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YOUR RESEARCHTop 5 Preferred Factory Fitted 996 Options?
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I do wish the original owner checked the sunroof delete box.
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Agreed, as most XAA were fitted by the dealer rather than at the factory.
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My car had the aero kit fitted by the dealer so XXA is not on the options sticker, not that it matters a jot to me - exact same spoiler, bumper and sills - it was far too good of an example to even consider where the kit was fitted.
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There are plenty out there but I'm struggling to find a car with 3 or 4 of my desired Factory Fitted option.
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My desired Factory Fitted option, in this order are
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My car had the aero kit fitted by the dealer so XXA is not on the options sticker, not that it matters a jot to me - exact same spoiler, bumper and sills - it was far too good of an example to even consider where the kit was fitted.
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Looking to add a 996 to my 997 and 944.
There are plenty out there but I'm struggling to find a car with 3 or 4 of my desired Factory Fitted option. Maybe very few exist. My desired Factory Fitted option, in this order are
XAA
LSD
Sunroof Delete
Hardback Sports Seats
Rarer colour, i.e. mot silver, or black or blue or grey
Optiions I would like but can add later (hopefully) would be M030, sports exhaust.
Anyone got something close?
I don�t think I�ve seen a combination of the ones you�ve listed. There are some variance between .1 and .2 for certain colors and obviously PTS cars would be the extreme. There are some pretty cool cars on here and I haven�t seen another spec like mine:
-Slate
-Carbon interior
-M030
One color that is amazingly rare to see is any variation of white with a black interior. Aero cars command a premium and so would a X51.
I was really happy to find these options on my early build 996:
014- Sports Option Package
that includes ( 030-Sports Suspension
220-LSD Limited Slip Differential
375,376-Sports Seats)
408-
18" 993 Turbo Technology hollow spoke wheels
Wasn�t looking for an aerokit or a rare color.
And Arctic Silver was my first choice haha.
I do wish the original owner checked the sunroof delete box.
Oh and black interior
WTF was with grey interiors in the 90s?
My top 3 requirements when looking were XAA, 6MT, and sunroof delete, I eventually found one half way around the planet with sport hard back seats and a factory X51 package. It's Artic Silver over black but good luck finding a similar package in any color...it took me years of scouring the interwebs to find it.
Thats a hard car to find for sure.... mine is a factory XAA car and came with painted hardbacks (now has painted Euro GT3 buckets) and was spec'd with lots of nice options when new. To say I was excited when I found it is an understatement! Keep looking, they are out there but sell for a significant premium vs. the 98% of cars that are basic builds in some shade of silver/grey/black. Move FAST if one pops up!
LSD limits you to an early 99, or 40th Anniversary. Don’t think you’ll find a 40th AE with a slicktop, but I think that’s your best bet for what you want.
My �must haves� are:
1. Full leather
2. 3-spoke steering wheel
3. Contrasting interior
4. 6-speed 2wd Coupe
5. Early dual-row 3.4
6. HiFi (not that it�s THAT HiFi, but you need woofers and I don�t like hacking in speakers)
7. Heated Seats (nice to have, not a must)
It's likely I will have to compromise one on of the options, and keep looking, who knows if the right one eventually comes up, I have a decision to make!
Slate is the darker of the grays and Seal would probably be the most common. When I was looking for mine, I really wanted a Slate car. It�s evident how much darker it is when parked next to another shade. It was also a $3,070 dollar option as where the optioned colors.
As a long time Yellow Porsche collector my current heard includes a PTS Ferrari Yellow 1999 with a six speed, three spoke steering wheel with painted hardbacks and yellow stitching , �Yellow is Cool� 😀
Rich
I was chatting with my 996.X group about interior packages. I see why the leather option + all the other leather is so expensive(and rare), you had to order all those parts separately. Which got me looking at my window sticker because my car has the full leather option and full carbon interior which adds carbon to the individual parts that you would�ve spec�d individually had you gone the leather route. The more you know.
Might want to search for a 40th anniversary car….it’ll have several of your desired, and rare options by default: LSD, aero side skirts, hardback sport seats (although many have the optional comfort seats instead), exclusive GT silver color, as well as X51 engine package & M030 (US version, not ROW) suspension.
I believe they all will have a sunroof as it was standard and not sure it could be deleted.
Painted hardbacks and rear console would have been a nice add - I painted the console and may do the seats. After years of a �full leather policy� this one came with buffalo plastic and granite and I love it for this car.
That's close to my car...
3.4 dual row
Zanzibar red
Aero
6 speed
Sunroof delete
M30 suspension
Hard back seats
Heated seats
Leather seats, dash and doors
3 spoke wheel
Sports exhaust
18" Sport Designs
Carbon shifter / e-brake
Yours is a lovely car, thought that when I first came across it some months back. Since I posted my original question I did by a 996.1, but not a XAA. But if the right XAA 996.1 came along I might be intereested.
Congratulations!
My car had the aero kit fitted by the dealer so XXA is not on the options sticker, not that it matters a jot to me - exact same spoiler, bumper and sills - it was far too good of an example to even consider where the kit was fitted.
Look forward to seeing yours
As a 996 enthusiast I found this 1999 that really talked to my Yellow infatuation, PTS Ferrari Yellow with painted hardback seats, no Aero kit but still my favorite 😀 may be 1 of 1.
Rich
OK we are playing sticker Poker...lol
Mine is Black booooooo.. but at least its metallic black.. and its the cooler one with the bronze hue...
the guy who specced mine spent $95k according to the MSRP when new.. not throttle cable but has cable s to the frunk and rear hatch...
no PSM... no LSD... iv'e never felt the rear tires slip ... iv'e read that track guys disable the PSM as it may impede the speed that you need to lead...
