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So I'm coming up on a year of owning my 996 & have thoroughly enjoyed it thus far. I'm debating on whether or not to start modifying my car. My last car was a fox-body Mustang which was significantly modified. I enjoy having a car that is different from others and "personalized." I do feel like the Porsche is already fairly special the way it is though.
I'm wondering what y'all's thought process has been on whether or not to take the plunge into personalizing your car(s). If I did a few things I'd probably start with coilovers/wheel spacers and an exhaust.
Parts for my Mustang were cheap & as we know improvements (or even maintenance) for a Porsche are more costly.
Interested in your thoughts. Thanks.
I was thinking about this when I was looking for my 996. I decided not to touch anything and leave it as unmolested as possible. Cost of mods and very little gains were my main reasons against modding the car.
On the fox mustang, you can get yourself GT40 heads, some cams, 4.10 pumpkin, headers+ exhaust, cobra brakes upgrade and some suspension mods all for under $4k. That will give you a much more powerful and better handling car.
On 996 engine is already trying very hard to squeeze all of the available horses. Suspension and brakes are already very good. The cost of improving any part of the car is very high, and improvement are hard for me justify the price.
$0.02.
It will cost you money to modify your car, but if you think it is worth it just go ahead! I am sure that the suspension can be greatly improved with after market parts and personally I think that a "sport" exhaust is almost a must have. If you want to be able to go back to the original parts later it is fairly easy to switch back these parts!
As long as you enjoy it I can't see any problem at all to modify the car as long as it doesn't include modifications that can't be reversed.
Robert
I can't enjoy a car without tinkering with it a little. With the 996 I find myself chasing the feeling of it being more raw. I'm not too worried about re-sale as I plan to keep for a good while.
There are a few things you can do with the 996 the improve the driving experience (IMO) for instance the Gundo Hack, ROW M030... Both being relatively inexpensive
modding transformed my car . Throttle response, sound and handling are now what they should have been from the factory. I could not imagine leaving it stock.
If you wanna mod strictly for aural or visual sensation then I wouldn't hesitate as this is something you'll live with on a daily basis.
If you're looking for performance, I would save 8-10k for a supercharger and call it a day.
This is coming from someone that has bought all the bolt on mods already.
My $.02
Just food for thought, keep in mind that many of these cars are now 10+ years old. Stuff breaks. And it isn't necessarily cheap, even if you do it yourself. Window switches, headlight switches, ignitions switches etc (in addition to the stuff in my sig)....... I've done all of those.
If you have the M032 U.S. touring suspension on your car then I fully endorse going mild
(ROW M030) or wild (Coilovers) to improve the handling and high speed front end float.
I've made many preventative maintence upgrades to my car and the only thing that isn't factory Porsche (or made by the manufacturer that supplied Porsche) is the LN IMS bearing.
I can't own a car without modifying. One thing I "liked" about my 996 was the fact that the motor was pretty much as powerful as it was going to get from the factory (unless I wanted to spend A LOT of money). This was nice from a reliability standpoint, and the performance was quite satisfactory for me as well. So, I spent most of my focus/time/money on suspension and visual modifications.
There are still bang-for-your buck mods like swaybars, but if the car is on original shocks, you really need to replace them anyways. ROW m030 is a popular choice. I have koni sports which I like and are adjustable but cost less than coilovers and can be combined with whatever stock-style spring you want like ROW m030. Exhaust is definitely worth it.
I don't like some of the cosmetic stuff like the headlight shrouds that are body-colored, or trying to trick out the interior. A set of seats is a worthwhile mod too if you have cash for something decent like the euro gt3 seats.
If I wasn't restricted by SCCA autocross rules, I would do coilovers, seats, exhaust, maybe a GT3 wing, and gt3 lower control arms and front strut mounts but thats really it.
I like personalizing my vehicles;although, you probably won't increase the value of your car and will probably reduce the value as I have experienced in the past. My suggestion is to go ahead and fix your car up to reflect your taste and individualization. Nothing more boring than going someplace and seeing 3 or 4 other silver Porsche cars identical to yours. Make sure to keep all the original parts so that when the time comes to sell, the new owner will have the option of returning the vehicle back to it's original form
Can't stress that last part enough. On some cars it may not be all that important, but when dealing with a larger percentage of snooty people, keeping the OEM parts may help big time when it comes to re-sale. Yet, the price you can get for a lot of OEM parts very possibly may trump the benefit of keeping them... Tough call really
Mod it don't mod it... Its just a car. Like the guys above have said, suspension and bushings are old at this point may want to start there. Definitely need an exhaust or fisterD mod, 200 cell cats when yours die etc.
The two best bang for the buck mods are 997 short shift and gundo hack. Suspension upgrade would be next. replace cats with 200 cell when they go and be done with it.
I would not spend the $15K in mods if I had to do it again.
Here is a good one. Come home late from a business trip last night. She tells me. " I bought a handbag while learning how to bid on eBay."
Need to put my head in a vice.
It's called functional context education - she learned a skill in the context of needing to know it. So at least your bankruptcy will be based on sound learning theory.
Your equivalent will be learning to use the yellow pages while looking for a debt consolidation service.
...to reiterate, if you're looking for a "performance" mod - which gundo hacks and short shifters ain't - the underdrive pulley should not be underestimated. </soapbox>
Well you know closets can only hold so many pairs of shoes and purses before you have to step up to a custom cabinet organization system and then once you outgrow that, you'll need to add an addition on to house her stuff.
