Somebody's been paying attention to the stripe!

Yep, I'd be very tempted to colour match the wheels to the stripe.

[adean22]

TheJimi said:

Yep, I'd be very tempted to colour match the wheels to the stripe.

Original plan was to colour match the stripe but it was decided that it would be too bright of a gold

We then looked at neodyone gold which is the colour that a lot of oem porche wheels are. However that still seemed a little too bright - I dont want the wheels to stick out too much .

Iv ended up going with Neodyme gold but on a black base and a matt finish - will be the same colour as these wheels (picture doesnt show the colour up great)




The wheel to the right of it is Neodyme gold so you can see how the black base colour does change it.

Edited by adean22 on Wednesday 28th February 13:46

[adean22]

I keep an excel document of all mine and my family's cars as it interests me how much they cost to maintain - really sad I know .

Thought id share the link to the sheet here just incase it interests anyone, may help someone out who is weighing up buying one of these

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fazo2_jkzI...

[s94wht]

adean22 said:

I keep an excel document of all mine and my family's cars as it interests me how much they cost to maintain - really sad I know .

Thought id share the link to the sheet here just incase it interests anyone, may help someone out who is weighing up buying one of these

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fazo2_jkzI...

Lovely work. Really thinking about changing to one of these

[adean22]

s94wht said:

Lovely work. Really thinking about changing to one of these

In which case I hope the sheet doesnt put you off

Out of interest what are you weighing up changing from?

[thiscocks]

adean22 said:

I weighed up new brackets last time I did the exhaust but the price is beyond a joke. This is for each side:

Christ! must be made from unobtainium

[s94wht]

adean22 said:

In which case I hope the sheet doesnt put you off

Out of interest what are you weighing up changing from?

Mk7.5 GTI. Had it 5 years now, just a bit bored of it.

[LA9V_VR6]

Great reading and hats off to you for getting stuck in and doing maintenance work yourself, where possible!

I'm hoping to get into a 997 this year. Really want a C4S with WB but more I look as C2S's,more I think I need to keep an open mind!

Ultimately I'll be using as a daily too,so will be going for one that's done some miles, which is fine so long as service history/ maintenance has been carried out when needed!!

[adean22]

s94wht said:

Mk7.5 GTI. Had it 5 years now, just a bit bored of it.

A 997 definitely wont be as refined as the golf in terms of road noise etc but would be way way more interesting

[adean22]

LA9V_VR6 said:

Great reading and hats off to you for getting stuck in and doing maintenance work yourself, where possible!

I'm hoping to get into a 997 this year. Really want a C4S with WB but more I look as C2S's,more I think I need to keep an open mind!

Ultimately I'll be using as a daily too,so will be going for one that's done some miles, which is fine so long as service history/ maintenance has been carried out when needed!!

Thanks

Prices have dropped a bit so could be a good time to buy.

The more I looked into a C4s the more i wanted to stick with a C2s. The C4S is no quicker to 60 and apparently the 4wd system can be a little clunky and mechanical, plus the C2S is meant to have better steering feel. In terms of a drivers car I personally feel the C2S is a better option

[adean22]

Wheels have gone off to the powder coaters so should hopefully get them back this coming few days - the car currently looks odd on 4 jack stands and no wheels

In other kinda car related news iv ended up putting an offer in for a house this weekend, was walking down the road from my parents house (where I currently live) and there is a house with a garage, a car port and a massive drive big enough for 5 cars with a for sale sign outside. If everything goes well, it should open to opportunity for more projects on the car as id have plenty of dedicated workshop space

[adean22]

Cars looking rather sorry for itself this week

[s94wht]

adean22 said:

Cars looking rather sorry for itself this week

Looks like it's been misbehaving and has had its wheel privileges taken away

[EmBe]

Gold wheels on a black car




This thread is making me wonder if it's time to be a bit more grown up and get a 997, to me they're the best looking modern 911 and the Cayman is getting too little use as it's currently set up for track use.

[Pent]

EmBe said:

Gold wheels on a black car




This thread is making me wonder if it's time to be a bit more grown up and get a 997, to me they're the best looking modern 911 and the Cayman is getting too little use as it's currently set up for track use.

TBH im a cay-man.. haha - prefer the shape but thats from a guy who drives a modified mx5 mk3 :P

[adean22]

Wheels were picked up at the weekend and put straight onto the car, IV got to say I really really like them. Even though they are kinda gold they are subtle and not in your face .

Was a bit of a long process getting them done. I wanted to keep them to an official Porsche colour but neodyme gold was just a little too bright. The decision was made to go with Neodyme gold but with a black base and I also wanted a satin finish

So the wheels were powder coated black, then sprayed gold over the powder coating, then re powder coated with a lacquer and then a satin lacquer sprayed over them. The company that did them was Demon Wheels over in Preston (Lancashire) and I'd highly recommend them if anyone lives this way. They even sourced me centre caps and sprayed them to match for an extremely reasonable price

I know the gold stripe doesn't match, I need to look into getting one that does match , or even removing it all together

Edited by adean22 on Thursday 21st March 14:33

[GreatGranny]

Looking good OP.
Really suits the car.

[Slippydiff]

adean22 said:

Wheels were picked up at the weekend and put straight onto the car, IV got to say I really really like them. Even though they are kinda gold they are subtle and not in your face .

Was a bit of a long process getting them done. I wanted to keep them to an official Porsche colour but neodyme gold was just a little too bright. The decision was made to go with Neodyme gold but with a black base and I also wanted a satin finish

So the wheels were powder coated black, then sprayed gold over the powder coating, then re powder coated with a lacquer and then a satin lacquer sprayed over them. The company that did them was Demon Wheels over in Preston (Lancashire) and I'd highly recommend them if anyone lives this way. They even sourced me centre caps and sprayed them to match for an extremely reasonable price

I know the gold stripe doesn't match, I need to look into getting one that does match , or even removing it all together

Next time (if there is a next time) go with Porsche Weiss Gold, and change your side stripes to match
Weiss Gold is a very subtle gold hue.
Here it is on a PH'ers Artic silver Cayman S :



Rick at Highgate House should be able to supply side stripes in Weiss Gold.

[adean22]

Slippydiff said:

Next time (if there is a next time) go with Porsche Weiss Gold, and change your side stripes to match
Weiss Gold is a very subtle gold hue.
Here it is on a PH'ers Artic silver Cayman S :



Rick at Highgate House should be able to supply side stripes in Weiss Gold.

I do like that Weiss gold, think it may of been too subtle for the look I was going for

Ill have a look at Highgate House to see if they could match the Vinyl to the wheels

[adean22]

Cars got a trip to Devon this weekend so will be due a service when it gets back (gets done every 7K)

Im going with Millers 10w50 NT+ again. I just wanted to note that if anyone else uses this oil its currently buy 5 litres get one free at Opie oils so its worth a purchase. I ended up with 12 litres for £114

Iv gone with Spyder performance again for all the filters and sump plug etc

The front brake pads are also down to about 1.5mm so they will be swapped at the same time. Iv booked on a local track day in April so atleast I'll have fresh brake pads for that.