okok minus "super" :)

@BH-tp3pm

7 ай бұрын

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Please do an in depth series on sorting it out! Long video on the wash and polish, coating etc. same for the interior!

@zaink7037

7 ай бұрын

Agree there. Hope it happens 🙏

@robl6044

7 ай бұрын

@@zaink7037 yes it would be great

The Carrera Aero kit was used on the GT3, not the other way round as you think. The rear wing looks non OEM not that it matters. The space between the planes is too wide and there shouldn’t be a step on the top plane. I had a C4 in silver de badged which I absolutely adored, the wheels were similar but they were silver with a deep dish. It’s unusual to have the rear side spats (flip flop things) which mine also had. There should be a black splitter on the front, it’s a push fit you’ll find three holes under the bumper ready and waiting for it. Now the tricky bit: Your car has the dual race IMS bearing, that in itself is fairly bullet proof. The trouble is that every around 90k miles you need to just whip the engine out and get the timing chains changed. The reason why Porsche didn’t revert back to the dual race bearing after discovering the later single race bearing would fail was because over 90k+ at some point the timing chains were prone to snapping. It could be 91k or 120k miles but at some point the chains will snap. The solution was to make the single race bearing a serviceable part, change the IMS when you change the clutch, no problem, possibly 1 hour more work for the laziest mechanic. Or do what your meant to do and drive these cars daily. Never go for a garage queen, never go for low mileage, just get yourself an average 12-14k per year car and as many receipts as possible. The difference between dual race and single race bearings appears to be torque on the timing chains, the dual race bearing stretches and snaps the chains, this was retro-diagnosed after the single race bearings started to fail as dual race IMS bearing failure. The reason being that it was happening at higher mileage on the older cars so once the chain snaps or the single race bearing fails you’re really left with the same failure but a different cause. Finally, I thought supercar like you say in the title when I bought mine, a C4 Aero gives you the feel that you bought a supercar but they are most definitely just sports cars. I bought mine in 2012 a minter for £15k you’ve bought a fixer 11 years later for 3k more so the good news is that if you get things sorted you’ll be quids in. Nothing will increase the value of your car like an invoice for the replacement of those timing chains though.

Congrats on the new car. Looks like a nice solid base to get started with. Looking forward to watching the future videos as you begin getting her sorted out.

I saw this advertised for low 20ks a few weeks ago which was out of my budget, at18k you got a great deal, I ended up buying a 54k mile non aero car in zenith blue, loving mine, dream car for me... Nothing else comes close for the price

Lovely car and looks really well cared for. Looking forward to seeing your next videos I bet the body work will look amazing when polished. Good luck with it all Thank you

Beautiful example! Ok there are a few things not to your liking and a few repairs needed but you have a really great car there with a clear upgrade path. Well done mate!

Awesome acquisition!....car looks great. Do not get rid of the race seats when you replace them...save them in case you want to do a track day in the future. They make all the difference when the pulling lateral G's on the track. Look forward to content involving this cars upgrades.

I love the 996. It’s such a great looking uncluttered design. They look like they are moving at speed when they are just sat there. They look more and more classic by the day. Awesome video

Nice project, deffo get that back to stock asap, it’ll look so much better enter, can’t wait to watch. Keep well.

Great car Jon look forward to seeing you get it back to oem spec .And you detailing the car love the colour and aero kit

Brilliant Jon - Look forward to seeing it soon ! ❤

Great car great update looking forward on seeing the transformation

Hi Jon. Great video. Love the car. Looking forward to seeing updates

Very nice Jon, looking forward to seeing the work being done.

Great addition to the collection you've got growing. I love the color and can't wait to see the detail!

Very nice car Jon. Look forward to seeing what you do with it!

Congrats! Looking forward to the detailing and first wash 😁

😊... As James May would say, "Standard!" Is the way to go. Looking forward to all the progress videos Jon.

Fantastic looking car John. Please keep us updated with a build series on it. Fantastic

That looks a great buy Jon and will make a fantastic project. You should be able to get most of the bits you are looking for from Douglas Valley Breakers and 9 apart (where I get a few bits for my 986) to keep the costs under control.

Enjoyed your “that’s got to go” video Jon and congratulations on the new wheels. Looking forward to watching further episodes. Simon AKA Steve 😉

Great choice. Lovely in guards red with aero. Got a few 911’s and this is one of my favourites. Severely underrated. Build quality not the best, ruled by accountants at the time. Just need to keep on top of maintenance. Had one of these and loved it. My recommendations: 997 sports seats. Slot straight in. RSS engine mounts make really nice difference to dynamics and gear changes (for tiny bit more transmission noise, which likely matches character of this car anyway). 997.2 GT3 shifter is great match for M96 3.4. Then just get suspension set up how you like. And drive it with big smiles 😊

Good purchase Jon. 😎 I had a mk1 GT3 in guards red so I’m a big fan of how yours looks. I also had a mk1 C2 with Aerokit and KWs etc. 90% of a GT3 for 25% of the cost. (It’s just missing that Mezger “zing”.) As you said, what can you buy for £18k that looks as good, but not only that nothing offers the experience. Steering feel, feedback, engine noise when you rev it out, the grip out of bends, etc etc. I can’t believe they’re still so cheap. I look forward to the updates. 👍🏻

Very nice indeed! Paintwork looks lovely on the ebay advert, looking forward to a full detail!! 😀

Looks like a great project. Can’t wait to see what you do with it. Nice to see a Porsche back on the channel.

Congrats on the new car. I had my suspicions on you creeping towards Porsche ownership when i spotted you at the Festival of Porsche in Brands Hatch a month or 2 back. Look forward to watching the journey to getting it to a minter.

Personally like the alcantara John. Goes with the cage. Not sure on the airbag cover tho. Id prob change that and the handbrake handle. Love to see you give that wheel the geist treatment too

Some great cars there. I had a mildly modified Porsche 996.1 GT3 for over 10 years and loved that car. The only car that I've managed to sell for more than I payed for it. I've just bought a manual E92 M3 which I'm really enjoying. I work from home a lot so its not a daily driver which is just as well as not very fuel efficient. Just love high revving normally aspirated engines.

Looking forward for all the videos on this 👌

Nice car perfect spec the things I would change are the wheels, the rear flip flop things and the tailpipes

Lovely car 🚗 ur living out my car dreams John. lol looking forward to more content.

Congrats, awsome color and aero

The 996 with the Aero Upgrade really looks good even with Fried Egg Headlights ( not keen on stock) . Youve bought a Real nice Spec. All the bit i would have. If you ever do a Clutch I'd put an SMF as it would suit the car nicely, even if it had slight clatter on stop up, for the GT3 experience and nicer revving. The interior, being a slimmer build the Seats would be my bag but can appreciate it might not be for you but some Recaro Sportsers would be a Really good Seats. Nice Purchase with lots of Potential 😊

If you are thinking of going bact to original spec there should be a lable under the front bonnet which gives codes fro the options fitted to the car as it left the factory. A lot have gone missing over the years, but a dublicate should be in the sevice record. Likely to be very little original paint on the car. Original paint is, from memory only 70- 80 microns thick . I bought mine in 2012 when "only" 12 years old and when I took my paint guage over it only the roof was original, (and I know it hadn't bee crashed). The scuttlebutt is that whenever an OPC took a 996 in part exchange more than 2 years old they gave it a front end respray as a matter of course. Be intersested on your thoughts in comparing it to your C4S.

Very nice, Jon.👍It looks well cool!😎

Halloween drinking game: every time John says “that’s gotta go” down a pint. Cheers 🍺

Awesome car, i have 996.1 C2 with factory aero. In artic silver becoming more desirable, and im looking to do a suspendion upgrade ohlins or Kw. Be good to see a full road test review.

lovely car - a lot of stuff to do - look forward to the videos

Cant wait to see you detail this

There is an airbag under the Alcantara on the doors as well. Keep that in mind when tackling that as well.

Great project, hope you dont find too many surprises, interior refresh makes sense, maybe consider leaving alcantara on top of the dials to avoid reflections, steering wheel is nasty! Pole positions are personal preference, I have them in my NSX and love them, and if you dont need rear ‘seats’ then the cage looks correct with the aero … enjoy and look forward to video updates …

Nice car, John! Congrats on the.puechase of this Beauty!

A dirty throttle body can cause uneven idle or you may have a vacuum leak somewhere. Glad you have the same opinion on Pirellis as me lol! Michelin PS all the way, 265 rears are standard on yours, 285 are gen 2 standard.

Fantastic looking car and I'm also a fan of the gen 1 lights that are also on the GT1.

Awesome John I can wait to get my hands on it and my beady eyes 👀😂 so far I'm in love ❤️

When you get around to getting the geo done, it's worth giving Centre Gravity a look. They are based in the Midlands with their speciality being porsche.

Just replace the stereo with something periodic looking like the blaupunkt Bremen SQR 46 Looks OE but has Bluetooth etc etc £400 well spent

I have had a few 996 porsche cars currently a 996 turbo put it totally back to stock especially the interior and just enjoy your car 😊

Sweet , beautiful project 👍🇬🇧

The pole position seats might be the narrow versions? They should be really comfortable, check the passenger one incase it's the wider version?

Welcome to the 996 club!! I totally love mine and it looks like you love yours too!

Before now, I would have never considdered one of these, however after watching this, its grown on me. I love the colour.

Black out the dash, back to standard would be my plan if I was you. It’s 90% there already so a good baseline :) good job!

I'm looking forward to seeing the series videos on bringing back to it's glory

it's beautiful, especially with the aero kit and in red. personally I think the GT3 add ons are quite nice, that's all Porsche do anyway. Engine aside, its an incredible bargain given the cost of a genuine GT3.

Love it ! That must have been some drive the Scottish roads are something else. 😎

Good looking cars these and going up in value as people appreciate the sleek looks with the GT1 headlights. Just gorgeous and these are really starting to stand out and become desirable as the new ones get bigger and uglier!

Congratulations on the new car John can’t wait to see it in the flesh lot of people would have walked away from that but with a little bit of vision that’s gonna be a Stonking car

Love the random use of the rear window blind as a horn... The switch has got to be worth some money, who he heck optioned the rear window blind.

Heck of a deal. The prior owner loved this car. Good luck with it.

Hello from a fellow detailer. Bought my 1999 C4 on the 7th of January. I love it what a drive. May not have the power of a a modern performance car. They seem quick enough though. Like your Guards Red. Mine is black metallic.

😂. Love it Wiggle Bums👍.Lola brings out the 5 yr old in you Jon👍. Never grow up🤗🤗

Hey Jon any plans on testing the diy detail range?

I’d buy that, love it as it stands really! Fancy a 2014 S3 and 2.7 Boxster in px?

Sheesh would love to have those alcantara bits in my 996. You have the gt3 door cards too. Love the racey interior

@ForensicDetailing

7 ай бұрын

they been done on the cheap mate to save a couple of quid. the "alcantara" is some immitation cheap crap that feels bad.

Congrats man!

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it here. But alloys: those split ones will always corrode if you dont just paint the outer in silver. Polished and lacquered for some reason never goes more than a year without it showing signs.

You got a bargain there. I saw this up for £24k just a few weeks ago. I'd be interested in your seats, door pulls and instrument binnacle top if they're up for sale?

If headunit changing colours it might be in demo mode, probably be able to change button and text colours.. Needs some spacers/bigger ones

Love your lil doggy Jon

Love the Porsche and your content. Especially love product tests. And love Lola. Where did you get those steel shelves at the beginning of the vid? Especially love those. Sorry 😣

@ForensicDetailing

7 ай бұрын

Display pro m8

@andrewhumes4163

7 ай бұрын

@@ForensicDetailing thank u for replying

Always wanted pole positions in my mini! All in all nice project there 👌

@benbirch2393

7 ай бұрын

Not sure why. Look ok, but are pretty horrible especially if you're tall

Nice to see how it handles around the track compared to Your Beamer .

cant wait to see its paint correction detail probably get it looking like a high priced car

I like it !!! Personally, I wouldn't try putting it back to stock, I would actually strip it out inside, change the wheels, put track rubber on, and upgrade the brakes and bushes making up the suspension, and get the geometry sorted. I think it would be a fab trackday car, and keep your M4 for the road which is what it's designed for. As for the dog, it needs lowering a bit, some decent rubber, and maybe a light machine polish.

@joecotter9014

7 ай бұрын

I agree - but i would sell the M4,use the cash to fund this project and chuck the change in the bank

Epic. Love it!

You and Lola crushing in the Porsche going to a Porsche car meet 👍

Very nice. Now it's time for you to get outside with the bucket and sponge and get stuck in (more detailing videos please!)

I'm sure it used to belong to a friend of mine. I used to have a 996.2 Carrera 2 in Lapis blue. Lovely cars.

a lot of car for the money! well done.

Love the new addition 😊 I’m considering getting into the 996 team only unsure wether to go c2 , c4 or c4s as a pilot in either what’s your preference, Thanks Jon

@ForensicDetailing

7 ай бұрын

i prefer rear wheel drive but the C4s looks lovely with its wide hips.

@hodg365vwyoutube7

7 ай бұрын

@@ForensicDetailing Thanks do love them both too ,Let the search commence 😝

I like the wheels in bronze, no problem there but the only problem I have with the rims is the offset, needs to be pushed out a bit for sure❗️ Spacers aren't too safe so maybe another set of 911 rims that have more offset💡📢

Congrats on a new car🎉

Really great car - but it absolutely needs to go back to full stock spec. Will be with far more that way too. Good project work for the near future

What are the storage containers with blue taps? Where can you get them? Nice new car by the way.

@ForensicDetailing

7 ай бұрын

lab unlimited sell in the UK mate. 35-40 quid each, I use the compact spigot option. search 5 litre jerry can on their site mate

I really know nothing about Porsche, what did it come with stock? I think the beauty in a Porsche is what they have in them from the factory. The car sells itself i think. I hope you enjoy her!

Love the car and look forward to all the videos on this 👍🏻

I love stock vehicles with a few small mods done in good taste.

Hi Jon, what a lovely motor! I have a question on my 140 that I coated in Gyeon Synchro. It’s been on the car 6 months and has lost its hydrophobicity. I’ve been using gyeon cure but wondered what else I could do to bring it back? Paint feels very rough to the touch

@ForensicDetailing

7 ай бұрын

rough paint suggests its needs decon mate. I need to shoot an update on that test panel that has MOHS on it but thats been way over 6 months and its buzzing away still. So I would wash it with a reasonably strong alkaline prewash, then maybe an acid shampoo or you could use Gyeon spot. You could also try using the gyeon fallout remover wash I think its called restart. Hopefully that should clean off whatevers burying the coating.

@tomkendall9336

7 ай бұрын

@@ForensicDetailing thanks mate, will get some bits ordered and give it a good decon wash. I thought that would be the case but wondered if a decon would remove the coating. Looking forward to the vids on the Porsche!

Wheels look tiny and have disappeared into the wheelwells! Quite like the alcantara, apart from the passenger air bag cover.

I think I might still have the dash part that surrounds the stereo and air vents from an old car I had years ago. If I still have it you more then welcome too it.

@ForensicDetailing

7 ай бұрын

thats very kind mate is it that light grey matt finish ?

Top tip, if you don’t like alcantara………… source an example without all that alcantara! Replacing it all will provide a wealth of good channel content though so perhaps that was part of the purchasing decision.

Obsessed with these 996.1 with aero kit and ideally some of the performance package suspension stuff and LSD. This'll be a great car !

@ForensicDetailing

7 ай бұрын

i used to be obsessed with 916 GTV :) had about 7 of them including 3 cups :)

@916gits

7 ай бұрын

Oh wow SEVEN! didnt realise you had custodised so many 916. The GTV cup era of ​@ForensicDetailing is when I came to follow your channel, have always stuck around John as you produce great content. Even a short of some TAC systems stuff used on my Spider after you showing us how good it is. Cheers

The 996 is probably the last of the best best looking 911..

Happy for you 👍

Nice car, centre console delete is perfect and gt3 standard, put standard air box back on with a K and N panel filter that’ll get bhp back up to scratch, colour code the cage I would say…. Nice car with lots of potential, I’d even get genuine CD-R 22 stereo and plug a Bluetooth(aux)module on the back to bring stereo up to date while retaining originality, hardback sport seats would be the way to go if the buckets are not to your liking, could colour code the backs of the seats too, loads of potential, I wish you all the best with it… oh 1 more thing, ashtray delete(non smokers package)looks great and a cheap upgrade, plus an original GT3 I’m led to believe come with 5mm spacers all round as standard… someone correct me if I’m wrong please

@ForensicDetailing

7 ай бұрын

thanks mate some great suggestions. agree on OEM head unit. ash tray delete sounds good. I think its got 5mm spacers all round might go a bite wider not sure. thinking recaro CS or sports seats not 100% sold on the red on the hard back but appreciate why that can be ace. I think problem with getting any sports seats is they will all be shagged to my OCD levels.

Finally you got some real car. I don’t like german cars, but Porsche is luxury vw and it’s looking nice. When you’ll buy lexus - shall give you my best congrats 😁

Ov more money than sense John 🤔😂but a Saturday night And am watching spanner end up 🙈good on ya 🇬🇧🍺👍🏻

Where are you in the uk. Would like to meet up with your 996 crew.