Another New guy w/ 1st 911. (pics)
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Another New guy w/ 1st 911. (pics)
Gentleman,
I finally stepped up and bought my first 911 about three months ago - a lapis blue 2001 C4 cab with 7,400 miles (the pics suck). It came with Gemballa suspension, Gemballa exhaust and the Fikse FM/10 wheels. After owning two 944’s, a 986, an M roadster and a bunch of muscle cars, I can’t believe I waited this long to buy a 911. I still can't wipe the F-ing smile from my F-ing face.
Immediately after buying it I began a mod quest and after reading 1,000 old posts, I’ve done the following –
B&M SSK, Fabspeed cold air kit, Lloyds black floor mats, tinted windows, new H/U with Sirius, Pioneer amp., 4 focal speakers, hardwired Valentine One, Tom-Tom nav. System, clear bra, 15 mm spacers on rear wheels, CD storage delete, and from Eric at Bumper Plugs (thanks again Eric) lapis blue upper & lower consoles, alumi-look ignition/hazard surrounds, MY02 shifter and the obligatory clear side markers.
I love the lapis colored consoles and other interior touches because the stock interior was too plain & a little “mustardy.” I've tried installing alumi-look dash strips but can't bring myself to use the necesarry force to remove the old ones. (I posted a before & after of the interior).
I may switch to a pioneer in-dash nav system because I don’t like having the TomTom on the windshield and can’t find anywhere else to mount it. All the other mods were almost prerequisites.
I’d appreciate any comments or suggestions for a little more aggressive look, especially what people think about the wheels. I liked them but after seeing some of the cars here I'm considering changing to some RUF modulars, Sport tech monos or Fikse FM 5’s.
Thanks for having such a cool forum.
MJ
I finally stepped up and bought my first 911 about three months ago - a lapis blue 2001 C4 cab with 7,400 miles (the pics suck). It came with Gemballa suspension, Gemballa exhaust and the Fikse FM/10 wheels. After owning two 944’s, a 986, an M roadster and a bunch of muscle cars, I can’t believe I waited this long to buy a 911. I still can't wipe the F-ing smile from my F-ing face.
Immediately after buying it I began a mod quest and after reading 1,000 old posts, I’ve done the following –
B&M SSK, Fabspeed cold air kit, Lloyds black floor mats, tinted windows, new H/U with Sirius, Pioneer amp., 4 focal speakers, hardwired Valentine One, Tom-Tom nav. System, clear bra, 15 mm spacers on rear wheels, CD storage delete, and from Eric at Bumper Plugs (thanks again Eric) lapis blue upper & lower consoles, alumi-look ignition/hazard surrounds, MY02 shifter and the obligatory clear side markers.
I love the lapis colored consoles and other interior touches because the stock interior was too plain & a little “mustardy.” I've tried installing alumi-look dash strips but can't bring myself to use the necesarry force to remove the old ones. (I posted a before & after of the interior).
I may switch to a pioneer in-dash nav system because I don’t like having the TomTom on the windshield and can’t find anywhere else to mount it. All the other mods were almost prerequisites.
I’d appreciate any comments or suggestions for a little more aggressive look, especially what people think about the wheels. I liked them but after seeing some of the cars here I'm considering changing to some RUF modulars, Sport tech monos or Fikse FM 5’s.
Thanks for having such a cool forum.
MJ
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Thanks everyone. As you'll know they're so much fun & it's great to have such an awesome resource when building a car. To answer a couple questions -
I'd like to sell the console but had to send the original one back to Eric at bumper plugs for the core deposit on the painted one. He may have an original biege in stock for sale?? eric@bumperpulgs.com If not, I've seen them show up on ebay a couple times.
I love the SSK! Probably my favorite mod and best $200 I've spent, but the "notchiness" takes a little getting used to - no room for error.
I like my fikse fm10's but I'd REALLY like a set of ruff modulars or sport tech monos. Trade anyone?
MJ
I'd like to sell the console but had to send the original one back to Eric at bumper plugs for the core deposit on the painted one. He may have an original biege in stock for sale?? eric@bumperpulgs.com If not, I've seen them show up on ebay a couple times.
I love the SSK! Probably my favorite mod and best $200 I've spent, but the "notchiness" takes a little getting used to - no room for error.
I like my fikse fm10's but I'd REALLY like a set of ruff modulars or sport tech monos. Trade anyone?
MJ
