What did you do to/with your 996 today?

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by Einsteiger » Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:10 am

NICE :D
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 5chn3ll » Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:50 pm

That's not nearly obscure enough, man. ;)

J/K - let us know what interest they generate.

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by OceanBlue2000 » Thu Apr 18, 2019 2:34 pm

5chn3ll wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:50 pm That's not nearly obscure enough, man. ;)

J/K - let us know what interest they generate.
Watching the Wheeler Dealers episode last night, my wife said, "I thought your car was a 996?" I said it was.

"Then how come they keep calling it a 911?"

"Well, 996 is the internal designation that Porsche uses, and it helps us tell one series of 911 from another and..."

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by Einsteiger » Fri Apr 19, 2019 11:36 am

My able-bodied son had time to help me with a project that I'd been putting off for a while: all four wheels off for a decent cleaning...fenderwells, too. We picked a good day. Started a little cool, but warmed up enough to get the hose out. Jacking the thing up was an adventure. Even with the tutorial on Pelican Parts, it was still a challenge to get the jack positioned such that the car came up with enough room to slide in a stand at the prescribed jack point. I discovered that the left-rear jack point was actually bent in a little. How does that happen? [not that I really want to know]
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Getting the wheels off the hubs actually took a block of wood and The Hammer of Thor. Also, my new DeWalt 300 Ft. Lb rattle gun would not remove the lugs. It took a breaker bar and both of us on some. Hmm. Someone got a little too aggressive when they put these wheels on. :(

After the clean up was done in the wheel wells I applied some anti-seize, something that I would have thought my top-notch Porsche shop would have done. The wheel wells cleaned up nice and I dressed the plastic liners with tire dressing to preserve the look....for a few weeks....or days.....whatever-it looks better!

Wheel well before & after:
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My son Matt did all the heavy stuff: scrubbing the rubber, the wheels, drying everything, using some matte detail spray on the wheels before applying Chemical Guys Jet Seal Matte to the wheels; front and back.
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I chickened out on using the Gyeon Q2 Rim ceramic coating that I bought. The time involved to get everything perfect and then the whole "don't make a mistake" application process [which also would have included gloves and a recommended respirator] switched my thinking back to the Jet Seal.

Anyway, all four went back carefully on and we torqued to 95 ft. lb. I took a short drive of 5 miles or so, came home and re-torqued to be sure.
Glad it's done - now the car goes back into the garage and I start on the body. The birds were very disrepectful while the car was in the driveway.
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 32wildbilly » Fri Apr 19, 2019 12:44 pm

Einsteiger wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2019 11:36 am My able-bodied son had time to help me with a project that I'd been putting off for a while: all four wheels off for a decent cleaning...fenderwells, too. We picked a good day. Started a little cool, but warmed up enough to get the hose out. Jacking the thing up was an adventure. Even with the tutorial on Pelican Parts, it was still a challenge to get the jack positioned such that the car came up with enough room to slide in a stand at the prescribed jack point. I discovered that the left-rear jack point was actually bent in a little. How does that happen? [not that I really want to know]

Getting the wheels off the hubs actually took a block of wood and The Hammer of Thor. Also, my new DeWalt 300 Ft. Lb rattle gun would not remove the lugs. It took a breaker bar and both of us on some. Hmm. Someone got a little too aggressive when they put these wheels on. :(

After the clean up was done in the wheel wells I applied some anti-seize, something that I would have thought my top-notch Porsche shop would have done. The wheel wells cleaned up nice and I dressed the plastic liners with tire dressing to preserve the look....for a few weeks....or days.....whatever-it looks better!

Wheel well before & after:

My son Matt did all the heavy stuff: scrubbing the rubber, the wheels, drying everything, using some matte detail spray on the wheels before applying Chemical Guys Jet Seal Matte to the wheels; front and back.

I chickened out on using the Gyeon Q2 Rim ceramic coating that I bought. The time involved to get everything perfect and then the whole "don't make a mistake" application process [which also would have included gloves and a recommended respirator] switched my thinking back to the Jet Seal.

Anyway, all four went back carefully on and we torqued to 95 ft. lb. I took a short drive of 5 miles or so, came home and re-torqued to be sure.
Glad it's done - now the car goes back into the garage and I start on the body. The birds were very disrepectful while the car was in the driveway.
Done-down.jpg
DANG! That wore me out just reading about it! I gotta go take a nap now...
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by Einsteiger » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:54 pm

Drove the 996 to the weekly breakfast. Huge turnout today. We totally overwhelmed the restaurant...which they love. Lots of lawnmower iron today too
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 32wildbilly » Sat Apr 20, 2019 5:46 pm

Went to Speedway Motors Museum with the Great Plains Region PCA club.

Some of the rides that fleeted in from Omaha:
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by Einsteiger » Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:13 pm

Awesome 😎
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:17 pm

Speedway Motors Museum is freakin’ awesome. They are great people also. They sent a crew down to help us set up the KC Auto Museum back in 2014 when we first opened. I got to meet Speedy Bill back in 2013, about a year before he died. He was a funny and interesting old guy.
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Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red

2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:18 pm

Einsteiger wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:54 pm Drove the 996 to the weekly breakfast. Huge turnout today. We totally overwhelmed the restaurant...which they love. Lots of lawnmower iron today too29758B82-3ACA-4D8D-ABB9-450092FC37C7.jpegD6F96760-925C-4EF6-B2A7-0C0D5E1F0634.jpeg
Hey, there were a couple of nice ‘87 water cooled cars there, too!
www.kansascityautomuseum.com
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red

2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver

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