I Ordered A Carbon-Fiber Roof For My Porsche 996 Turbo And I Would possibly Throw Up A Little

I purchased perhaps the most cost effective Porsche 996 Turbo—that’s proper, Jalopnik is a two-Porsche 996 household—in the marketplace a 12 months in the past, and I’ve principally been fortunately stacking miles on the odometer since then. I’ve been engaged on making the automotive my very own with a period-correct set of wheels, some additional carbon trim, and a GT3-style middle console. I’ve additionally been fixing a number of of its minor quibbles, because it served because the earlier proprietor’s observe rat for a number of years, and was, um, cosmetically challenged.

The entrance bumper and hood are mismatched, however I don’t just like the manufacturing facility Seal Gray shade anyway, so I’ve been ready for the winter once I wouldn’t be driving the factor to ship it in for a little bit of paint and bodywork. Right now, figuring out it could take a month or two to totally bake, I ordered up the carbon fiber roof that will likely be put in on the similar time.

Just a few months in the past I began following c1composites on Instagram, as they’re constructing an all-carbon 996 observe automotive proper now, and I used to be intrigued. I received’t be going almost so far as they’ll, however a customized laid carbon roof and hood have been definitely in my plans. Once I reached out and found the roof would price me simply $1,600 plus two payments to ship it, I used to be shocked. It’s nonetheless a troublesome capsule to swallow dropping $1,800 on a single half when there technically isn’t something improper with the roof my 996 Turbo got here with from the manufacturing facility.

If you need a carbon roof to your 911 from the manufacturing facility, it’ll price you nearly $4,000! I’m positive there will likely be not-insignificant set up prices when the automotive goes in for paint and bodywork, however hopefully getting all of it finished directly will make the method a little bit simpler and rather less costly. I nonetheless reckon I can get a carbon roof put in in my 996 for lower than Porsche would cost you to place one in a 992 GT3.

By deleting the sunroof and swapping chilly arduous metallic for this carbon piece, I needs to be eradicating almost 70 kilos from the very prime of the automotive. With a number of different modifications, I’d prefer to see how shut to three,000 kilos I can get the automotive from its unique 3,380. It is a massive step in that route.

My purpose with the undertaking is to develop a period-correct customized 996 Turbo extra according to right this moment’s 911 S/T or 911 Sport Traditional. There will likely be some throwback tweaks, however principally it’ll be a push to make a lighter and extra participating 911 Turbo with out resorting to the fully track-focused (and infrequently lethal) 996 GT2. A little bit of carbon right here, a bit of additional horsepower there, and a few excessive use of shade to essentially set this automotive aside from the gang.

For now it’s fall, so I’ll proceed driving the automotive by way of enhance season, however then it’ll head underneath the knife for a little bit of a revamp. I’ll go away you Porsche nerds with a number of key phrases to get your creativeness going.

Ocean Jade Metallic paint. Uncovered carbon roof and hood. Full-leather Nephrite Inexperienced inside. Inexperienced wool tweed seats with a single hardback sport seat for the motive force and a consolation seat for the passenger. The hardback, the half-cage, the middle console, and the gauges color-matched to the outside. Yeah, that is going to be good.