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Lv I always search before I post, but I have been using my iPad and it won't work to search or do some other things, I don't know why...
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Personally, I don't see the draw to changing a car to a model year it is not.
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I mean considering I change the headlights and hood to new style?
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Yes, BUT you would need to change your headlights, front fenders and associated hardware.
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Some people cut the original bumper, use its mounting points and extends a section to mount the bottom turbo bumper.
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you also need to create a little brackets for the bottom section... the turbo bumper wont line up with the body bottom mounting points.... no biggie though. Some people cut the original bumper, use its mounting points and extends a section to mount the bottom turbo bumper.
I was contemplating installing a turbo nose to my 2003 C2 as well.
Would they fit perfect on the 2003 C2 ? or there is also some fitting to be done ?
I'd assume that Porsche in their infinity wisdom of cost saving would have tried to share parts: turbo, c4s, 40th anniversary...
am I wrong ?
I'm sure there is a detailed write-up on this. Do a 996 forum search for this. It has been done many times over.
Personally, I don't see the draw to changing a car to a model year it is not.
Here's a good start start:
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It would probably be easier to find a third-party body kit bumper that's already fitted for a C2 and whole lot less complicated to install - there's lots to be had out there...
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Rudy
You really should sell your car and buy a turbo if that is what you want.
I see you consistantly struggling to make your car into something else. You really don't like it the way it is?
You use the word "hack" in your sentence above. The whole car will become a "hack" and diminish the value dramatically most likely never to be recovered.
But it's your car, do what you will.
Selling what you already have to buy a turbo is usually easier said than done - not hard to believe that if he had the additional $10K-$15K to upgrade to a turbo, he probably would already have done it... so if the car is in itself a 90% solution, he should customize it to his liking, there's a reason there's tons of aftermarket body kits out there.
By the way, that "diminish value" thing? Way overrated, if you look around at prices, the value has already diminished - these things aren't classics and to pretend that the value will hold just because yours looks like it came off the lot is fantasy - these '01s are already nearly 10 years old and there's nothing special about the car (other than it's a Porsche) that would make one more valuable than another Porsche (given the same model, mileage, condition, etc.)
If you're really worried about value, buy one and leave it in the garage - that way it won't get any miles and you'll be able to sell it for a little more than the next guy... but that's not the reason I bought mine...
Rudy
Very true, It's one thing to "mod" a car a quite another to "hack" it into a FrankenPorsche
But at the end of the day, it's YOUR car so do whatever makes you happy and tell anyone who has an issue with that to get lost!
here is a very Turbo-ish bumper for a Mk 1
Yup, emotion containment fail
Be proud of your car and be proud of your emotions! As long as you don't go Ben Choi on anybody
, be honest.....that's what makes this place great.
Rudy,
Your mods are tasteful and flow well. The OP didn't realize that the light bar off a C4S wouldn't fit on his narrow body car. This is the 4th post of him asking if parts from another series car will fit.
For sale:
99 Porsche 911 xxxxxx miles. no accidents, no paint work. nice options
For sale:
99 Porsche 911 was a c2 but now has Mk2 headlights/fenders/turbo bumpers, rocker panels off a mazda 3, c4s tailights(they don't work) 22 inch wheels
A real looker!!!
Which one would you buy?
In my years of Porsche ownership and any cars for that matter when I see a mod like an updated front end or on an older car a Slantnose conversion I usually assume it was hit and that why the owner went ahead and did that. Usually it's the reason.
That's what I was trying to figure out here, if it would be a huge process or if it was simple, I figured it would be simple because the 2002 all had the update, the only reason I was asking is because a friend was going to sell me one for $100 so I was going to buy it and wait and find the headlights for cheap if they came along, ect.. To tell you the truth I like the mk1 style the same as I like the mk2 style if not more, but I do like the black urethane lip. I have a fetish for black urethane side skirts, lips,etc... I like to buy things for my car as much as the next guy, I just like the things I buy to be subtle looking. As I have said on other posts, I would have bought a wide body if I had known that the urethane parts only fit those, but I didn't know at the time, and I'm not going to sell my car just to get a wide, besides I love my car. My plan is to keep it for a while longer and then give it to my girlfriend, she loves the crap out of that car too. Then I'll either get a turbo 996 or a 997 4s....or maybe a miata, that's always a tough choice.
Lv I always search before I post, but I have been using my iPad and it won't work to search or do some other things, I don't know why...
Jim sorry I'm not as knowledgeable on models and years of 996 porsches as you are, Thats why i am on here, so i don't make the same mistakes that other people on here have obviously made, with extra parts sitting in their garage. Hopefully you understand that and are just regularly a dick and not just being mean because you have a Mazda and are butt hurt about my other post.
I think the things that I want on my car are simple looking upgrades that are not unreasonable to have thought that they would have been upgrade options that would have fit my car....just like the million other car brands that just use simple lip, skirt add ons thst make their higher end models look different.
Thanks Jim - I didn't mean to come off so strong... just wanted to post an opposing view. No malice assumed from your post and none intended from mine...
Best,
Rudy
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