My Zenith Blue Manual 996 Cab

So last week I purchased my first ever Porsche... It's a 2000 911 996 C2 Manual Cab in Zenith Blue, has the aerokit front bumper and sideskirts, a Metropol blue interior, and has 91,500miles on the clock. I'm in love already! It's got the hard top as well but I'd taken that off to clean. I bought the car with a view to taking it on a European road trip this summer - I've got a list of a few things I want to do beforehand... Firstly, a full, major service...oil, oil filter, air filter, fuel filter, drive belt, pollen filter, spark plugs, manual transmission oil, coolant change and brake fluid change. I like to get all these things done and keep well on top of maintenance, just makes preventative sense to me. (Plus I enjoy it...!) New gas struts for the frunk (or whatever it's called) as they close themselves on your head after a couple of seconds... Some new tyres (pretty sure I'm going with Michelin PS4's) – I'd asked the seller on the phone how the tyres were, who confirmed they were in great condition with plenty of tread. I then completely forgot to check when viewing – turns out there is a reasonable amount of tread...but the front tyres are 13 years old and the rears 7.5 and 2.5...needless to say I'm going to get them all changed – I'd not heard good things about the Pirellis anyway. I'll get the tracking checked at the same time. Add cruise control – for some of the longer stints in Europe I think this will be very useful – it involves purchasing the stalks, wiring it up and then getting it coded in by a specialist. Air con fix – I've had a look at the rads and part of the fins has actually completely separated! Couple of new rads on order and will fit and keep my fingers crossed that sorts the leaks... 'Gundo hack" – the exhaust is a little quiet...especially when one of my other cars is a TVR! Full detail – I'll try and find the time to get my machine polisher out before I go and get the paint sparkling! I may do a recolour on the seats as well, although they're actually in pretty decent condition so we'll see how I get on. Oh, and sort out the alloys as well. And get some mats to replace the current ones as they're horrid! I was originally going to change the steering wheel for the 3 spoke version from photos – but in the flesh I actually really like the 4 spoke...it gives a nice retro feel to the interior. Given the cost to change I may well just keep it like this... No doubt I'll find more things to spend money on! Thanks for reading

Welcome. Looks nice, I recognised the car from your post of the FB page as well. Love the wheels, I should never have sold my set.

Leave the helmet off! Blue hood looks so 8) :thumb:

Looks great in that colour on those wheels. Enjoy the maintenance programme, though as you say its a slippery slope... if its not had anything done recently, I dare say some suspension work may join the list.

Very nice :thumbs: Great colour and front aero PU and wheels look great! Welcome and enjoy !

Lovely looking car and glad you are enjoying it. This is a very helpful place. I have just come from the land of TVR but did have a Boxster as well for the last 3 years. What TVR do you have and are you on Pistonheads?

:congrats: Pretty car. :thumb:

Thanks for the welcome, everyone! I've got a Chimaera 500 - I've not driven the cars back to back yet (currently doing a full service on the TVR) but I think they'll complement each other nicely. Yeah I'm on PH - handle is GR_TVR

Been quite busy recently. Looks like the summer road trip will be postponed but never mind... I mentioned about hoping that the coolant leak was down to the expansion cap...thankfully I was right! I replaced the .00 part with the .04 part and all is good. A full service has taken place. Oil (Shell Helix 5W-40), oil filter, fuel filter, air filter, pollen filter and drive belt all replaced. I noticed the spark plug tubes were leaking a bit of oil, so changed the spark plug tubes, spark plugs and then all the coil packs – some were quite cracked so definitely due a change. Gearbox oil has been changed for some Motul Gear 300 75W90 – should keep the shifts nice and smooth. Gas struts for the frunk changed - now doesn't hit me on the head. Oh and I replaced the horrid car mats! Air con rads and dryer changed...unfortunately it still won't hold pressure so I need to throw some more money at this to find the leak. New rads look a lot nicer, though. I fitted cruise control and the on-board computer. Quite intensive for this year car as you need to take off the steering wheel, dials and stalks to fit the new ones – then run cables from here back to the rear of the car behind the cab roof and into the DME. No real issues, and it all worked once the indy coded it in – happy days! I decided to change the water pump as a precaution (it had only covered 7,500 miles but was 5.5 years old – probably fine but figured why not) and also fitted a low temperature thermostat. Did the coolant at the same time. Old waterpump looked fine on removal, but did have a metal impeller, so I'm happy I changed it for the Pierburg one with a composite impeller. That brings me pretty much up to date – I've got some Dansk exhausts to go on, but that will probably wait till the lockdown is lifted. Next steps are probably a full detail when I start getting bored again...

Great looking car. What's the colour code on the label under the bonnet? Unless you have edited the pics it looks close to cobalt

Thanks. It's 3AX so definitely zenith!

Nice looking car - I'm 2 1/2 years into my journey after a fairly local purchase from ebay. Been serviced recently and the specialist indy says its a lovely car. I've done lots to it myself - discs/pads, dampers/springs, coil packs, rack rigid pipes and all exposed rigid brake pipes and hoses. A few more bits to do - heat shield bolt to drill out, exhaust manifold bolts and get seat backs painted. Pondering Momo model 07, Oz wheels like yours and stick on front plate. Always puts a smile on my face even if just doing the shopping!

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Missed your earlier response. Found you on Pistonheads now and good work with what you are doing on the car. Did you do all the service bits yourself?

Yes I did all the servicing myself. Relatively easy if a bit fiddly in parts. I did all the spark plugs before I got the rear bumper and exhausts off - in hindsight it would have been a lot easier to do it after I'd done this but never mind! Getting the old exhausts off has probably been the "worst" job - mainly down to having to hacksaw off old bolts in limited space. I'm enjoying working on the car, though!