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  Update #1   Polar Silver
2002 996TT Stage III with Europipe Exhaust, HRE 540R Wheels and Bilstein PSS9

This Polar Silver 996TT came into us for a mild Stage III power kit as well as for a Bilstein Coil Over kit and some 19 inch HREs.

Fresh meat for the grinder!


The first phase involves removing the restrictive (and quiet!) stock exhaust system:


On goes the Europipe Stage II exhaust system:


The EVO performance headers vs the stock units. The advantages of the longer tube equal length runners and merge collector become apparent:


The headers installed:


Along with the performance software we also installed the EVO V-Flow intake system for a reduction in lag:


We then tackled the suspension and replaced the stock parts with the popular street-level Bilstein PSS9 coil over kit. We lowered the car 1.25 inches.


Some classic-looking 19 inch HRE 540R wheels are chosen for this car:


Over to the inside we installed the EVO pedal kit:


And of course the essential EVO/B&M short shifter kit (no 996 can go without this):


And the finished article:

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