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Stupid things you've done to your 914!, What have you done that you wish you have not?? |
DRPHIL914 |
Jul 25 2016, 08:46 AM
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Dr. Phil Group: Members Posts: 5,766 Joined: 9-December 09 From: Bluffton, SC Member No.: 11,106 Region Association: South East States |
Bought my car about 6 years ago, almost 7. At the time it was my first 914, and I was excited to get it running. it was not running and we were thinking at the time of doing an EV as a father/son project but once running I just could not do that to the car. turns out that was a wise move! BUT... I did do a couple things that I wish I had not and , if I had it to over again I would not - because those things have now come back to cost some $$ to fix ----
1. put 911/93 seat in it - no I have to have some floor pan repair done, because the original mounts on the drivers side were taken out - could be worse, since the floor had pitting and a rust hole, it needed to be replace anyway but... I liked the comfort of the seats, I should have just got the GTS seats instead 2. when doing the 5 lug conversion I put 7" fuchs on and the shop that put them on didn't pay attention to the fact that the were rubbing- barely but enough that I caused the paint to blister, and worse yet they really fuched it up trying to roll out the fenders, thus the repair work that is now being done on it at CFR as we speak 3. Not fixing the rust issues first BEFORE getting into replacing the interior etc etc. So- anyone else willing to pass on some words of wisdom to others along this line of "wish I hadn't done that" ?? well we live and learn , sometimes the hard way- next time I would do that!!! Dr. Phil |
76-914 |
Jul 26 2016, 05:25 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,502 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
Urethane bushings. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
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poorsche914 |
Jul 26 2016, 05:56 PM
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T4 Supercharged Group: Members Posts: 3,090 Joined: 28-May 09 From: Smoky Mountains Member No.: 10,419 Region Association: South East States |
Owned a Bumble Bee in the late '80s. Was in fairly decent condition but was not running. Living in Florida at the time and stuffed it in a storage unit along with a Lotus Europa TC Special. When I moved to Tennessee, had no way to move two non-op vehicles so ended up keeping the Lotus and, after stripping most of the parts, left the 914 at a junk yard (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
My current 914 is a Creamsicle I have brought back from the dead so I feel somewhat vindicated (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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