Taking my car to the shop.......

[timothy]

Brake pads and rotors are an easy repair to do yourself and there are many tutorials on this site and others. Water leaks can come from a number of sources but a common source is the two drain holes below the clam shell getting clogged. Easily checked and remedied with blasts of air.

[chris97boxster]

Get urself a Bentley repair manual
it will pay for itself in no time
if u r a DIY guy (do it yourself)
Cheers
Chris

[clickman]

You can get parts quite a bit cheaper from places in the states like Suncoast in Florida. Make sure they ship by USPS and not UPS.

There's an excellent resource on this forum for convertible top problems. If you post some details Maurice might just help you fix it yourself. You need to tell us the year of the car.

Oh, and shoot your brother.

[iluvboxsters]

Originally Posted by clickman

You can get parts quite a bit cheaper from places in the states like Suncoast in Florida. Make sure they ship by USPS and not UPS.

There's an excellent resource on this forum for convertible top problems. If you post some details Maurice might just help you fix it yourself. You need to tell us the year of the car.

Oh, and shoot your brother.

Maurice? I'll look for him and send him a message. Just a question though, there are 2 motors for the convertible top correct? One for the cover and one for the roof? If that's so the one for the roof doesn't even operate it's like its off.

And yes I will shoot my brother lol, especially if the unit has to be replaced which I'm sure it does. I've found some on ebay for under 200 but I want to be sure that's the problem first.

[schoir]

Originally Posted by iluvboxsters

Maurice? I'll look for him and send him a message. Just a question though, there are 2 motors for the convertible top correct? One for the cover and one for the roof? If that's so the one for the roof doesn't even operate it's like its off.

And yes I will shoot my brother lol, especially if the unit has to be replaced which I'm sure it does. I've found some on ebay for under 200 but I want to be sure that's the problem first.

There is only ONE electric motor for the convertible top, located under where the center rear of the clamshell cover ends up when the clamshell is sitting on top of a completely open, stowed top.

If your clamshell is operating correctly through its entire cycle, the fix is relatively easy and cheap.

The problem is that both of your plastic ball cups are either broken or have popped off their respective steel balls under the base of the B-pillar.

To have a look, press the button until the clamshell is in the rearmost, 45 degree position, and then take a look straight down between the sheetmetal just inboard of where the pointed ends of clamshell are normally located when the clamshell is down and the fat black arm of the B-pillar. If see a shiny steel ball there, with nothing on it, or a plastic ball cup that is not attached to a metal pushrod arm, that is your problem.

Be careful if you have operated the top with those plastic ball cups broken or popped off because the V-levers will still go through their cycle and the dangling front pushrods can dig in an tear the foam drain trays. That will lead to an expensive repair when water finds its way to the immobilizer under the driver's seat. If they are torn or ripped, you can seal them up effectively with Permatex Black Silicone Sealant.

Porsche only sells the complete pushrod assembly with the plastic ball cups attached. If you want a source for just the plastic ball cups, send me a PM and I'll send you the info.

Don't take the car to the dealer because of the top. We can fix it.

Regards, Maurice.

[iluvboxsters]

Originally Posted by chris97boxster

Get urself a Bentley repair manual
it will pay for itself in no time
if u r a DIY guy (do it yourself)
Cheers
Chris

I've never worked on a car before, only simple interior things like replacing the cup holders and such. I wish I was a DIY guy but unfortunately it's not in my DNA =(

[ekam]

If you're a PCA member you get discounts at the dealer for parts. Something like rotors are just too heavy to have them shipped from the US.

[iluvboxsters]

Yeah yo're right, just checked some shipping quotes and it's well ove 100 to have them shipped. I'm going to see if the rotors can be salvaged or not, I'm guessing no. My guy has a hookup on Mercedes parts not sure about Porsche I'll have to give him a call today. Noob question but what's pca member?

[clickman]

If you're getting water into the car and it's into the area under the driver's seat where the computer is, you should get that looked at ASAP. If that computer fries, you're looking at big $$$.

On convertible top issues, Maurice's forum handle is schoir. There's only one motor, which drives 2 transmissions (1 on each side), which use cables to open and close the top. The trannies also drive levers, one of which operates the lid (clamshell).

There are (at least) 2 concerns with getting a HVAC control unit from Fleabay: does it work? And will it work in your Model Year. They're not all interchangeable.

I've had (front) rotors shipped to me in BC from Cali. That was maybe 4 years ago and I don't recall the shipping being outrageous. It was certainly a lot cheaper than what I would have paid at the local stealer, PCA discount or not.

[JoeFromPA]

I can get a pair of pads and rotors from tirerack (rotor blanks are $145 a piece) with shipping to B.C. for about $450. Should take no more than 2 hours of shop time (that's very generous) to replace, so figure maybe $650.

Confirm you definitely need rotors....oftentimes, you will not need them....

[iluvboxsters]

Originally Posted by timothy

Brake pads and rotors are an easy repair to do yourself and there are many tutorials on this site and others. Water leaks can come from a number of sources but a common source is the two drain holes below the clam shell getting clogged. Easily checked and remedied with blasts of air.

Thanks, will definitely tell him to check that out. I'm unable to drive my car in the rain and since it rains every other day in Canada it really is getting annoying.