10-31-2016, 08:09 AM
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2003 Base 5-speed
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Stoneham, MA
Posts: 949
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Originally Posted by fanguy
Made plans to head to Dallas pick up GF and drive through the Ouachita Mountains of west-central AR. The leaves should be turning and plenty of twisting winding curves, first time to drive the box how it was meant to be driven. Mnts, valleys, rivers, two really large national forest. It’s surprisingly gorgeous and was surprised myself first time I drove there in the BWM. We’ll base out of Hot Springs.
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Nice, post some pics after.
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11-07-2016, 03:53 AM
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Thom
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Florida
Posts: 41
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Love that anti-gravity polish, may have to get some.
Not today, but Saturday, replaced waterpump, thermostat and serpentine belt. With the help of this forum it was too easy. My next project, after research on 986Forum, will be replacement of all bushings front and rear, then an alignment as I've got some serious negative camber going on in the rear.
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11-07-2016, 07:00 AM
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Custom User Title Here
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ft. Leonard Wood
Posts: 6,164
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Originally Posted by Calmg0d
Love that anti-gravity polish, may have to get some.
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Or just get yourself a device that can display pictures correctly. 
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11-07-2016, 07:50 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: New York
Posts: 99
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did the plasti - dip on radio knobs - worked well .
had new tires put on friday - things are shaping up
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11-09-2016, 07:09 PM
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POG champ, 1995.
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 185
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Swapped out the (well used) K&N for a BMC.
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1999 Boxster 2.5l 5-spd. 168k miles and climbing.
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IG: @ryanjboutin
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11-09-2016, 08:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,497
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Cleaned out radiators for first time at 132K miles..lots of junk but I don't expect to notice any difference as the car never ran warm anyway. Plan to re-rout emergency frunk cable while I have the bumper off.
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11-10-2016, 12:12 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Norway
Posts: 99
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Drove it to work. Mid engine + traction control + winter tires = surprisingly good on snow and ice!
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11-10-2016, 11:58 AM
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On the slippery slope
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Austin and Palm Springs
Posts: 3,798
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Getting ready for the track this weekend
New SS brake lines, full brake flush with Motul 600, new EBC yellow Stuff pads and an oil/filter change
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2004 Boxster S 6 speed - DRL relay hack, Polaris AutoTop DIY
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2014 Porsche Performance Driving School
2020 BMW X3, 2013 Ram 1500, 2016 Cmax, 2004 F-150 "Big Red"
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11-11-2016, 10:06 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FL
Posts: 4,144
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JayG
Getting ready for the track this weekend
New SS brake lines, full brake flush with Motul 600, new EBC yellow Stuff pads and an oil/filter change
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Me too, sort of, new rotors and pads on all 4 corners and brake flush, I'm still on ATE Type 200 "Super Gold", and my track weekend is the following weekend. It will be nice to not be sweating the whole time due to the heat here in FL.
Also solved an odd pinging/scraping noise, it was the LCA/tie rod ball joint heat shield behind the rotor, I must have bent it when installing the Koni FSD and it was scraping a high spot/pad deposit on my old rotor. I bent it back and it is blissfully silent now. And now that I see this picture up close, I need to clean my calipers, dang.
Last edited by steved0x; 11-11-2016 at 10:09 AM.
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11-11-2016, 02:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2013
Location: North Alabama
Posts: 2,079
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A stupid question ?
Why are the guide pins so close to the rotors ?
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11-11-2016, 04:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FL
Posts: 4,144
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Originally Posted by Pdwight
Why are the guide pins so close to the rotors ?
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I don't know but it is freaky close... I guess to hold the pad in place if you run it down to the very end and it is super skinny at that point?
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11-14-2016, 01:33 PM
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On the slippery slope
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Austin and Palm Springs
Posts: 3,798
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Originally Posted by steved0x
Me too, sort of, new rotors and pads on all 4 corners and brake flush, I'm still on ATE Type 200 "Super Gold", and my track weekend is the following weekend. It will be nice to not be sweating the whole time due to the heat here in FL.
Also solved an odd pinging/scraping noise, it was the LCA/tie rod ball joint heat shield behind the rotor, I must have bent it when installing the Koni FSD and it was scraping a high spot/pad deposit on my old rotor. I bent it back and it is blissfully silent now. And now that I see this picture up close, I need to clean my calipers, dang.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pdwight
Why are the guide pins so close to the rotors ?
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That's normal
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2004 Boxster S 6 speed - DRL relay hack, Polaris AutoTop DIY
2004 996 Targa Tip
Instructor - San Diego region
2014 Porsche Performance Driving School
2020 BMW X3, 2013 Ram 1500, 2016 Cmax, 2004 F-150 "Big Red"
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11-15-2016, 07:55 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,631
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Originally Posted by JayG
That's normal
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They need to be close to the disk to do their job. As the pads wear, the caliper pistons will push out and the backing plate of the pad will be closer to the rotor, and the guide pins can still do their job. The guide pins are in a fixed position, they are never going to touch the rotor. But I felt the same thing when I did my front brakes, I had to think it through!
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11-11-2016, 03:52 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Stow, MA
Posts: 918
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After spending 5 weeks on vacation in southern Africa we picked up FunToy from the indie that we had bought it from. He had it while we were away to do some minor warranty warranty work. We took it for a drive to chinese dinner to maximize enjoyment before it goes into winter hibernation. Looks like we will have a couple more weeks of good fall weather so more trips. Wish we lives in Florida instead of Massachusetts!
This weekend I have to erect the garage she will sleep in.
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2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
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11-11-2016, 05:29 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Callahan, FL
Posts: 462
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Installed a new top. Six hours from start to finish. Combined several sets of instructions and used my son-in-law to help. Few small wrinkles, but much nicer look than the faded tan top with the window that was falling out. See profile pic for before look. 
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11-11-2016, 09:45 AM
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Motorist & Coffee Drinker
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 3,939
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Originally Posted by flouese
Installed a new top. Six hours from start to finish. Combined several sets of instructions and used my son-in-law to help. Few small wrinkles, but much nicer look than the faded tan top...
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Congratulations, it looks great. I know that is no easy task.
I see that its estimated at 16 hours with a 5-wrench degree of difficulty. You did good. 
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11-13-2016, 04:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,631
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A Busy Weekend
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!
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11-13-2016, 04:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Rangiora NZ
Posts: 64
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Today at 12.15 am I went into the garage to check the car , hoping that nothing had fallen on it .We had a massive earthquake centered just 50 KM from here , a 7.8 magnitude . It really did shake things up .My house and Boxster are all ok though . We had another 6.6 just a few moments ago .Apart from that it's a nice day!!
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11-13-2016, 04:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,631
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Yikes!
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Originally Posted by Froggo
Today at 12.15 am I went into the garage to check the car , hoping that nothing had fallen on it .We had a massive earthquake centered just 50 KM from here , a 7.8 magnitude . It really did shake things up .My house and Boxster are all ok though . We had another 6.6 just a few moments ago .Apart from that it's a nice day!!
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Glad you are ok, hope everyone else in your area of the world is too!
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11-14-2016, 05:36 PM
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1997 Tip, 2018 Macan
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Upland, CA
Posts: 1,338
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Froggo
Today at 12.15 am I went into the garage to check the car , hoping that nothing had fallen on it .We had a massive earthquake centered just 50 KM from here , a 7.8 magnitude . It really did shake things up .My house and Boxster are all ok though . We had another 6.6 just a few moments ago .Apart from that it's a nice day!!
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Having grown up in SoCal, earthquakes are pretty normal for us. But 7.8 is impressive. Even the aftershocks, at 6.6, are quite serious. I have seen some scary pictures of twisted up asphalt. And sadly, the international news has reported 2 fatalities thus far.
When LA finally has it's 'big one', it will be the start of the Zombie Apocalypse. Good to hear you are okay.
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