Finally bit the bullet and did some mods on my 06 C2.
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Finally bit the bullet and did some mods on my 06 C2.
Ive been watching with admiration the mods that a lot of you make to your cars. I can say by I am impressed with the thoughtfulness, uniqueness and execution. Each and every car has been an inspiration to me.
My approach evolved into something that would be somewhat conservative yet capture a flavor of old school 911s. I was looking to maintain the integrity of the 997 and accent it the passion and drive of the earlier 911. I am not sure I accomplished anything but I am happy with the results.
To give the car a better more aggressive stance and improve the handling a bit I installed Eibach lowering springs. I was a little worried about the impact on the ride quality and can say with confidence there is nothing to fear. The car is as compliant as before the mod. I will say the 1 makes a significant impact in the overall handling of the car. It feels like it was lowered a foot. Its like its on rails. I can only imagine what a PSS10 or similar kit must be like. It might also be the corner balancing / alignment just a great mod
While the wheels were off to have the springs installed I decided to have them powder coated black. In talking with my indie mechanic about colors he suggested going with the original Fuchs 20% black so I did. Not to satin and not to gloss plus is works with my overall goal of paying tribute to the predecessor 911s.
When I picked the car up I noticed that with the black wheels the brake calipers all but disappeared. Talking with my indie again he suggested since I have a C2 that keeping it period / model correct would be best. As much as I like red and yellow it just would not have felt right and I dont think it would have worked with the theme of including hits of old school. My choices were black or silver. I chose silver and painted these up this week. I really like the classic look the silver calipers have with the black wheels. I did include a little red by using red PORSCHE lettering on the calipers.
Once I mounted up the wheels the calipers really worked well I think but the wheels just looked so solid black. I was thinking about adding wheels stripes but I am leaning both ways with regard to them. I decided that I could break up the black and pick up the red in the calipers by adding a small bit of PORSCHE lettering on the wheel itself. Its very subtle yet seems to add a nice accent to the wheels.
After that all that was left was to add the black stone guards and they really pulled they entire thing together for me.
What do you think?
My approach evolved into something that would be somewhat conservative yet capture a flavor of old school 911s. I was looking to maintain the integrity of the 997 and accent it the passion and drive of the earlier 911. I am not sure I accomplished anything but I am happy with the results.
To give the car a better more aggressive stance and improve the handling a bit I installed Eibach lowering springs. I was a little worried about the impact on the ride quality and can say with confidence there is nothing to fear. The car is as compliant as before the mod. I will say the 1 makes a significant impact in the overall handling of the car. It feels like it was lowered a foot. Its like its on rails. I can only imagine what a PSS10 or similar kit must be like. It might also be the corner balancing / alignment just a great mod
While the wheels were off to have the springs installed I decided to have them powder coated black. In talking with my indie mechanic about colors he suggested going with the original Fuchs 20% black so I did. Not to satin and not to gloss plus is works with my overall goal of paying tribute to the predecessor 911s.
When I picked the car up I noticed that with the black wheels the brake calipers all but disappeared. Talking with my indie again he suggested since I have a C2 that keeping it period / model correct would be best. As much as I like red and yellow it just would not have felt right and I dont think it would have worked with the theme of including hits of old school. My choices were black or silver. I chose silver and painted these up this week. I really like the classic look the silver calipers have with the black wheels. I did include a little red by using red PORSCHE lettering on the calipers.
Once I mounted up the wheels the calipers really worked well I think but the wheels just looked so solid black. I was thinking about adding wheels stripes but I am leaning both ways with regard to them. I decided that I could break up the black and pick up the red in the calipers by adding a small bit of PORSCHE lettering on the wheel itself. Its very subtle yet seems to add a nice accent to the wheels.
After that all that was left was to add the black stone guards and they really pulled they entire thing together for me.
What do you think?
Last edited by Matt(inMA); Sep 2, 2011 at 02:05 PM.
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it's amazing how little things makes a huge difference...
I got Eibach springs last week as well, waiting to get allignment/corner balancing done. Haven't driven much but I can tell it feels great.
I got Eibach springs last week as well, waiting to get allignment/corner balancing done. Haven't driven much but I can tell it feels great.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can't corner balance a car with only springs on it. Don't you need the adjustability of coilovers to do so?
