Well I had a 3 day weekend with Veterans' Day and got a lot done on my Boxster.
My Nine8Six projector headlight conversion is finished. I had a lot of help on this, not sure if I would have been able to do it on my own. They came out fantastic. My car is seal grey, so I went with the Gun Metal Turismo series with white Angel Eyes and the 4300k lights, no painting of the reflectors or interior of the lights. My car is an 03 with no amber on the exterior of the turn signals, but the interior amber was removed.
So after putting in the transformed headlights, I decided after 13 years it was finally time to go with clear/smoke side marker lights.
With the headlights and side marker lights out of the way, the next thing on the list was installing Ben006's ball bearing short shifter. Getting the console in and out was the toughest part, but it wasn't a bad job at all. I like the new, firm and short shifts, but it will take some time to get used to!
Then, finally, it was time to install my hard top for the winter.
With that smug feeling of satisfaction, I got into the car and started it, to go out and pick up dinner. The ignition key felt kind of weird, like something inside snapped. The headlights wouldn't come on, although the parking lights and angel eyes did. Also the seat heaters no longer worked. All of these things worked fine after all the other work I did. The key is hard to remove, it doesn't return to the "normal" off position, and the chime goes off when the door is open, even though the key is out of the lock. I can still start and shut off the car. I believe the electrical switch portion of the ignition lock broke, so now I have a project for next weekend! And having read up on this, I ordered two switches and will keep a spare in the car. If this happened at work and I had to drive home in the dark it would have been a real problem!
