New Owner.. ipod question, rims question, spoiler question

[tbplayer22]

Howdy fellas. I just purchased a 2001 Silver Boxster last month and have been lurking here ever since. There are lots of good post and an abundance of information. I have 3 questions that I have not been able to find the answers to on the forum. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

1. I have the CDR-220 and I bought the cord for IPOD integration. This is the cord that goes into the bottom of the IPOD and not into the in-line jack. Anyway I got it to work without any problems. The only thing is I couldn't figure out how to connect the power when I installed the cable. Has anyone hooked up the power from one of these cables to the battery? If so can you tell me how you went about doing it so that I can charge my IPOD while using it in the car.

2. I was wondering if by sight someone knew the name of my rims. This isn't that important I was just curious as to their name and their value. Here are two pictures of them:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6751/dsc00029ob0.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2296/dsc00033zw8.jpg

3. I understand at 75 mph the automatic spoiler is supposed to come up. My question is do all Boxsters come equipped with this spoiler or is it an option at purchase? I don't know how to tell if I have this or not and I can't tell simply by looking through the rear view mirror. If this is not standard on all Boxsters is there a way I can tell if I definitely have this option or not?

Thanks in advance guys.

[Chills]

Welcome to the board.


1. I have a thread called "Power to the iPod" where I discuss one way to power your iPod with the cable you bought. Do a search and you'll find it.

2. I believe they are called Turbo Twists. They look chromed.

3. Yes, all Boxsters have this spoiler. Depending on your model year you'll have a switch down near the fusebox. If you want you can use that to put your spoiler up and down.

Other than that there's no easy way to see its up unless you can see your shadow on the road. I'm sure tall dudes can turn around to see it, but I can't.

[tbplayer22]

Thanks Chills. Appreciate it.

[Chills]

No problem. Glad I could help.

[rick3000]

For th iPod you are going to want to buy some wire taps and tap the wire's into the phone power cable under the center console. It is pretty simple to do, I have some info. on my site (sig.) if you want to see how I set up my iPod.

Also, all Boxster's came with a spoiler, and if you want to see it go up or down, there is switch in the driver's footwell on the fuse panel cover. You could also install a spoiler indicator light if you wanted to just so you know when it is up or down, and a dash switch to control the spoiler from the dash.

[JoshMD]

Yeah you have to put yourself in a pretty unsafe position at 75+mph to see the spoiler, I had to do it at least once when I first got the car. It was up.

What size are you rear tires?

I'm determined to put 996t wheels on my car, but I've never found someone who's actually tried it.