First pics....944

[dangerousdan]

Well I have owned her about 2 weeks now so thought I alter put some pics up.
I know many wont like her style but I do [8D]
So here is DYO...

 

[lacedr]

looks good to me!
might see you about you are not too far from my parents in Great Bromley

Dave

 

[edh]

looks like a hotwheels car!

...it's a no from me []

 

[j4mou]

Those wheels are too big! Car looks nice apart from them

 

[Copperman05]

To me it looks very, very wrong, but if you like it, enjoy!


Edd

 

[ukmastiff]

Forgetting taste or opinion re the wheels (which ruin the looks for me)
I doubt it handles properly or even close.

 

[Frenchy]

Looks good, needs smaller wheels 17" Cup 1 would fill those arches out nicely, you would also not believe how much sharper and nicer it would drive on originals, deep dish 16" teledials would also suit it a treat.
Whatever, your baby so enjoy and tell us lot to shut up []

 

[david924s]

Nice looking car, great colour but the wheels look too big and modern and stick out of the arches a fair way (could be a legal issue) but like the others have said it's your car and up to you.

 

[dangerousdan]

ORIGINAL: Frenchy

Looks good, needs smaller wheels 17" Cup 1 would fill those arches out nicely, you would also not believe how much sharper and nicer it would drive on originals, deep dish 16" teledials would also suit it a treat.
Whatever, your baby so enjoy and tell us lot to shut up []

Haha no I like to read others "opinions" and I knew most people wouldnt like it because from most of what I have read on here most likes to keep everything as near to stock or genuine as they can. For me I brought the 944 as a cheap project car to play about with...
See if i was worried about the ride/handling etc etc I wouldnt have brought the 944 I would have brought a modern car with 20 years more development. Even though the 944 of course does drive lovely before I get flamed [8D]
I can get in me M3 and out perform the 944 without the BM breaking into a canter!
I looked through pages of pics of genuine Porsche wheels and I have to honestly say that not one set stood out and said "Im a stunning set of wheels" they are all boring and "safe". Sorry but that is just my "opinion" its not fact, there is no right or wrong answer for looks as beauty is of course in the eye of the beholder []

But what does make me laugh, not just about this topic, but about so much in life really is how people can dis guard something without asking questions. Yes i understand the comments about looks, agreed cosmetics is a personal opinion otherwise we would all be driving around in identical cars.... but as for comments with regard to handling ride etc. Its always the same response you get back as well which is "Mr Porsche spent millions of ££ $$ EE to develope the car I think they know best" Well yes your right to a point, but what you dont take into account is they work to guidelines with regard to spec.

Thank you all for your comments and keep them coming. Hopefully not to flame, but to debate/ disagree is welcomed.

 

[Eldavo]

There's a technical bulletin on parts that need to be upgraded to run 17" wheels as the whole suspension was designed around 16" wheels.

If you're going to run 18" wheels then you need to replace the castor mounts as a bare minimum.

Yes your M3 will spank a lux but it'll be a very different story if you come up against a Turbo.

My opinion, FWIW, would be to go back to some OEM wheels or Avez 5 spokes if you want something different; fit a turbo style rear valance; fit Spax 30mm front lowering springs and drop the rear on the eccentric adjusters all the way.

So, tell us about the Corsa, C20LET?

 

[dangerousdan]

ORIGINAL: david924s

Nice looking car, great colour but the wheels look too big and modern and stick out of the arches a fair way (could be a legal issue) but like the others have said it's your car and up to you.

Yeh the front wheels do stick out a little so i have brought the spacers in to machine down, but the rears are more than under the arches and legal.

 

[dangerousdan]

ORIGINAL: Eldavo

There's a technical bulletin on parts that need to be upgraded to run 17" wheels as the whole suspension was designed around 16" wheels.

If you're going to run 18" wheels then you need to replace the castor mounts as a bare minimum.

Yes your M3 will spank a lux but it'll be a very different story if you come up against a Turbo.

My opinion, FWIW, would be to go back to some OEM wheels or Avez 5 spokes if you want something different; fit a turbo style rear valance; fit Spax 30mm front lowering springs and drop the rear on the eccentric adjusters all the way.

So, tell us about the Corsa, C20LET?

These are actually 19" rims for the record....
And I only fitted them for the look, (which I like as it gives the old girl a completely modern look) not worried about the ride or handling.


The Corsa is only the XE but thats more than enough power to try and control coming out of bends. Its chipped, high lift road cam, induction kit, power cap. Interior removed, caged and harnessed up. Non assisted steering rack fitted for better feed back. Other than having no cat it could be made road legal but its purely one of my track cars. Recorded 124 down the back straight at Snetterton, when running on 15s.
If your interested I have a couple of videos on youtube. Its only a hobby car, not a out and out racer.

 

[dangerousdan]

ORIGINAL: dangerousdan

ORIGINAL: Frenchy

Looks good, needs smaller wheels 17" Cup 1 would fill those arches out nicely, you would also not believe how much sharper and nicer it would drive on originals, deep dish 16" teledials would also suit it a treat.
Whatever, your baby so enjoy and tell us lot to shut up []

Haha no I like to read others "opinions" and I knew most people wouldnt like it because from most of what I have read on here most likes to keep everything as near to stock or genuine as they can. For me I brought the 944 as a cheap project car to play about with...
See if i was worried about the ride/handling etc etc I wouldnt have brought the 944 I would have brought a modern car with 20 years more development. Even though the 944 of course does drive lovely before I get flamed [8D]
I can get in me M3 and out perform the 944 without the BM breaking into a canter!
I looked through pages of pics of genuine Porsche wheels and I have to honestly say that not one set stood out and said "Im a stunning set of wheels" they are all boring and "safe". Sorry but that is just my "opinion" its not fact, there is no right or wrong answer for looks as beauty is of course in the eye of the beholder []

But what does make me laugh, not just about this topic, but about so much in life really is how people can dis guard something without asking questions. Yes i understand the comments about looks, agreed cosmetics is a personal opinion otherwise we would all be driving around in identical cars.... but as for comments with regard to handling ride etc. Its always the same response you get back as well which is "Mr Porsche spent millions of ££ $$ EE to develope the car I think they know best" Well yes your right to a point, but what you dont take into account is they work to guidelines with regard to spec.

Thank you all for your comments and keep them coming. Hopefully not to flame, but to debate/ disagree is welcomed.

I should add here incase I have missed it somewhere, or my point has come across different from how I intended.... Im not arguing about the ride/handling etc I understand this has been altered/ compromised/ reduced as long as the wheels dont fall off when going along [8D]

 

[Copperman05]

I think you'll find that there arent actually many of us here that are originality freaks, most of our cars have been tweeked and changed in several ways, usually for the better from how they were at the factory IMO, my cars wheels are certainly not original for the model, and require spacers to fit properly, they are Porsche wheels however. Surely when owning an old car its about enjoying the old things about it too, including its looks. Cant say I agree with your analysis that the 19 rims make the car look completely modern, as they just dont. The smaller wheels on your more modern M3 look much better too...


Edd

 

[dangerousdan]

ORIGINAL: Copperman05

I think you'll find that there arent actually many of us here that are originality freaks, most of our cars have been tweeked and changed in several ways, usually for the better from how they were at the factory IMO, my cars wheels are certainly not original for the model, and require spacers to fit properly, they are Porsche wheels however. Surely when owning an old car its about enjoying the old things about it too, including its looks. Cant say I agree with your analysis that the 19 rims make the car look completely modern, as they just dont. The smaller wheels on your more modern M3 look much better too...


Edd

Hi Edd
I do enjoy the old things about it too... I enjoy the fact its only £120 a year to insure...
You forgot to add "In your opinion" after your comment regarding the wheels... Asis being styling is all a matter of opinion.
Yes I agree about the BMW wheels as well because in my opinion BMW wheels are nice looking wheels as standard.
Its quite a interesting response as expected, most people on this forum dont like it, which is fine but on other car styling forums its quite the opposite and more people like than dont like. I am not saying ones right and ones wrong.

 

[Copperman05]

ORIGINAL: dangerousdan
I enjoy the fact its only £120 a year to insure...

That's a good point!


Edd

 

[944 man]

The car looks terrible to me. Are you going to add a cheap Chinese steering wheel too? By the way, it's bought, not brought - it's a whole different word.

 

[dangerousdan]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

The car looks terrible to me. Are you going to add a cheap Chinese steering wheel too? By the way, it's bought, not brought - it's a whole different word.

Thanks for the English lesson, it never looks as good when you then have to edit your own post to remove all your own mistakes though lol.

No chinese steering wheel but I am going to fill it up with speakers and bass box and have the bass push me along

So as it looks so tragic in everyones eyes, does that mean I am barred from any 944 meets?? [8|]

 

[944 man]

We don't meet in McDonalds car park! [][][]

 

[Eldavo]

Nah, you'll be fine to rock up to any meets as long as they don't have big speed bumps to knack your wheels on

Each to their own, my car is far from standard, it's just that it's the handling that floats my boat and with the 19s on you're missing the party piece of the 944, the handling. Sure, your M3 will leave the lux for dead in a straight line; but a 944 with ship-shape suspension and 16/17" wheels will teach many more modern cars a lesson on the twisty stuff.

Given the BMW and Corsa it appears you're a keen driver so give the old porker a chance to show you what she does best.