Turbo S fastest car ever (to get dirty) - Page 2 - 911/Carrera GT - PistonHeads UK

My 991 turbo S is by far the quickest car I have ever had....not to drive, but to be totally engulfed by crap off the road. Seriously I am having to clean the rear number plate every 50 miles or so. My 997 Turbo S was almost as bad. I can't seem to remember any other 911 having such a vacuum effect. Has anyone tried driving their 997 or 991 turbo with the rear spoiler permanently extended to see whether this reduces somewhat the magnitude of the effect?

Yep, have tried all that and it made little difference. Any road grim seems to get baked on with the amount of heat soaked up by the rear bumper and body panels. Still... some might say it's a nice problem to have Is your TTS your daily drive? Impressions over the 997T ?

Complimentary stealth number plate - bloody genius these Porsche engineers! Lovely car BTW!

6C4GTS said: Complimentary stealth number plate - bloody genius these Porsche engineers! Lovely car BTW! That what I thought. Leave it dirty , you never know when it may help you out !

Far Cough said: 6C4GTS said: Complimentary stealth number plate - bloody genius these Porsche engineers! Lovely car BTW! That what I thought. Leave it dirty , you never know when it may help you out ! What he said... A wonder Porsche are not selling this as an option...

Hmmm, good advice. Leave it stealth. It is my daily driver. Compared with 997 I would say the most obvious thing (apart from the interior etc) is how compliant/refined it is on the road. I remember the 997 being a lot harsher although it was a couple of years ago since I sold it. Straight line speed similar as you would expect but traction is better and generally the car is a lot more composed. PDK is faster and the sound is improved. To be honest I have only had the car 3 weeks and it is on winter tyres so haven't really had a chance to test absolute cornering grip yet. Brakes are awesome but seem to be too much on occasion for my soft winter front tyres.

They do get dirty. I was behind a 997 10 reg Turbo S on Henley Bridge last Saturday. Dirtiest Porsche I'd ever seen. Wife was with me and was was not amused when I uttered the standard Pistonheads comment about whether his other half was the same.

Unless you can write your name on the car with a jet wash you are not trying hard enough !!!

It's those bleeding fat wheels at the back, this won't help just added some wider than stock

Lordglenmorangie said: It's those bleeding fat wheels at the back, this won't help just added some wider than stock look superb - few more pics pls! - where did you buy them from?

Pictures as promised

Really set the car off and look OEM.

LordGlen - very nice choice of wheels and colour with the yellow. can I ask what alloys they are ? they don't look like OE 997 GT2 wheels to me but i could be wrong?

LordGlen - very nice choice of wheels and colour with the yellow. can I ask what alloys they are ? they don't look like OE 997 GT2 wheels to me but i could be wrong?

Dont think those are OE, similar but better imo. these are BBS CH a classic wheel been around for donkeys. Look stunning in gunmetal and the rear wheel is drool worthy that dish effect!

RSnut said: Dont think those are OE, similar but better imo. these are BBS CH a classic wheel been around for donkeys. Look stunning in gunmetal and the rear wheel is drool worthy that dish effect! Spot on , like you say the rear dish effect is cool. These wheels came from Super coupes who had them on a GT2 ( now sold) they had them painted ice grey and fitted a stainless rim protector . The GT 2 wheels were replaced by some specially made at a cost of 9K

pdj81 said: LordGlen - very nice choice of wheels and colour with the yellow. can I ask what alloys they are ? they don't look like OE 997 GT2 wheels to me but i could be wrong? You are correct they are not GT2 wheels , another poster has covered this BBS

I say, those wheels are rather tasty.

I think they are rubbish!! Can take them off and put back to original if you want?

Captain Barnacle said: I think they are rubbish!! Can take them off and put back to original if you want? Yes son, go back to your red wine

Are they 12 inch at the back? If off a GT2 I expect they are and they're pretty hard to replace compared to our usual rubber. Always seem to be supply issues. Apparently best place to order the rears is from the US! About £400- £450 for each rear tyre compared to £250 for our usual tyres. Think i'm going to have to get some new rims too. Thinking about BBS F1 if they're still made.

I was going to go down for these last Friday and some bugger had bought them. Great buy at a fiver under 2k with new rubber.

benny 61 said: I was going to go down for these last Friday and some bugger had bought them. Great buy at a fiver under 2k with new rubber. Don't forget the VAT All thanks to my son who spotted them and did a 450 mile round trip to get them , Merry Christmas daddy

Skrambles said: I say, those wheels are rather tasty. They really suit it IMO, there's a slate grey 140k ml (?!) turbo in eBay with them on,

Hi IMA, my son arranged the purchase, from Super Coupes in Aldermarston they had been on a showroom car GT2 . They are not standard in that sprayed frozen grey with a stainless rim protector . Have always been reluctant to change from stock wheel but my wheels needed refurbing due to the centre cap removal at tyre changes causing lacquer damage. We did a bit of man maths and decided these gave the best look. Only have a couple of poor phone snaps taken in a force 8 storm but will post them up. I believe Porsche shop have them on their web page Edited by Lordglenmorangie on Sunday 15th December 15:05

Chaps, sorry to ask again but are the wheels definitely bbs CH or are they CH-R's ? I ask because they definitely look more like the latter from bbs website Thanks in advance

pdj81 said: Chaps, sorry to ask again but are the wheels definitely bbs CH or are they CH-R's ? I ask because they definitely look more like the latter from bbs website Thanks in advance CH-Rs Edited by Lordglenmorangie on Wednesday 1st January 23:06

Anthracite with or without stainless rim are available here .

Lordglenmorangie said: ....They are not standard in that sprayed frozen grey with a stainless rim protector....... They are a standard BBS wheel ('Frozen Grey' ), see link above.

Many thanks - sorted then!

They are wheels they are round they fasten to the car with bolts , they go round depending on the speed of the car