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YOUR RESEARCHNew car to me from MN
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After the Talladega trip I cleaned the car up, put the splitter back on, drove a few days without incident.
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The part still looks relatively good after being ran over by who knows how many people.
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After getting a PPI done at the dealer, having some new Michelins from Tire rack mounted at Orr Autosport (great people there BTW), I set off on a 2 day trip back to Florida with the splitter the previous owner had removed riding shotgun.
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Just 1 week after being home and cleaning the car up I am on the interstate, someone swerves to avoid a tire shredding off the car in front of them.
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For future reference, people do NOT slow down for people running into interstate traffic.
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After getting a PPI done at the dealer, having some new Michelins from Tire rack mounted at Orr Autosport (great people there BTW), I set off on a 2 day trip back to Florida with the splitter the previous owner had removed riding shotgun.
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I finally got my car after being too late on Andy's and too late on another aero 996 FROM Ohio. I found a red 01 aero 996 in MN of all places. After getting a PPI done at the dealer, having some new Michelins from Tire rack mounted at Orr Autosport (great people there BTW), I set off on a 2 day trip back to Florida with the splitter the previous owner had removed riding shotgun.
I drove a few mountain roads in tennesse and Alabama, but for the most part kept the trip safe and easy as it's hard to speed in a bright red Porsche without getting noticed. I got home on a Friday, mounted the splitter since I was tired of looking at it in the seat next to me and turned around Saturday and drove it to Talladega.
About 1 hour into the trip to Talladega someone swerved to avoid a dead deer, causing me to straddle said dead animal.....I see in the rearview mirror the splitter flying in the air. I went back and picked it up, none worse for wear considering a car and bus hit it.
After the Talladega trip I cleaned the car up, put the splitter back on, drove a few days without incident. Just 1 week after being home and cleaning the car up I am on the interstate, someone swerves to avoid a tire shredding off the car in front of them. I'm in the middle lane, nowhere to go....I hit the tire shrapnel. Surely it didn't rip the splitter off again. I exit, and sure enough, it's gone. After getting back on I-10 going back the other way, through an interchange, and getting back off the interstate and back on the correct way to retrieve my precious piece of black plastic I saw it there in the middle lane still. I pull to the side.....it would be 5 o'clock. I wait for a break in cars. I run out, which by the way, those lanes are alittle bigger when you're running, to pick it up. For future reference, people do NOT slow down for people running into interstate traffic. The part still looks relatively good after being ran over by who knows how many people. I'll keep it off for a while.
Anyway, thanks for the tips while I was searching, and I'll do my part to get some better pics.
Beautiful car!
I had a similar lower chin spoiler on a past '01 996, and all it did was create "issues." As good as it looks on your car, you might want to "save it" for special occasions like a concours. You are in fine company with your lower chin spoiler as the '07 997 GT3 RS crowd all have the exact same problem. So bad that Porsche developed a front suspension RAISING motor as an option on the 2010 GT3 RS.
May see you at a PCA event in the future. I'll also be at Daytona for the 24 Hours in January, parked in the infield PCA Paddock (get there early - it fills up by 10:00 AM on Friday and Saturday and when it's full they close the gate - period).
Guards Red 996 Aero's RULE!
That is incredible! That thing sounds like bad luck. I have one on mine too and mine is lowered. It drags on entrance and exits into parking lots and driveways, but I like they way it looks and I think it's only around $100 to replace if you have to.
Thanks, I like the car too. Actually the sunlight just made a shadow, it has regular windows. I'd buy an extra splitter but it is the GT3 MKII version I think which is about $200. If I could get the GT3 Cup splitter than goes back to the fender opening I'd like that even better. I can't imagine if it was lowered. Actually I can, I am really careful, I just happen to have 2 freak things cross paths with me since I've gotten the car.
Mark,
Congrats on getting her home and enjoying the car. Now get some suspension under that puppy and get her to the track!!!
p.s. The cup splitter is about the same money as the stock MKII GT3 splitter. Sources like GMG, TRG, or Farnbacher can probably get them the easiest for you.
Andy
Okay, I'll proably work on suspension over the next year....and getting the Cup splitter soon as I don't really like having a beat up one. I put Michelins on it so I'd know what it should ride like...as they wear and I add suspension parts I'll sort of have a baseline for suspension feel. (atleast that's what makes sense in my head)
Congratulations! It's nice to see a red car. There used to be many many guards red cars in the 1980s but that color fell from grace. It looks terrific on the newer cars (996 and 7) and is relatively rare. A friend of mine dumped his 997 GT3 because he kept hitting the nose lip on things -- too easily! He was forced to settle with a 997 T Cab.
