Well, I finally made the jump to the 911.. I picked up this 2007 997.1 C2S about a month ago, and I finally got around to snapping some pics today. I traded in my 2007 Cayman, which I don’t think I’ll miss. I had been toying with the idea of upgrading to a 911 ever since my brother picked up a 40th anniversary edition 911 about 2 years ago. I also wanted the back seat for the occasional trips with the fam. This will be a weekend car (like my Cayman was).

Some details:

2007 997.1 C2S
32K miles
Arctic Silver / sea blue
Aerokit
Tubi exhaust
Heated seats
Sport Chrono
PCM w/ Nav
Bose
Power Seat
19” RG5B Champion Motorsport wheels

The PO added the wheels, exhaust, and aerokit after the fact, so I get to benefit from their initial investment, as those mods aren’t cheap.

Since I’ve owned it, I have done:

Oil change
Cabin & air filter
Serpentine belt
New battery
New Bridgestone S-04 Pole Position tires (in 305/30 – the car came to me with 295/30s which were too small for the rear wheels.

It needs a few things that I haven’t got around to yet:

-Both rear seats are not “affixed” to the front Velcro – the Velcro sticks to the seat bottom and the 3 prongs are sticking out – do I have to pull out the rear carpet to re-affix these 3-point clips?
-I’m considering doing the center console in arctic silver (I did this on my Cayman and really liked how it freshened the interior..)
-I’ve already scraped up the front lip, so I want to get some door trip that some have done to minimize the damage J
- Replace the rear qtr panel stone guards

Coming from the base Cayman, the power increase is much more than I expected. I had a maxspeed exhaust on my Cayman and the sound of the Tubi is just loud enough to not be obnoxious.

I’m glad finally be a 911 owner!

(My DD/work car is an 89 900Turbo Saab, hence the name..)

 

Welcome aboard! That's a neat car already... Love the aerokit, wheels etc... Very nice!

 

Nice ride!

 

Congrats on the new ride! I removed my rear seats and found the same problem. I was able to stick my hand down between the back of the carpet and car to slide them back up. If the bottoms have fallen out, you may have to remove the rear carpet. Have fun with your new ride!

 

Beautiful! now REAR BUMPER + LOWER + Get rid of chrome/polished lip & make it gloss black

 

Beautiful, congrats!

 

Congrats on the purchase !! I'm wondering how you'll like it compared to the Cayman after a few miles on it. I would also consider some H&R sport springs.

Front lowering: 1.2 in
Rear lowering: 1.2 in

 

Awesome ride man. Congratulations.

I've been having withdrawal since selling my 996 & looking forward everyday until next spring to to get a 997 !

 

Fantastic....similar to mine, re: the Springs...I have H&R looks cool but harse ride :-)

 

Congrats. She's very sexy!

 

I really like that car! Congrats.

 

i dont think H&R's lower the car enough, you might as well bite the bullet, get crazy & get a some coilovers, thats what i'm about to do...i can't even stand looking at the height of my 997 rite now

 

Congrats on the new car.
looks like a great find.