1988 Porsche 944 2.5 lux build.

[edd944]

Hi all I brought this 944 from down the road from me last August. After just missing out on a cheap 2.7 944 I set about looking on eBay for one. This came up for a low price but looked rough in the photos and the discripion was very vague like failed mot due to rust on sills ect.. Seeing as the car was 5 minuets away I thought hey it's down the road I may aswell have a look. Was a lot better than the photos let on inteior was mint! Engine runs sweet, just needs body work and a repaint as its had a very quick blow over and by very quick I mean nothing actually came off the car! Haha. So within 3 days the car was looked at and brought. Once it got brought back it defiantly needed a new sill on the drivers side and inner and needed a small weld on the door as the door skin has split so after all the body and welding work it has finally on the road and I'm seriously enjoying the 944.



















Now after driving it for 3 weeks I decided it needs my own touch on it so I have ordered some brand new fuch wheels 17" and Gaz coilovers and also added a momo steering wheel and tried one of my negaro bucket seats in I pulled out of my last car which I am going to trim to look more classic Porsche rsr. Also cleaned up the brakes and hubs to look nice and fresh behind the new wheels.













Now I'm just waiting on some parts to arrive so I can make a start on the car

[is,sit]

very nice i just got mayself a 924s in white

[edd944]

Ah sounds good! Also forgot to mention it's going into Jon Ashley to have a exhaust made on Thursday

[keekster]

Love the Prototipo wheel, the coolest choice for any porsche. Ran one in my last bug.

[alecf]

very nice loving the seats and the new wheels

[edd944]

Jan 13, 2016 13:07:18 GMT keekster said:

Love the Prototipo wheel, the coolest choice for any porsche. Ran one in my last bug.

Yeah I love it wouldn't run anything else it just looks so right! And thanks can't wait for them to arrive coming on the 22nd!

Had some fun today! Alternator belt snapped on the way to work this morning which resulted in having to leave my car at the petrol station for about 3 hours until I could get a new battery as I thought the battery was nackered. Got it to work checked under the bonnet the belts snapped so managed to get a replacement belt after ringing round

[Ray Singh]

Fantastic car - I hope to be doing exactly what you are doing in a couple of weeks time. Mine will be a square dash car. Really excited!!
Keep us updated. The Momo prototipo steering wheel is great. Where is the seat from - this is perfect as the 944 was always moaned about as the steering wheel was so low in the car - causing leg room problems.

[gn3dr]

I have a Momo wheel in my 944 as well but I made one of these www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport/steering-wheel-bosses-accessories/momo-hub-eccentric-spacer-kit which raised the wheel by 15mm (similar offset to what the standard wheel is at)and also moved it back by about 15mm (and therefore higher again) It was a big improvement.

[edd944]

Jan 13, 2016 20:09:28 GMT Ray Singh said:

Fantastic car - I hope to be doing exactly what you are doing in a couple of weeks time. Mine will be a square dash car. Really excited!!
Keep us updated. The Momo prototipo steering wheel is great. Where is the seat from - this is perfect as the 944 was always moaned about as the steering wheel was so low in the car - causing leg room problems.

Havnt got round to fitting the seats in yet as there going to be retrimmed anyway but there cobra nogaros. And I havnt found steering wheel a issue to be honest after meny seat adjustment haha.

[kustomkriss]

Hope it wasnt me that pinched the 2.7 where abouts are you,ive got the sills to do as well.love the seats been thinking about getting rid of my heavy electric seats.

[edd944]

Jan 13, 2016 22:29:33 GMT kustomkriss said:

Hope it wasnt me that pinched the 2.7 where abouts are you,ive got the sills to do as well.love the seats been thinking about getting rid of my heavy electric seats.

It was guards red with the white scripted Porsche inteior wasn't on long. And il have to do the other side at a later date as its good for now but I'll need doing at a later date and I'm from the Wolverhampton area

[kustomkriss]

mines red but but only got black velour striped interior

[munky]

I toyed with the idea of a 944 a while ago and decided they were still a little too expensive for another toy for me. Saw a bunch of 924s in my price range but couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger.

Just after Christmas - after seeing all the cool looking 924s on here I decided that a nice 924S (87 or 88 vintage) would be ideal (5 lug for some cool Fuchs like yours). Doing a bit of a lowered retro ride.

Guess what. I can't find a good one locally for love nor money now, but there's a nice white 944 just down the road for $2k. Arrgghh!!!

Love the car - the wheels - the steering wheel too, but that seat really takes the prize and is amazing with the white car!

Are you thinking of lowering it? I've been looking into some Torsion bar delete kits here in the US. No idea if they would be MOT legal back home though.

[garthalgar]

That looks lovely! And the seat is incredible. I'd love to have something similar for mine. Actually the whole car looks very tidy indeed!

Also, I bet those Chengshen tyres are ace... haha

[edd944]

Been really busy the last few weeks to put up a update but quite a fair bits happened to the car since my last post.

Like my Fuchs finally arrived



And got them fitted same day with Bridgestone potenzas all round



A week later got my Gaz coilovers but had to wait to fit them due to a snapped anti rollbar bracket so had to wait for a new genuine set to come











Managed to get the rear as low as I wanted with just adjusting the eccentric bolts which saved me doing a massive job taking out the torsion bars.

Had a rust bubble by the L/H rear taillight so I thought I may aswell sort it and paint it black for the time being until I get it painted and tinted the rear lights red.





Managed to pick up a s2 lower rear spoiler for 50 quid the other day needs some repairs before I get it painted and fitted with the rear panel

Also got a new VDO Bluetooth radio which looks in keeping with the interior and have all modern functionality. Also did abit of trimming by sorting out the old tatty gear knob and rear targa top motor cover which was sagging. Got my bucket seats getting sorted and just waiting to get them back before I can start trimming the rear seat and door cards





Soon will be taking the car to Austria next month so getting afew niggles sorted now but hopefully I can pull it all together before I go. Deleted the rear wiper as all the teeth on the spindle had shattered which made it rattle it's tits off which was extremely annoying and got a custom built jon Ashley exhaust fitted which sounds awesome and now spits the occasional flame under spirited driving.

[Volkswrencher]

Hi,
I dig them wheels! I own basically the exact same thing, same color, too.
I'm curious how the seats will turn out!

[Ray Singh]

Fantastic = bookmarked (again!)

[jj924]

Thought this was yours Ed looks really smart now you have put the new wheels on!
It's josh with the 924 btw..

[sumpcracker]

This looks fantastic, weels and colour work so well and the repairs and improvements are spot on.

My car also has a black rear panel and red rear lighs, i am going to put standard lights back in soon because the police are not as colour blind as i had hoped.

[edd944]

Thanks guys yeah I'm looking forward to getting onto the interior once I get the front seats back. Recently I have lowered the front quite abit as it sat nose high so I think I have it sat just right now but I didn't manage to get a picture yet but I did get one once I cleaned it afterwards just didn't get the front very well ha.



Also got a photo when I was at ultimate dubs which was when it was still abit heigh



Also this week the car started making a loud clunking noise from the rear under acceleration so I presumed it was a driveshaft cv once we got it jacked up and had a look couldn't really see anything or feel anything and once it was back on the floor and moved the noise had gone until the next day when I jacked the car up to do the front coilovers so I whernt under car gave the passenger side drive shaft a jiggle and the noise went so i presumed the cvs must stick so I decided the pull the drive shafts out and re pack them with grease and give them a good clean and paint while they where out and got to say it's sorted them out a treat. Also while I was there I did a gearbox oil change and mount the new fuel tank strap and it feels all the better for it





Hopefully this week I'll get the rear diffuser fitted so it can get painted