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YOUR RESEARCH996 C4 tiptronic S restoration now completed: Newbie content
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This took a while as they fitted the job in between other jobs but it lived in a nice warm workshop over winter and I managed to catch the bug.
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I sent the car straight to my friendly local body shop as a "Christmas" job for them and they let me use their workshop to work on the car, which essentially boiled down to a suspension refresh and servicing, oh and stripping the car for a full repaint.
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I sent the car straight to my friendly local body shop as a "Christmas" job for them and they let me use their workshop to work on the car, which essentially boiled down to a suspension refresh and servicing, oh and stripping the car for a full repaint.
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Hi All,
I can finally report that I have "officially" finished the restoration of my 3.4 C4 tiptronic S cabriolet and very pleased I am as well.
Last November I bought my car with a dented door and scratched bumpers. The damage was miniscule and the previous owner had just spent in the region of £12k on the engine and gearbox then slid it slowly into a bollard.
I sent the car straight to my friendly local body shop as a "Christmas" job for them and they let me use their workshop to work on the car, which essentially boiled down to a suspension refresh and servicing, oh and stripping the car for a full repaint.
Everything went smoothly until I tried to raise the hood. It took 4 days of trying before Alex from Porschetec popped in and 5 mins later all was good. It turned out the release cable/catch had jammed.
For good measure a new door and cill was fitted and the car repainted. This took a while as they fitted the job in between other jobs but it lived in a nice warm workshop over winter and I managed to catch the bug.
So finally the car was home, 4 wheel aligned and ready to go.
I filled the tank and spent many evenings wafting around the lanes of Hertfordshire. The tiptronic is wonderful, but the big news is that I have finally used £50 worth of petrol (since Nov 19) and can report a healthy 26 and a bit MPG.
Last weekend I booked into the capel manor classic car show and got lots of positive comments from other Porsche owners so am officially happy with the result and to top it all my
insurance
company class it as a classic car so it it cheaper to insure than our Golf.
Pictures to follow and I have another project at the ready
:thumbs:
Those wheels are BBS 19".
I was very keen to get the perfect finish to the car and putting badges on it, in my opinion, spoilt the look so i left them off.
However just before i sold the car i relented and put the bonnet badge back on as i had not had the holes filled.
My car is now with a new owner and i am told she loves driving it.
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