I would keep the calipers standard black, I think silver were on the 4wd cars and red is on the later 997 cars. With these its all about keeping things as they were from the factory. Same with the indicators etc. Mess about too much and it does sort of devalue the car.
I bought mine from a sheister last year. Turned out it needed new discs and pads plus handbrake shoes. Anyways, £2000 later after things like the bolts for the calipers had to be drilled out and helicoiled plus front calipers replaced as the bleed nipples had seized. Mine had been stood for a long time too. Funnily enough, the previous owner neglected to mention that. But, like you say, all these things are forgotten once you drive them. Awesome motors😃
Please keep it as standard as possible. I'd go black with the brakes, keep the clear indicators as it modernises it, straight replacement rear badge and keep the wiper at the back
U got the wrong one, don´t get me wrong it´s a nice Carrera, but it´s the worst engine... If u wanne buy a 996 u have to go Turbo ore GT I know they are much more expensive, but they got the so called "Metzger" engine... I know cheapest.. but then take the cheapest Turbo ;-)
Looks lovely, regulator is an easy fix, calliper colour choice is a tricky one, not sure I would go red on a blue car. I had mine done red by BCS, but my car is silver. They stencilled the Porsche logos also so they are under the lacquer. I would prob go black or silver, silver with black logos will look nice. But hey Red wont be shocking if you go that way. As others have said suspension refresh will be coffin arms, tie rods and associated bolts. Would recommend doing the inner and outer track rods if they haven’t been done, will tighten up the steering nicely. Bilstein are a good choice, drop it 10-20mm so it looks good without being a pain to drive daily, 30mm prob too much.
You got yourself an incredible car. Congrats. First thing you need to do is test your oil to identify of anything is floating around in your oil. Second thing is to drop the sump and see if you have any bits in your sump. Third thing to do is scope your bores from the sump to make sure you have no bore scoring. If all checks out, then the next steps have to do with preventative engine parts replacement. You have a car that will be in demand. But you have to do a few things to mitigate engine failure. (1) replace oem AOS with the UAOS. (2) replace your imsb. (3) replace your water pump. If you do these 3 things, you will mitigate the three main failure points in the engine and increase the value of the car. Enjoy!
Regulators are relatively easy DIY. Will be good vid content. My 03 drives and rides like new after replacing all control arms (2 per side front , 5 per side rear ). It’s smart to do top mount and bearing plus bump stops front and top mount and bump stop rear. Final step is sway bar bushings and end links.
I changed my window regulator as well on my 996.2 4s. Porsche is insane regarding their prices. And guess what, there is a VW regulator even with the same number for under 50€. Works fine and everything looks exactly like original.
It’s an old car, will keep a lot to keep it in decent condition. I have one, I had replaced most things on it, rads, all suspension components, exhausts, coil packs, all brakes, had the flaking
Did the Spyder performance refresh on my 996 great products at a fair price. But once you start the job you will probably find everything needs replacing (Tie rods, roll bar bushes etc ) so budget for that.
Good info, hopefully will go through and replace all the bushings. Often an overlooked but important place to start with returning a car to factory fresh!
Personally I’d go OEM black for the callipers 🤷🏻♂️ If painting are you getting them refurbed so won’t seize at same time? Guess it’s all down to personal choice mate. Not a lot to spend considering the age and what a great specimen. For the indicators I’d again go OEM. Solid motor, try some mothers Mag polish or autosol and wire wool or scotch pad not too abrasive on the exhaust tip then buff
Think I’m heading towards red callipers but keep the indicators smoked! I will just be doing an ‘on the car’ refresh of the brakes, sand them down and paint/sticker them up. Unless I can find a brake refurb company that is happy to let me film the process 😂
Stick with black brake calipers. Original OEM all the way Man. Get Stahlbus brake bleeders also. Made in Germany. Excellent. Nice car. Keep it simply elegant. Clear indicators and NO Porsche script on back. Tacky. We already all know it's a Porsche.
The video title is exactly what the video is about, it doesn't say anything about being expensive. I can't see what you would want me to do differently 😂 thanks for watching either way 👍
I'd probably refurb the calipers in the same stock black, but if not then I would actually say Yellow would look good!
Yeah got to admit I do like the black, but definitely tempted by red!
Lovely car. It may sound boring but I like the current black calipers and silver indicators. Looks classy with the blue colour.
Definitely not boring, somebody chose the car like that for a reason and it looks great!
I've just bought a 996.1 C2 3.4 - The way forwards with these cars in my mind is keep standard and enjoy.
I have a 996 turbo and I'm starting to like the 996.1 even more than mine! sick color mate.
The colour is marmite but I really like it, would only pick black over zenith blue 😍
996.1 have aged so well haven't they - looks really good, and that 3.4 is so sweet
yellow brake calipers would look ace 👌
Nice buy mate love it 🙌
From across the pond, nice car! I have a 997 with clear and they look great. Red calipers as well which stand out against the black paint. Good luck!
I would keep the calipers standard black, I think silver were on the 4wd cars and red is on the later 997 cars. With these its all about keeping things as they were from the factory. Same with the indicators etc. Mess about too much and it does sort of devalue the car.
I have seen a few early blue 996 with red callipers though and it just looks so good 😂
@@matimcfetridge agreed, end of the day, it’s your car, you do whatever you want. Main thing you’ve got a 911 and they’re all brilliant. 😀
I bought mine from a sheister last year. Turned out it needed new discs and pads plus handbrake shoes. Anyways, £2000 later after things like the bolts for the calipers had to be drilled out and helicoiled plus front calipers replaced as the bleed nipples had seized. Mine had been stood for a long time too. Funnily enough, the previous owner neglected to mention that.
But, like you say, all these things are forgotten once you drive them. Awesome motors😃
Love it mate , exciting times ahead with this one 🤘
I'm definitely excited for this one mate! can't wait to get stuck in
I didn’t replace the spark plugs as per the service schedule- they’ve only been on it 4 years 🤦♂️🙄
Please keep it as standard as possible. I'd go black with the brakes, keep the clear indicators as it modernises it, straight replacement rear badge and keep the wiper at the back
Sometimes original is best 👍🏼
U got the wrong one, don´t get me wrong it´s a nice Carrera, but it´s the worst engine... If u wanne buy a 996 u have to go Turbo ore GT I know they are much more expensive, but they got the so called "Metzger" engine... I know cheapest.. but then take the cheapest Turbo ;-)
Autoglym bumper and trim for those black bits, excellent stuff
does not last amazingly long, would be nice to find a more permanent fix!
I just bought the same car about 1 month ago. Lots to be done!
Looks lovely, regulator is an easy fix, calliper colour choice is a tricky one, not sure I would go red on a blue car. I had mine done red by BCS, but my car is silver. They stencilled the Porsche logos also so they are under the lacquer. I would prob go black or silver, silver with black logos will look nice. But hey Red wont be shocking if you go that way.
As others have said suspension refresh will be coffin arms, tie rods and associated bolts. Would recommend doing the inner and outer track rods if they haven’t been done, will tighten up the steering nicely. Bilstein are a good choice, drop it 10-20mm so it looks good without being a pain to drive daily, 30mm prob too much.
I've got an identical spec, colour, interior and everything! It's got red calipers so I'm biased
You got yourself an incredible car. Congrats. First thing you need to do is test your oil to identify of anything is floating around in your oil. Second thing is to drop the sump and see if you have any bits in your sump. Third thing to do is scope your bores from the sump to make sure you have no bore scoring. If all checks out, then the next steps have to do with preventative engine parts replacement. You have a car that will be in demand. But you have to do a few things to mitigate engine failure. (1) replace oem AOS with the UAOS. (2) replace your imsb. (3) replace your water pump. If you do these 3 things, you will mitigate the three main failure points in the engine and increase the value of the car. Enjoy!
Hey GC996 Thinking of getting a 03 996 with 28k miles do these items still apply with this car
Regulators are relatively easy DIY. Will be good vid content. My 03 drives and rides like new after replacing all control arms (2 per side front , 5 per side rear ). It’s smart to do top mount and bearing plus bump stops front and top mount and bump stop rear. Final step is sway bar bushings and end links.
Get coilovers and refresh the suspension arms. It makes a world of difference. You will enjoy the car so much just with that.
Would love to get some coil overs if funds allowed, next job is the suspension arms!
almost identical to mine, I've got the water pump to change this week. Watch for the Porsche tax on parts that are common to other VAG models.!
I havent found much shared yet, mainly engine components?
Yes to the Red Calipers, yes to the Porsche script, no to the orange indicators :)
I changed my window regulator as well on my 996.2 4s. Porsche is insane regarding their prices. And guess what, there is a VW regulator even with the same number for under 50€. Works fine and everything looks exactly like original.
It’s an old car, will keep a lot to keep it in decent condition. I have one, I had replaced most things on it, rads, all suspension components, exhausts, coil packs, all brakes, had the flaking
Factory colour callipers: C2 - Black, C4 - Silver, Turbo - red and carbon ceramics Yellow.
Came across your channel to do the wiper delete for my a3 . Fair play to you mate best of luck working on this beast
You end up doing the delete yourself? Thanks mate!
@@matimcfetridge yeah cheers mate was easy enough doing it after watching your video nice one
Legend, sometimes a video just gives you that little confidence boost to give it a go yourself doesn’t it 😂
That is so nice! Excited to see the progress 🤙🏼
Thanks mate, cant wait to get started. Brakes next!
orange indicators, red calipers, awesome color
Would definitely look cool like that!
Did the Spyder performance refresh on my 996 great products at a fair price. But once you start the job you will probably find everything needs replacing (Tie rods, roll bar bushes etc ) so budget for that.
Good info, hopefully will go through and replace all the bushings. Often an overlooked but important place to start with returning a car to factory fresh!
Heat Gun and Coconut Oil on the Black Parts 👨🏻🔧👍🏻.
Glad you changed the Plates 👌🏻
Will price up replacements but if not this is good info!
Lovely car. An appreciating asset. I would renovate things to look classic, understated, Porsche OE.
Thank you, yeah to be honest you cant beat the understated look 👍🏼
Personally I’d go OEM black for the callipers 🤷🏻♂️ If painting are you getting them refurbed so won’t seize at same time? Guess it’s all down to personal choice mate. Not a lot to spend considering the age and what a great specimen. For the indicators I’d again go OEM. Solid motor, try some mothers Mag polish or autosol and wire wool or scotch pad not too abrasive on the exhaust tip then buff
Think I’m heading towards red callipers but keep the indicators smoked! I will just be doing an ‘on the car’ refresh of the brakes, sand them down and paint/sticker them up. Unless I can find a brake refurb company that is happy to let me film the process 😂
@@matimcfetridge I’ve used the E-Tech calliper paint a few times before and it gives great results 👍🏻
Great vid! I think you should go for red callipers. 👍
I keep seeing a zenith blue on insta with red callipers and it looks so good!
Red brakes / Clear side marker lights
Stick with black brake calipers. Original OEM all the way Man. Get Stahlbus brake bleeders also. Made in Germany. Excellent. Nice car. Keep it simply elegant. Clear indicators and NO Porsche script on back. Tacky. We already all know it's a Porsche.
I’m going to throw another option out there and say yellow brakes? Think this would really suit the Zenith blue
Don't know if I could go as far as yellow! nowhere near brave enough
i dont think red would be good for the caliper color
Red will look fire 🔥 😍
I think so too but still undecided
Green calipers for sure
Greeen?!
@@matimcfetridge yea acid green
Yellow calipers
Red calipers
I secretly agree
hello friend i have some kind of noise in the motor when starting the car
squeaky belt or started motor?
@@matimcfetridge I can’t understand what kind of sound it’s like the chain is making noise, where can you send the sound?
And that is why there is no such thing as a 'cheap 911'...
Do you still have the A3?
Certainly do mate!
Black
as usual sensational headline for stuff that's not even expensive to fix on a 911.
thanks but no thanks , not subscribing to bullshit video titles
The video title is exactly what the video is about, it doesn't say anything about being expensive. I can't see what you would want me to do differently 😂 thanks for watching either way 👍
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