Saw this on Trademe, she’s a beauty! Did it end up selling?

I love my 1992 968 Coupé with manual transmission. Isnt a CS but makes also much fun. Only Options 17" Cup1, Targa and Tuner Symphony RDS.

Nice review! What is the width of these tyres?

Good job. Keen to see more videos on 968 :)

Love my '98 3-25 Ti Hei Hei. Great video and resto!

Cheers! Did you try to eliminate the hot start problem? Did the new fuel pressure regulator help, for hard starts? I have the same problem on my cti 1.6 from 87.

Amazing job! So much effort! 👏

It looks great but your order of operation seemed more difficult than you needed it to be. I don’t think you needed to do anything before the sandblasting (maybe the stickers, but wouldn’t they get removed anyway?), then I would have done the scratch filling, primer over everything for better adhesion, then laid down the white, masked it off, laid down the black, masked that off, then everything silver, unmask, then clear. I’m just armchair painting mind you lol, but I feel like you could save yourself some time and effort based on what I’ve seen other bike painters do. I could be totally wrong though, like I said, not much practical experience outside of a shop class decades ago. The end result though is excellent, I don’t see many others taking the time to do the filling, but it makes it look new again!

enjoy your beautiful ride !!

Я счастлив,что являюсь владельцем KONA LANAI!!!✌️💯👍

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The Cup 1s look so good on any Porsche. Go back to stock amber turn signals too. The clear ones never looks good because they don't fit well.

The R32 is a keeper mate!. Amazing scenery.

Great collection... Ive just restored a 94 Kula... Turned out really nice, was a seized post, stem and BB frame and fork purchase... Orig XC500 Zokes... Have a huge haul of period 90s parts and now looks as it should 👍

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Why did you got those decals?

Great to see the progress on the 968. I used to own this car 2-3 owners back. I see that the M030 Club Sport rear coil overs have now been removed. Are the fronts still in place? Keep on with the videos and updates. Its a lovely car, especially with the sunroof delete option making it super rare.

Did you use 4K clear? I’ve done a few bikes and always use a 4K clear to get a factory tough finish. My wife had that bike but it was stolen from our house along with a couple more bikes😔 That was her first good quality bike and she loved it. Years ago I replaced with a Soul Cycles hand made in USA bike. It’s a bit small for her tho.

If you want to do more of these, a brother scan and cut might be the solution.

Good choice of tyres

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This bike is a dream... but i'd cheat the "retro coherence" with that steam and i'd mount a shorter one

That squawking sound as you turn the steering wheel is a sign your power steering fluid needs replacing my 968 sport did exactly the same thing 5:04

I love KONS's. I'm in Canada. I used to have a 1994 KONA A'A 19 inch. Now I have a 97 KONA Caldera and a 2000ish KONA Kaboom singlespeed with glow in the dark decals. Great video and new Subber here ,Cheers !

I had one of these fantastic French hot hatches it was a proper golf gti beater and far more enjoyable to have a blast in for a thrill seeking drive gorgeous pug mine was in stunning silver

U love Kona ,got a 2008 and 2013 Dew to ride out ,cheers

Would you be best getting the front end covered in PPF? At least on the leading edge of the bonnet.

Love the car mate ! I’ve always wanted one of em!

Thank you for your valued custom martin. Great Video too ! Keep up the good work.

Great day mate the car went well they both look good next to each other well organized by George and met some new friends couldn't ask for more catch up again soon. Andy

Owned my 968 sport for 20yrs & 2mths (2003-2023). Swiss Army knife of Porkers/sports cars with built in bomb proof solidity. Unfortunately servicing standards by many uk "specialists" are extremely lacklustre! Just had one specialist say to me that "you're abit anal aren't you" when they had just damaged my passenger side door trim & lost the plastic screwcovers. Did discuss the issue with them but they were "busy" on other more expensive cars. I feel that unless it says 996/997/991/992/GT4/GT3 on the rear these "specialists" just dont give the same care to a circa £25k porker as a £125k one. Charge the same hrly/rate though. My advice is work on it yourself as much as possible (its all pretty easy to service brakes, power steering etc) as its oldschool/analoge, just youtube repair videos etc & only let "any" third-party touch it when absolutely necessary (job too complex to fix at home). Also many parts NLA (especially side + tailgate glass), so ensure they dont get "accidentally damaged" if the car is in for work. Mine also needs belts, rollers, tensioners + cam chain/guide since not changed since 2009. Also water pump is original 1995 one fitted in Stuttgart. Its not the only 968 still on its original pump, I've heard of quite afew others. Basically, my view is, let sleeping dogs lie - the more you seem let let "specialists" touch these 968's, the more issues you get - strange in todays cost of living crisis. Great/under appreciated/misunderstood sports car, 'cos the engine is in the wrong place and the wrong type. Drive it for your own reasons, plenty enough people do. I've track day'd it abit, toured europe in it, carried 4 people & furniture + garden waste bags in it (but not all at the same time!). No problem. Enjoy.

Gidday Say what happened with coolant leaking after being worked on at Autothority I have owned 944 Turbo for over 20 years and have had trouble with that garage George who used to work there has gone out on his own I would recommend getting him to do work on your car Good luck

Excellent video nice cruise. I love the fact that your camera was pointing forward and not in your face.

Nice to see you took the slight detour and went over Vinegar Hill before pulling in to Palmerston - it’s a great little road. Lovely car

That looks awesome mate

looks good. next time try baking soda and coffee grounds instead of sand.

The orange pedals with the grey of the bike ant the detail are awesome.I would have sell an arm to get a bike like this in the 90's if you could .

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I use my original 16s for the track days and the 17 Cup 1s for the road as they look better so see you at Ruapuna sometime ? Andy

Oh put the cup1s back on - I know they are copies but look so much better.....

My 968 caught a slight onset of fever and was taken by ambulance to the Porsche hospital. Hopefully I can speak to the doctor next week and receive the diagnosis...

I remember wishing I could afford a Kona back in the day.

Hi Martin, your channel just popped up while on youtube, great. I have just bought a 968 about 6 months ago. I also need to replace the cambelt. I was wondering if you had the tensioner and balance belt replaced at the same time? I'm in Tauranga

Great build . Love the 90’s Kona’s

Those front turn signals are the 993 clear signals, which don't fit well. Much better to replace with the stock ambers.

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I had to replace the same on mine but some guy wanted stupid money here in NZ so i got mine from a place in England which is where i'm from as i bought mine over with me but i paid 40 pounds + postage since then i put a special headlight protection film from supercheap absolutely brilliant

Hi i have a 968 and live in Amberley and take mine to Ruapuna sometimes would be good to meet up for a yarn i have owned mine 25 years i take mine to George at Seperate workshop in walker street cheers Andy although this is my wifes account

Did they replace the water pump while they were changing the timing belt?