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Benjamin Choi

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  1. Benjamin Choi
    i myself wouldn't do it. the scissor doors are synonymous with lambos not porsches.
  2. Benjamin Choi
    you get what you pay for, there is no free lunch
  3. Benjamin Choi
    lol
  4. Benjamin Choi
    yes before you internet freaks jump on my bones, i made no reference to the structural integrity and unicorn horn dust properties of refinished wheels. the wheels i run, you can't refinish them anyways without showing marks. factory wheels, whatever. but i just don't like refinished wheels, period. that's why my parking skills suck. i'm at least a foot away from the curb. i actually rubbed thru the clearcoat on one of my aftermarket wheels (size of a pinky nail) recently on the lip part... and ordered a new replacement next day and the old one sits in my place as decoration. yes, i am a bacheor in no hurry to have a COO. :D
  5. Benjamin Choi
    inexpensive wheels are still inexpensive. expensive wheels are still expensive. and i never ever buy or sell any wheels that have been redone. it's never the same as new. how do you think those rashes are treated? it's not magic. material is removed. and the reason why you don't see a lot of black turbo twist wheels and pink 911s has more to do with a lot of people don't like it than it's super expensive or rare or hard to do.
  6. Benjamin Choi
    Now you need to replace the gold emblem on your shift knob...LOL. Haven't seen that one replaced yet (I have the same issue) wahahahahaa yea i know sticks out like a sore thumb... for all the porsche freaks out there! that little thing is like $10 each. and that red chips sooo easily. crap quality.
  7. Benjamin Choi
    it looks like a silver version of the original crest
  8. Benjamin Choi
    the vast majority of 996 steering wheels i see along with the rest of the interior is of the spartan variety. most don't have that stitched leather center which is a key differentiator. mine had the gold but replaced with the silver crest to match the silver hood crest to match the artic silver.
  9. Benjamin Choi
    overpriced is certainly relative and the world has no shortage of whiners and complainers so agreed perry! i just tell folks think about picking colors for your car as you would the clothing on your back. navy blue and black slacks don't go together. black and blue is a bruise, not a business casual work wear combination. the original gold crest doesn't match well with silver because gold and silver aren't a very good match together anyways. black and gold is fine. blue and gold is fine, though not ideal. my car is arctic and the silver badge goes best with this regular silver body color. black and silver obviously work as well, but black works with both gold and silver. i honestly wouldn't have bothered to go with the silver badge had it not been for the original owner who also put the silver porsche badge on my OEM leather/carbon with leather stitched center steering wheel to match. but then, my oem CF shifter has the mini-crest in gold so it's mismatched anyways just that this badge is way smaller and you hardly notice it. my key has the crest, but the quality is poor so the paint chips eventually (same key as the one offered on the Carrera GT - what a joke, Porsche).
  10. Benjamin Choi
    either it works or it really doesn't. jus get the one your indy recommends and enjoy the drive.
  11. Benjamin Choi
    i got my ppi done at modderman's near google
  12. Benjamin Choi
    not 100%
  13. Benjamin Choi
    joel, thx for the connect, i sincerely appreciate that but something is awry. i traditionally buy parts from sunset imports in OR as their prices are very similar to suncoast pricing so either aaron from suncoast's "joel" discount is super special or else. i know my indy matches sunset pricing. i saw the tie rod. it's just one long piece put together by two separate pieces (inner and outer rods). you need that one long piece for each side of the car. unfortunately i dn't have the part numbers with me as i just told my indy to pls replace the inner and outer tie rods. perry, so sorry i can't be more detailed around this :( but i have hope. the tie rods absolutely were the culprit. turning the steering wheel is a lot more fun now. :)
  14. Benjamin Choi
    some of you guys are really old or just have really brittle back bones and teeth ;) i've been rolling 25 series 19" for 25K no problems, great ride. i guess it's all a matter of perspective. i run the typical tire pressures you guys are listing above. in fact, prob on the high side.
  15. Benjamin Choi
    yes, to be extra xtra clear as i know how annoying this prob is for us 911 fanatics... most audible after the car's been warmed up and in warmer weather... it's this moaning/groaning/creaking noise as you turn the steering wheel at slow parking lot speeds. post new tie rods, that noise is gone, hot and cold. i hear that someone said they did the outer tie rods, but only came to a solution when they replaced the inner tie rod on the driver side. i just decided to get a fresh set so don't have to repay for labor and alignment + peace of mind. the steering noise is from a diff location and more of a squeaky noise and i've read up on some threads here for some possible solutions but it's not nearly loud or annoying enough for me to pursue it as this point as i've just about spent $3-4K on maintenance/service/tierod/coolant/startermotor/clutch switch work in June. just trying to enjoy the drive now. my car is prob the healthiest it's ever been which makes me :). i was thinking th eother day how much i appreciate the tips and tricks from renntech. thx guys.
  16. Benjamin Choi
    www.cantrellmotorsport.com phill, i think your noises will be markedly reduced by replacing the tie rods. P.S. I wish to move to LA!
  17. Benjamin Choi
    New tie rod assemblies are $167.72 ea (x2) Labor to install is $190 Alignment check is $95
  18. Benjamin Choi
    I was reading through your posts about suspension noise. I have PSS9s. I replaced the inner and outter tie rods and a lot of the noise is gone. I still have this steering columnish type creaking noise. I did this at the same time as my coolant tank job as mine cracked/leaked. My symptoms or the noise itself is most audible after the car's been driven and warmed up at parking lot maneuver speeds. Thanks, guys. Check out those tie rods.
  19. Benjamin Choi
    glad to hear it turned out great for you
  20. Benjamin Choi
    honestly, i liked your original look much better. the turbo bumper is too big for the narrowbody. it's what i would call... "top heavy." i really like the narrowbody styling as is esp with that cup spoiler u have on... when it was body color.
  21. Benjamin Choi
    looks great - is that OEM?
  22. Benjamin Choi
    Statistically inevitable. Even if they failed at the same rate, it would still be 'rare' just based on how few remans are out there. We just don't know. My point is simply this: Every M96 is a potential failure, because they all share the same design. What changes on a case by case basis is simply your odds. You have to do what you can, and then forget about it. The certain comfort you're looking for isn't available. I held my own 9 year old IMS bearing in my hands last night. It was in like-new condition. What was failing on my engine was the IMS seal. Given Porsche's history with the rear main seal, for example, I'd say that there's no case for "new is good, old is bad." I'd say there is a case for "new is better, old is worse. Maybe." I know the typical stat professor's response and sure we get it. But at the end of the day no one has the data to bring up meaningful stats in the first place. it's obvious from a business and pride standpoint that porsche is going to do whatever they can to ship out an engine to someone who already has a very bad taste in their mouth that's as good as it gets. sure, porsche's a business in it to make $, but certainly they have some vested interest in not F-ing up the second time around. so, my point/opinion/belief is, reman>original. peace of mind. go out and enjoy the drive. if original, consider doing what u did for POM.
  23. Benjamin Choi
    Do a Rennlist search. There is at least one member there who has had a reman fail. My understanding is that the IMS seal design has been updated a few times over the life of this engine, so people who got new motors early on might not enjoy the same confidence as those who had them done more recently. Do a Rennlist search. There are countless numbers of failed original engines v. at "least one member". IIRC, that one member wasn't very forthright or clear about the issues that caused the failure again. The post was fairly murky at best. Again, it's all speculation until Porsche shares with us what they know which is a lot more than any forum based research. Who knows what they do exactly with the reman engines? All I know is, it's very very rare to hear stories of remans failing especially when set against the number of original engines going kaput.
  24. Benjamin Choi
    a must mod
  25. Benjamin Choi
    Jake seems like he's pretty well vested in the whole M9X fix-up business. He runs a business. He needs to make $. That's fine. But very, very few people know him. Only the fanatics (us). And it'll be a long while if ever whether his fixes are any more reliable than the original engine or a reman engine touched only by Porsche factory. 2002 C4S 47K miles (replaced at 13K) Zero But I can't say whether I have a reman engine or a new original because the serial number on my engine doesn't have the reported typical sequence of numbers/letters. I think people have reported that reman engines have an "AT" or something, but IIRC mine does not. I'll have to look and even if it didn't, no one knows for sure what the reman program is all about... only Porsche. Again, typical factory stuff shrouded in uncertainy and mystery. :D All I know is Ray S from Rennlist was very helpful in getting some of my records through his contacts and it's reported in Porsche's system that my engine was replaced under the original factory warranty. I don't know why it was replaced (IMS? RMS? Both?). In all my readings on the forums to date, I have never heard of someone posting directly their experiences of a reman engine failing. Very unscientific research, but it's something. Edit - I know for sure it's not the original because my engine does not have the cosmo-gunk on it (plus records)
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