What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[dulmer]

Originally Posted by Oldcarguy

Installed my Tranzit Blu HF today. It is exactly what I was looking for. As far as I can tell I now have (near?) CD quality sound via my iPhone 7 for iTunes, Pandora, etc. I can't tell any difference from the CD player.

The Bluetooth connects immediately and the button control works without a hitch. I did have to increase my CDR23 head unit's volume level to 17-23 but no problem with interference, noise or distortion at all. Plenty of headroom left.

The CDR23 now displays/ scrolls the Tranzit connection message and it also displays/scrolls the song which is playing. Perfect and I'm still stock from the outside.



The only problem I have is that my new mic (upper left on CD tray) is not working I'll chase this down later. I left everything readily accessible so it will not be a hassle at all.

Very happy camper

Nice install, and perfect song to be playing at the time of your photo


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[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by dulmer

Nice install, and perfect song to be playing at the time of your photo

Thanks! I was playing my 'Road Tunes' playlist. ~80 of my favorite car related songs Nice not to have to carry around/swap out a bunch of CDs for just 80 songs.

[xzyfsk]

I am getting a complete detail done on my 2003. I am not sure it has been done since new.

[linklaw]

Yesterday I replaced the worn out trailing arms with TRW units. No more rattling from the rear when going over bumps! I should have done it a couple years ago. It was an easy job involving jacking the car up and removing two bolts per side, removing the old arm and installing the new arm. The only tricky part was moving the rear suspension to the right spot to allow the bolt holes to line up. I did this by putting a jack stand under the rotor and lowering the car, which I had jacked up by the jacking point, down onto the jack stand until the bolt holes lined up.

[MN 986]

Went to the 'Auto Lieben' All German Auto Show at Afton Alps, a local ski hill. It is organized by the local chapters of each brand's club.
It was pretty well attended, with maybe 30 or so Porsches and a similar number each of BMWs, Volkswagens, Audis, Mercedes. There was a Carrera GT, a few GT2 and GT3s, R8s and a Mercedes SLR and SLS. Here is my Boxser with a few other Porsches:

[That986]

Change of wheels.....

[ndfrigi]

Purchased it last June after selling my 75 914 1.8FI.

Replaced my headlight and front sway bar drop links.

[KevinH1990]

I installed seats from a 996TT that had been converted to a race car. They are heated and the seller said he removed them at 30,000 miles. The claimed mileage is consistent with the condition of the seats. There is very little wear and the material is supple.



The driver's seat is 12-way powered and the passenger seat is 8-way powered.


I was surprised that they were not both 12-way seats, until I found a price list that indicated the lumbar support (which is the difference between the 8 and 12-way seats) was a $385 option for each seat. I guess the original owner was more concerned with driver comfort than passenger comfort. The lumbar support is a nice upgrade.

The seller did not take great care with the removal of the seats and the electrical and mechanical parts on both seats were damaged. The driver's side require about two hours of rewiring, but the passenger seat was a challenge. Here are the pictures of the seats the seller sent me prior to the purchase. The passenger seat was torn from the base and the electrical wiring and control was damaged.





I spent about 4 hours trying to fix the damaged passenger seat. To save time, I decided to use the base from my 8-way passenger seat and just put the seat back and seat bottom from the new seats on my base. The leather was in slightly better condition than on my existing passenger seat, so it is a noticeable (but not huge) upgrade.

I plan to continue my attempt to repair the powered seat base from the 996TT. If I can figure out how to repair this seat base,


I may be able to sell on a pair of 8-way heated power seats in good condition. If not, I have a two-way (backrest powered only) seat base I can use. So, worst-case scenario is that will have a set of heated 8-way driver and 2-way passenger seats.

If anyone needs a seat upgrade, let me know.

[rick3000]

Hit 1,000,000 KM!



Actually, my battery died, and after it was jumped the cluster was acting up. I have had it happen once before, very unusual issue. To fix it you have to insert the key, disconnect the negative cable from the battery, turn the key to position 1 then off, then reconnect the battery. Credit to Tool Pants for that procedure.

[Deserion]

'Braved' the light drizzle and drove to work. Enjoyed the LED upgrade in the headlights.

[itskenallen]

Replaced the water pump, belt and thermostat in my Box and a fresh fill of coolant. I went with the composite pump from Laso (oem) and the LN 70 degrees thermostat. Fairly easy job.

Belt was in a fairly bad state and the pumps impellers were fine but it was leaking and found there was play in the bearings.

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[dulmer]

Attention Ontario Guys:

Found some great new roads about 30 minutes north of where I live (Orangeville, Ontario).



That's literally a good sign...
(Need to fix my clamshell)



This portion is on River Road, pointing westward toward Hornings Mills.



River Road, pointing eastward toward Terra Nova.



Second Line E, pointing southward.



Map shows the loop. Start at Highways 89 & 19, head north on Prince of Wales Road (19) until it reaches River Road. Turn right, and drive along until entering Terra Nova. Turn right onto Second Line E and head south until you reach 10 Sideroad. Turn right and continue west until you reach Prince of Wales Road. Turn left and head south and head back toward highways 89 & 19. Stop at Champ Burger for a bite (it's better than Super Burger on the other side). This route beats the heck out of Forks of the Credit and Hockley Valley Road (both also near me). You can thank me later.


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[pilut2]

I swapped my side vents for 03-04 style vents from Woody. I like the contrast of the seal grey against my ocean blue metallic.

Woody is a class act! Thanks Woody!

[itsnotanova]

Thanks! It looks good. I'm a fan of contrasting side vents. Specially with the 03/04 vents

[grc0456]

Originally Posted by pilut2

I swapped my side vents for 03-04 style vents from Woody. I like the contrast of the seal grey against my ocean blue metallic.



Woody is a class act! Thanks Woody!

That's a nice look!


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[Finnegan]

I avoided being sideswiped at ~40 mph. Thanks, Porsche brakes!

[JBauer]

Well my leather covered roll bar covers and dash horseshoe just wasn't working. The leather and trim adhesive interfered with the buttons and just couldn't get the leather to look fight on the covers. Tore off the leather, painted the covers. Did paint my shifter insert tho 😀

[PCinDC]

Originally Posted by JBauer

Well my leather covered roll bar covers and dash horseshoe just wasn't working. The leather and trim adhesive interfered with the buttons and just couldn't get the leather to look fight on the covers. Tore off the leather, painted the covers. Did paint my shifter insert tho

Looks really good, nice job

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[JBauer]

Originally Posted by PCinDC

Looks really good, nice job

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Thanks for the compliment but since that pic I decided that I got a little carried away on all that red leather. Tore it all off and started over ��
Dialed it back a bunch.

[Jager]

I would have to do the parking brake handle/lever.