Making a Porsche look better is very subjective. We wanted to personalise our 997 without breaking the bank. Some well chosen subtle mods add up to give the car a whole new look.
A black plastic front lip (so scratches arent noticeable) and colour matched front vent would look dope I reackon, i think it looks a little unbalanced the way it is at the moment. Those rims though absolutely make the car though, such a great choice!
Front vent and black around the headlights is very P plate spec. Although the standard rims aren’t very tasteful, I feel the new rims arnt a great improvement either
Awesome to see a paint shop say we don’t just wanna do insurance jobs, so many places I’ve gone into for my widebody and close door respray have always talked up how difficult it is and after a while of talking they say we really only do insurance jobs... so order panels and paint them in house for heap and charge out the ass for the job. Instead of doing something skillfull and with passion.
Not a huge fan of the GT3 vent. I get why you'd install it. But I feel aesthetically it doesn't do much to improve the look of the Porsche, but then again I'm not a huge fan of this era of 911.. so my opinion is probably not that valid.
What an amazing transformation! Very well executed. I would only suggest a front lip spoiler if you want the finishing touch. Of course, now that it's lowered you will have the possibility of scrapping much more often if you go this route, so I'm assuming that's why it was not added.
Really enjoy watching these vid's where people work on their 911's, and good luck with the personalised changes as you seem very pleased with them. However no disrespect intended and I really do appreciate your effort to share the journey but give me the stock 911 997 look any day...
Lucky it's your (YUKK I WROTE YOU'RE!? edit) car and not anyone else's aye Andrew haha, I love it. Super subtle. As you said, less like an accountants car, and more like a tuner car. Without going in the direction of a race car.
You guys should’ve done a GTS front bar with the Rennline vent. Perhaps RUF-style front indicators would be mint. The rest of the car is killer but yeah, still a bit grandpa in looks.
Love what you’ve done !! With the rear spoiler - did you delete the lift system ? Or just undo the spoiler ? Does it show an error on the dash ? Top video bro !!
@@MotiveVideo Nice! Understandable!! I wish u guys were here in Japan! Think alot of car enthusiasts are losing the plot here!! Keep up the awesone work guys.
@@MotiveVideo to each their own Not a fan of the wheels It sticks out like a sore thumb imo I would have gone with somthing that would look closest to oem as possible One peice bbs wheels maybe In silver or gun metal 3 peice black work wheels seem to be the stance boi choice yet not stance boi since its not slammed its kinda odd.. Just my thoughts though haha
The picture looks like you’re cutting the fender and that horrified me for a few minutes. The bumper mod looks good but purists will think you’re an abomination, so might as well go all out and try to confuse them
And before my comment gets taken the wrong way, I just mean it as yes the 997 is technically speaking a 911, but Holden was technically G.M and G.M is Chevy. Soo yeah, personal taste and truthfully it does look nice and tidy. Top work but not my cup of tea.
911 is not 997. But 997 is 911. So I don't see your logic. But I do agree with you that putting 911 only is not my taste. Badge delete is not mine either. Each to their own dude.
Those small additions really made a big difference. A subtle front lip would really finish it off though.
The GT3 vent looks like a kid who call the smudge of dirt on his upper lip a 'mustache'
I like it except for the GT3 vent, it doesnt suit the standard front bar, each to their own
There was only one way to find out. The front needed something and a GT3 front bar without full kit looks odd
A black plastic front lip (so scratches arent noticeable) and colour matched front vent would look dope I reackon, i think it looks a little unbalanced the way it is at the moment. Those rims though absolutely make the car though, such a great choice!
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The black trim around the headlights makes it look like the car has eyeliner on
Great visual modifications. I do think it needs a front lip though..
I love the ducktail and headlight surrounds. Gotta say that I'm still not a fan of the GT3 vent on anything other than a GT3 but you do you!
Front vent and black around the headlights is very P plate spec. Although the standard rims aren’t very tasteful, I feel the new rims arnt a great improvement either
I'm a bit late to the party,but the car looks FANTASTIC! Bravo!
Looked better oem. Much cleaner lines
lol
I am loving these video, keep up the stellar work gents.
Looks really good, loving the oem+ look
GT3 vent looks wrong. 😕
Awesome to see a paint shop say we don’t just wanna do insurance jobs, so many places I’ve gone into for my widebody and close door respray have always talked up how difficult it is and after a while of talking they say we really only do insurance jobs... so order panels and paint them in house for heap and charge out the ass for the job. Instead of doing something skillfull and with passion.
If this was a Japanese car, it would be labelled "Rice Spec"... not hating, just saying.
No it wouldn’t: rice spec would be fake wheels, cut springs and flames down the side.
Fake GT3 vent, fake Sport Classic ducktail, fake Sport Classic headlight surrounding.
@@22Epic stripes on the side
Yeah Deano ! Best in the biz
The rear has a good shape to it with the duck-tail and wiper delete. Good work.
For the money I suspect that’s well done and gets you into the 997 chassis and car (superb) at a good value point.
Haha that dirty stash is awesome.
The 997 looks great!
I think personally I would also add a mild chin splitter or something.
Looks good for a 997! Makes it look much better.
Not sure if it looks better or worse with Hitler's mustache.
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6:27 look at thr strap decal, it's kinda bother me... But, this is awesome transformation 😍
When i see andrews cars and motive upload. I click right away.. its that simple! For real i love andrew hawkins!
Not a huge fan of the GT3 vent. I get why you'd install it. But I feel aesthetically it doesn't do much to improve the look of the Porsche, but then again I'm not a huge fan of this era of 911.. so my opinion is probably not that valid.
Can't say it's quite to my taste but the execution is clearly on point.
Looks great 👍
What an amazing transformation! Very well executed. I would only suggest a front lip spoiler if you want the finishing touch. Of course, now that it's lowered you will have the possibility of scrapping much more often if you go this route, so I'm assuming that's why it was not added.
I think it looks great. Like someone else said, a nice black front lip would finish it off
Did u have to reprogram the electric pop up spoiler to not go up? Or did u need a harness delete?
I like the 911 badge. I’m looking forward to the tuning vid to see if those performance parts you put on actually work
That looks sick. Well done 👌🏼
Really enjoy watching these vid's where people work on their 911's, and good luck with the personalised changes as you seem very pleased with them.
However no disrespect intended and I really do appreciate your effort to share the journey but give me the stock 911 997 look any day...
Looks super nice, classy and retro! 👌
Lucky it's your (YUKK I WROTE YOU'RE!? edit) car and not anyone else's aye Andrew haha, I love it. Super subtle. As you said, less like an accountants car, and more like a tuner car. Without going in the direction of a race car.
It amazes us how many people are so opinionated on cars that aren’t theirs. But thank. And yes. We like it, hence we did it this way
That lip Wing does wonders
Not a fan of the black headlight surrounds and that gt3 grille.
I really appreciate the videos you do, and I know this is just personal preference, but I really don't like any of those mods!
That’s the beauty of personalising you’re car. Do what you like, not what others say they like. We know 50% will like it and 50% might hate it.
Hi Do you have a video on the Misha Duck tail installation ?
You definitely have a taste
Hey Andrew, loving these videos you’ve been pumping out recently thanks for good content!
You guys should’ve done a GTS front bar with the Rennline vent. Perhaps RUF-style front indicators would be mint. The rest of the car is killer but yeah, still a bit grandpa in looks.
Could you send a link to rear wiper delete ? I want to do it to my 997 I just purchased
One suggestion would be to smoke the tail lights but that 997 looks good
Love what you’ve done !! With the rear spoiler - did you delete the lift system ? Or just undo the spoiler ? Does it show an error on the dash ? Top video bro !!
Removed it all together the system. Shows a warning on start up but doesn’t effect car so all good.
Is putting a front lip on the menu?
Looks great!!
We would but is deceiving my low. Lip would be lower than rest of car and stick out and scrape too much
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Nice! Understandable!! I wish u guys were here in Japan! Think alot of car enthusiasts are losing the plot here!!
Keep up the awesone work guys.
I would put a plastic lip on not color coded. It wouldn't look odd from the side and the front would look 10x better.
Headlight surrounds looks like eye liner .. But the rest is nice
Yep I'm liking the style now, I'm thinking the only thing is the tail lights, can they be upgraded or changed
There's a misalignment at the front left bumper & fender. A gap.
Needs a black splitter/gurney flap on the front bumper to complete the look.
Thanks for the great video's. Could you give me a rough guide on the cost of that ducktale?
Might look abit nicer it the vent is color matcbed ah🤷♂️ the ones I've seen only the center peice is black
A 991 front lip will fit 997 and it will transform the front quite a bit.
Huge difference without being over the top. Actually looks like a nice car now. In standard form they are almost ugly.
another custom 911 without a front spoiler. is that a thing? rear wing, front spoiler delete?
Huh? It never had a front spoiler and wouldn’t get in my driveway if it did as it’s lowered
Im not really a fan of all the mods. Some are ok some not. If I were to buy it the wheels would be the first to thing Id change.
What does JET stand for?
Our parent video production company is called Jet Multimedia. Andrew used to be in the Airforce too
@@MotiveVideo Andrew is an airforce/airplane engineer right? What an awesome guy
Not trying to troll here. I think it looks worse.
Looks are subjective. We love it
Now for the real question. 996 turbo or r32 gtr?
You know our answer
What wheels are those? They look awesome
Work Meisters
Motive Video thanks!
now it needs an agressive front lip and rear diffuser
Wouldn’t get in and out of the driveway if we did
@@MotiveVideo Your telling me you won't put your car 5mm off the ground to keep it practical. cmon man
I’ll be honest it’s not my style of car but I love the base behind the video great work
Looked better stock imo haha
Not a fan of the black wheels and the stripes
So boring stock. Accountants car and not unique
@@MotiveVideo to each their own
Not a fan of the wheels
It sticks out like a sore thumb imo
I would have gone with somthing that would look closest to oem as possible
One peice bbs wheels maybe
In silver or gun metal
3 peice black work wheels seem to be the stance boi choice yet not stance boi since its not slammed its kinda odd..
Just my thoughts though haha
I like everything but the wheels.
Looks better. I'd love to see a black lip on it. But that 911 badge... They only brought those in for the Chinese market, not even porsche likes them
They came on certain trim packages
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Well I'll be damned... The true first one. I salute you sir/madame.
Front vents not centred!!
It's not "JET200" good, but it's better than it was...
Most epic intro in the game
The wheels and the drop look good, everything else is meh...
When will ads start popping up?!
Ever consider a 997.2 tailight?
That would modernize the car a lot
We have but have to change rear bumper and wiring and it’s actually quite expensive to do.
looks sexy, but i still like the stock look too!!!
The picture looks like you’re cutting the fender and that horrified me for a few minutes. The bumper mod looks good but purists will think you’re an abomination, so might as well go all out and try to confuse them
>spends thousands on genuine wheels
>black
Most of would break the bank just to buy a Porsche....
If you watch the first episode of the build you’ll see it’s cheaper than a GT-R
Who cares about the Porsche show us more of the s8 rx7
911 badge on a 997? Seems sorta like a commodore with a chev badge....
Just wrong mate.
And before my comment gets taken the wrong way, I just mean it as yes the 997 is technically speaking a 911, but Holden was technically G.M and G.M is Chevy. Soo yeah, personal taste and truthfully it does look nice and tidy.
Top work but not my cup of tea.
You are so far off the mark here. Not sure you have a clue.
That's like saying "BMW 330 can't wear a 330 badge only an M3 can wear a 3 series badge!" Makes sense?
911 is not 997. But 997 is 911. So I don't see your logic. But I do agree with you that putting 911 only is not my taste. Badge delete is not mine either. Each to their own dude.
This looks like cheap Halfords tuning, stock was better.
Nope
mmm :\
front vent looks shit, everything else is nice
Pretty much ruined the car 😒
But we think we pretty much made it exactly now we want and awesome. Maybe we tbh n you ruined your car🤷♂️
looks amazing apart from the 911 badge on the backs a bit cringe
Why is that? The Carrera badge is massive and chrome from factory
I would have left it de badged, looks good enough, sont need badges especially when it's of something its not
The badge was to hide the paint under the old badge
@@MotiveVideo ah well makes sense then :)
Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but Carrera = 911 and 911 = Carrera...what in particular are you referring to in regards to “...something it’s not.”?