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After a lot of research - I went with the Fister / FD Motorsports “sport exhaust” (professional gundo) and did the core exchange.

10/10 happy with the result. I am an 07 C4S Cab 6-speed. Sounds is perfect. In my opinion - it’s OEM++ if Porsche sport exhaust (PSE) is OEM+.

Sound: very mechanical. Only noisy when you want it to be - under aggressive load. No drone. Cruising in town and on freeway - can’t tell difference from stock. Sound is less raspy than OEM and is best described by me as unmistakably Porsche, mechanical and perfect level of loud.

Install: once I actually figured out what is needed and not needed - easy as hell. ChaptGPT and Claude both had be doing like 30 extra steps (with good intent). I think they thought I was installing a full system.

My install experience and guide:
No need to remove rear bumper OR rear wheels
No need to remove any body or panels or heat shields

Process: jack up your car safely. If you don’t know hot to do it safely, don’t do this project,

I jacked up the rear only - stands on lowest setting.

I used a lot of PB blaster - but I am also a 17k mile southern car.your mileage may vary.

To get the mufflers OUT - it’s only 6 total bolts.
- 2 bolts connecting the rear muffler section to the mid-pipe. 13mm - right next to each other, muffler clamp style. That’s 2. Then - I went into the inner fender at the bottom near the wheel and removed the bar that keeps / holds the rear bumper in place. It’s a torx / star bit, right behind the rear wheel. Just remove the bottom (not the top connected to chassis). This is the third bolt.

Here is where I was initially mislead. The last 3 bolts are actually all on the side / inside of the mufflers. The muffler is mounted sort of vertical. There are R bolts (again 13mm) on the SIDE of the muffler (on the inside, near the engine side. They are not going up and down - rather sideways, connecting a crack to the muffler. Remove these and then the mufflers will Tetris / jenga their way out.

Once out of the car - there are 3 more bolts. Two 13mm that connect the muffler to the bracket - you’ll need a wrench 13mm and a 13mm socket, easy once the mufflers are out. Then you’ll need to remove the exhaust tips (also 13mm) and move to your new exhaust.

Install is reverse.

6 total bolts. 3 in the side of the muffler holding the bracket to the muffler, 2 at the back connecting to the mid pipe and 1 to help give you space with the bar that holds the rear bumper in place.

No shit - once you get the car in the air safely, I estimate the TOTAL install on both sides at one hour.

Highly highly recommend Fister / FD. Darrin is awesome, quality is great, sound is perfect for a daily or weekend fun car.

Removed the black stone guards and added clear PPF. Looks much cleaner without those. (2009 Targa)

While shopping for a 997.1 GT3 I came across those two different designs for silver wheel centers?

Would you know if one is after market and the other not or if those were two different options ? Feels like the black lettering is the usual one and I wonder where the transparent lettering one is coming from ..

Thanks.

A 2005 911 997.1 Carrera S

I've only owned it a day and my goodness this car has so much personality (also its check engine light has turned on...we have a complex relationship early doors 😄)

What a car, I love it!

9k miles base Carrera love it so much

Hello, I'm new to the group. This is my 2007 I recently picked up. I loved my old 944 back in the day but this is something else.

36k miles three pedal

I’m unsure which I prefer, the factory originals or cocomats. The cocomats offer some contrast in the sea of black but the factory looks, well, factory.