My 944 S2 (semi completed)

[Jon944S2]

Just got my car back after it has been for various bits of work.

It's just had:

A full respray
KW V3 coilovers (amazing cornering ability)
Carbon Fibre front splitter
968 cup mirrors (currently has no glass due to motor problems)
968 door handles
clear front indicators
smoothed off rear end (black rubbing strips removed)
more importantly a nice new badge for the front

Still waiting for:
carbon fibre 968 turbo S non adjustable rear wing (got it just not fitted yet)
the mirror glass to be put in the mirrors, now that I have the correct motors
some new wheels
badges to be fitted on the rear






These last 2 were taken with my iPhone so not brilliant forgot SD card for my camera

[El Capitano]

Lovely, nice to see someone put the effort in to make a nice 944

[minimatt1967]

Nice looking Porsche you've got there!

[Dr G]

Absolutely blinding, fair play

[Jon944S2]

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. I'm really pleased with it can't wait to get it finished though.

[Alfa Male]

Some nice mods you have done there. Did you move to the KW's from regular suspension or M030? Can you share a bit more about it has affected the ride and handling?

Thanks

[Jon944S2]

I moved from standard shocks but they were pretty much buggered really so not a very good comparison as such. What I have found is that the KWs are less crashy over bumps and potholes and smooths out the bumps at higher speeds, at around town speeds anything below 40mph you can feel the bumps a fair bit but it's still and improvement over what the standard shocks ride was like.

Handling has been hugely improved it feels much tighter, less body roll too. Have found that some quite tight corners can be taken at much higher speeds than normal. It just seems to inspire confidence more but I do know my limits, I'm young so have much more to learn about driving and to improve on my driving skills, so I don't think I'll be really pushing the limits of the car very soon though.

[Galsia]

That looks really nice. Where did you get the car resprayed and where did you get the carbon fibre front splitter? I'm looking for something similar for my Lotus. Thanks.

[HAB]

Set of Cup 1's and your done.

[Alfa Male]

Thanks for that Jon. Trying to build up justification for the expense myself at the moment .

[gareth.e]

Looks good

Are you putting the front badge back on or leaving it as it is??

[El Capitano]

gareth.e said:

Looks good

Are you putting the front badge back on or leaving it as it is??

Looks like is is on in the last pic ;-)

on the topic of badges, how about the rear P O R S C H E sticker?

[Jon944S2]

Alfa Male said:

Thanks for that Jon. Trying to build up justification for the expense myself at the moment .

Well worth the expense some people have said it rides better and handles better than the MO30 suspension.

The rear P O R S C H E script will go on when I get around to it as will the 944 S2 badge at the rear. The front badge is on now and was a bit of a pain in the arse to fit.

[Wigeon Incognito]

Jon,

Did you have any metalwork done pre-respray?

The car looks superb, where did you source you KW V3s from?

I'm deciding what to do with my suspension at the moment, although the bank manager dictates that the result of any decsion will be a few months away yet!!

[Jon944S2]

A small car park dent in the near side front wing and a new near side door due to chavs kicking it in outside my own garage can you believe!!! I just went inside to get some water to clean it.

I got the KWs from K300 Performance 01613551275 I believe the bloke who setup K300 is a Reg Secretary for the 968 register in the Porsche club.

[gareth.e]

Jon944S2 said:

A small car park dent in the near side front wing and a new near side door due to chavs kicking it in outside my own garage can you believe!!! I just went inside to get some water to clean it.

I would be going mental, were they lurking?

[Jon944S2]

I don't know it was about 5 months ago when it happened but I was really livid, the same happened to a bloke down the road from me with his Boxster (he also had cock carved into the front boot lid too) so they must of had a thing for Porsches jealousy I suspect.

[Jon944S2]

Got some updates now I've managed to sort the glass out for the mirrors and I'm going to fit the badges sometime during the holiday.
The bad news is though that on the only day I drove it to work, whilst I was in work in fact someone has driven into the rear bumper leaving a small dent and a crack which I'm still furious about despite it happened on Friday.

Here's some more pics:

Edited by Jon944S2 on Monday 1st September 23:23

[ShinGaz]

Absolutely lovely looking 944. They are such good cars and your looks stunning. Looking at the pics made me start wanting another one again. XD

[Wigeon Incognito]

Jon,

Looking even better, I spotted your pics on the PCGB forum too.

Are your changing the wheels? Personally I love D90s (I'm a bit of an originality freak) although I know many don't.

Also wheel related, have you got/are you considering spacers on the rear to fill the arches slightly?

It's diffcult to tell from the photos but a few people on PCGB seem to have done it and I'm tempted on mine.

Matt.