What did you do with your 996 today?
- Thread starter SteveAndrews
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Hi all, we are lucky enough to have a place there (near Chatel), so just spent time travelling around locally. Rubbish at taking pictures but here's two I managed to take, including a very empty Eurotunnel train!
Car insurers said all was ok but Travel Insurance was a no no.
Finished "refurbishing" my wheels on a DIY basis. My advise for anyone faced with 20 spoke wheels that are in a poor cosmetic condition is to get them done professionally! This particularly applies if they are, like mine, originally chromed. I found it very time consuming to try and rub down all the spokes and trying to spray them with rattle cans was difficult given the various surfaces that the spokes presented. Also very wasteful of paint as a lot of it went between the spokes!
It obviously depends on the condition and type of wheels. If they had been straightforward not too bad alloy turbo styles then yes a good job probably can be done. But with lots of spokes and corrosion then the tyres should have come off and the valves taken out so all parts could have been accessed to do a proper job.
My wheels now look a lot better than before (see pic) but they are not perfect. I used just over 4 cans of Hycote etching primer and just over 4 cans of Hycote silver wheel paint. I also used part of a can of Hycote Adhesion promoter where copper was showing through under chrome. One tip is that the etching primer is fairly dark and this has resulted in a darker than expected silver. If I was doing it again I would put a coat of white primer on first before the silver.
Although it has been interesting to do, if they need doing again then they will go somewhere to be blasted with the tyres off and a thick layer of filler primer before getting a professional spray job. Most of the main refurbishers wouldn't touch them because of the chrome but I did find some of a more "back street" nature who would have done it although not guaranteeing that they would be as good as new.
It obviously depends on the condition and type of wheels. If they had been straightforward not too bad alloy turbo styles then yes a good job probably can be done. But with lots of spokes and corrosion then the tyres should have come off and the valves taken out so all parts could have been accessed to do a proper job.
My wheels now look a lot better than before (see pic) but they are not perfect. I used just over 4 cans of Hycote etching primer and just over 4 cans of Hycote silver wheel paint. I also used part of a can of Hycote Adhesion promoter where copper was showing through under chrome. One tip is that the etching primer is fairly dark and this has resulted in a darker than expected silver. If I was doing it again I would put a coat of white primer on first before the silver.
Although it has been interesting to do, if they need doing again then they will go somewhere to be blasted with the tyres off and a thick layer of filler primer before getting a professional spray job. Most of the main refurbishers wouldn't touch them because of the chrome but I did find some of a more "back street" nature who would have done it although not guaranteeing that they would be as good as new.
Today i spent £157 on light bulbs from halfords followed by £346.82 for a new key/key fob/reprogramming as apparently i can't have my old one reprogrammed (Porsche hull). I'm now going to fit stated lights.
Thunderace
PCGB Member
I'll replace the "y" with "te" but I will do "today" next time 
Bought 996 27/05
Since then: -
Top Gear sound exhaust silencers
6 spark plugs and heat shields
Water pump, thermostat and belt
Coolant tank and 04 cap
Oil and filter change
£1923.60
Next:
Front discs, pads and MOT
Near future:
4 new coffin arms and at least one bump stop
Air conditioning pipe and condensors
Bought 996 27/05
Since then: -
Top Gear sound exhaust silencers
6 spark plugs and heat shields
Water pump, thermostat and belt
Coolant tank and 04 cap
Oil and filter change
£1923.60
Next:
Front discs, pads and MOT
Near future:
4 new coffin arms and at least one bump stop
Air conditioning pipe and condensors
iandean said:
yes Osram nightbreaker and indicators. front drivers had stopped working but all sorted now. just need alignment as are pointing very low.
iandean said:
Good point, will check if I ever need another one. I was told £137 to re-program current key fob but there was an issue so new ordered.
I’d be interested to hear how you get on with the new key.
I’ve recently bought a 2003 C4S and completely smitten with it, but the spare key is a replacement and despite opening the central locking and working in the ignition, it stubbornly refuses to accept any seat position programming and insists on sending the seat all the way back and down whenever used.
Google suggests it’s a fairly common problem and there doesn’t seem to be a fix.
Hope yours doesn’t suffer the same fate.
I’ve recently bought a 2003 C4S and completely smitten with it, but the spare key is a replacement and despite opening the central locking and working in the ignition, it stubbornly refuses to accept any seat position programming and insists on sending the seat all the way back and down whenever used.
Google suggests it’s a fairly common problem and there doesn’t seem to be a fix.
Hope yours doesn’t suffer the same fate.
DarrenWells said:
I don't have memory seats in mines, it don't have many optional extras tbh
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