New 996 C4S Owner saying hello

[skibum]

Finally got around to washing the new car and taking some photos to share on here. I picked up my new baby 6 weeks ago and have been loving it ever since.









It's a 2004 C4S in Seal Grey (I think) with factory fitted aerokit. Manual of course with sports seats and PCM2. Unfortunately no PSE, but potentially looking at the carnewal exhaust in the summer. Only thing I'm not sure about is the front spoiler, seems to jut out a bit too much for my liking, but I know it compliments the rear spoiler which I love to bits.

Anyway, happy to be back in the Porsche owner fold

Edited by skibum on Sunday 10th March 12:54

Edited by skibum on Sunday 10th March 13:03

[vinopete]

very nice, i know what you mean about the front bit but it still looks great.

Edited by vinopete on Sunday 10th March 13:06

[Callughan]

Yes that is factory aerokit, apparently front spoiler works in conjunction with rear spoiler but would only be noticeable at high speeds.

Get PSE as soon as you can, I kept my old C4S for four years because of it

[Magic919]

Nice looking car. You will need to sort out the exhaust :-)

[Mankers]

Yes agreed about front spoiler. My C4S came with a std turbo spoiler which i did not like, so I swapped back to original C4S. The aero spoiler you have protrudes even more than the turbo one, makes the front look a bit dated in my opinion. Apart from that looks like a nice example, enjoy!

[Shewie]

Lovely... But I think I'd lose the front aerokit spoiler in favour of a standard turbo version. Think that would look better than the C4S splitter combined with that rear wing (which looks great by the way)

[ooral]

Lovely, and one of the best colours for a 996 imo!

[skibum]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I'm toying with the idea of changing the front spoiler - in all honesty I like the very understated standard C4S item - but worry that it will upset the balance of the car. It clearly says in the literature that the rear wing is not to be fitted without the front spoiler. Am I reading too much into that? Surely that wing doesnt create that much downforce that the front spoiler is there to even things out?

and yes, Carnewal exhaust or Gundo hack is on the cards for the summer to elicit a more fruity tone from the rear end...