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** SOLD** 2003 996.2 GT3 Guards Red with subtle mods

NLW73

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***** SOLD *******

2003 (03) 996 GT3 Comfort
Reg new July 2003
76,000 miles
5 Former Keepers
UK Car
Guards Red (colour is 80K)
Full Black Leather extended to include dash and door cards
Crests on seats
Black Leather Bucket Seats
Computer
Aluminium Handbrake
Xenon Lights
CDR 23 Radio/CD
Service History
Air Con as standard

Porsche Techquipment Half Cage
GT3RS style Manthey rear spoiler
GT3RS front bumper with cut outs to help cooling
GT3RS front chin splitter
OEM wheels powder coated Gloss Black in 2014 by Lepsons, Kent.
Full set of Yokohama AD08R tyres . 235/40/18 front and 295/30/18 Rear. Rears are 4.5mm. Fronts have 1k miles on them. 2016 buiuld date on the tyres.
I have a spare set of new rears as well if buyer is serious (never got round to fitting them before car was SORN in nov 2017)
Pagid RS29 pads on OEM discs (drilled, 350mm Fr/330mm Rr)
Spare set of RS29 front pads half worn (keep in front of car in frunk under mat)
Sports Mufflers (custom rear boxes and piping by Viper exhausts. larger diameter piping for better flow of gasses)
Bilstein Coilovers rebuilt in October 2013. New H&R sports springs added.
Red Shroth 6 point harnesses
Guards Red Seat backs
Guards Red centre console

Alcantara Dark Grey trimmed 3 spoke steering wheel with red stitching (done in October 2014 by Royal Steering wheels)
12 o'clock red leather stripe on the wheel
Dark grey alcantara OEM Gearknob (retrimmed in October 2014 – same times as steering wheel)

June 2015 completer car respray. Back to metal prep where needed. Black side decals were removed. Door mirrors back to red
Repainted with OEM Guards red colour – 6 week total time
Added and secured Carbon RS Rear Air Ram Duct to help engine breathing/performance
BMC Panel performance filter
New Porsche 997 GT3 side kick plates to door sills on both sides

Callipers all refurbed in OEM red paint with new stickers – July 2015
New air cons rads fitted and front end cleaned out – July 2015
504 grade stainless steel rear sports mufflers added in July 2014 by Viper Performance. All piping and fitting done at same time. Great sound and additional performance.
Porsche 997 GT3 front brake cooling ducts in 2015
Porsche 997 GT3 rear calliper brake cooling ducts in 2015
New Exide 110 OEM size battery in April 2015 (replaced smaller item)
New OEM Porsche locking wheel nuts in June 2015.
New Windscreen with top green tint fitted in June 2015 by National Windscreens. New OEM Porsche rubber seal and plastic trim from OPC Tonbridge at same time.
Air Con regassed in July 2015

3M Ventureshield Paint protection kitted fitted professionally by Tintwise in July 2015 to protect the new paint (front bumpers, half wings, half bonnet, doors mirrors, A Pillars, leading edge of rear RS spoiler and front lights). Has 5 year warranty
Oct 2015 – New Bosch Alternator and drive belt. New OEM GT3 exhaust tips
Oct 2015 – Fitted Gt3 lower centre console delete in black. Parts supplied by OPC. Still have the original lower centre console.
April 2017 - oil & filter change (mobil 1 0w40), new Torque Solutions semi solid mounts fitted , new Function first yellow tranny mount to stiffen things up & Air Con re gassed

July 2017 - seats removed and stripped
painted backs in guards Red
retreated leather
harness eye lets back to OEM black
oil pressure problem just wanted a new oil pressure switch,
wiring fault in the N/S/F headlamp,
air bag light on just a wiring connection
some new rear number plate lamps and a full health check

August 2017 – new spark plugs and coil packs fitted.

Oil & Filter change every year with Mobil 1 0W40 regardless of mileage. Car looked after by local German Specialist (Scotts Performance)
MOT to August 2018

Rev Range report done in October 2017 and only showing Rev Range 2 max and a while ago so no worries of any recent damage:
number of Ignitions range 1: 27425/2253h
number of Ignitions range 2: 1775/115h

The car had an Insurance repair back in 2005 which was front end so it bumper, bonnet, wings and paint etc. as a result it was classed as a CAT D. But I have since took the car to Autolign where they have fully checked the car over for 5 hours plus and it has been passed as a very top end repair. As a result the car is now Inspected under HPI.
I have all the paperwork from Autolign to prove this as well as the letter and confirmation from HPI to officially prove this.

Price is £47995. will have new oil & filter change. car is currently SORN and on trickle charger

I am selling due to lack of use and lack of time to use the car as it should be meant to (track days, euro and alps trips etc). change in job has meant a lot more travel and very little use in 2017 (under 1k miles)

no dreamers, no part exs, no sailors out to sea for 10 months, no cash or western union sheckle bonds and no test pilots Much love.
 

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Good luck with the sale mate its a beautiful looking car :thumb: :thumb:
 
will do thanks Stu

cheers phil. I don't think it will be a quick thing so I waited until weather is getting better.
 
Seems like a very fair price - I can't imagine it hanging around for long. :thumb:
 
Disco said:
Seems like a very fair price - I can't imagine it hanging around for long. :thumb:

I agree, looks great value, although don't forget it's a cat D.

They look awesome in Guards Red :mrgreen:
 
That looks stunning!
 
Thanks for kind words.

It's not cat D any more but inspected which is a different classification. It's important to do your homework when buying any car let alone a Gt3 and before making sweeping statements naturally. The whole classification of cars has changed and well worth getting to know.

When I bought the car i undertook the expense and time to get the repairs all checked and then certified by expert motor Insurance engineers at autolign to approve the standard as excellent and for peace of mind

Still comes up on the hpi check as inspected so not totally clean if you get my drift - ie it's had some repairs done at one stage. I mean a proper hpi check and not some £2 car text check crap.

There are a few 'mint' Gt3's out there as we know that have had some big ones (the LV53 club sport in red) where owners paid to repair and not gone through Insurance. So it's a lot easier to hide a knock in the past that way
 
I completely take on board that it has been "inspected" and the repairs undertaken were deemed to be of a good standard, but the car will always be Cat D - declared as an uneconomic repair by the Insurance company.

Car looks great but you obviously priced it with this in mind?
 
It will always be a 'CAT D' but as it is inspected it is now a 'CAT D - Inspected'. My understanding of this is the inspection process concludes that the repair has been done to a good standard. Don't forget there are likely many 996 GT3s out there that could well have been repaired either through the Insurance or out of the owners pocket to a lower standard than this car. The inspection process that this car has received is likely more thorough than what an Insurance bodyshop would do.

OP has it priced accordingly anyway given its history and mileage I think... For some one looking to buy a GT3 to actually use and throw it around a track this is the one to buy. It is not for a collector clearly as they would want low miles and squeaky clean history.
 
yep priced accordingly. you are spot on Tom. its not a collectors garage queen nor is it standard nor is it low mileage and it should be used how it was meant to be built. I was able to do this for the first few years but sadly I don't have that time with work, travel and family commitments.

the advice I got from a friend in the industry in specialist cars is to price 15-20% under what a car of similar ilk that has 'clean' history. just take a look on pistonheads for options and pricing.

the car has some good mods so its not standard but mods to help with perfromance and braking and driveability but you never get your money back nor dos it ncessarily make the car massively more valuable.

the car classification is inspected and not Cat D.

the engineers report of the repairs is based on a number of classficiations from pass to good to excellent. you can work out what that means just in terms of the words used

anyways we could debate until the cows come home and there is nothing I have let out and please get in touch if you want to know more. i have not tried to hide anything unlike that garage that was selling the Red Clubbie as immaculate, low mileage and damage free ;-)
 

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