What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[KRAM36]

Put in new ignition switch and fixed a broken wire under the air bag that made the horn and Tiptronic buttons on the steering wheel stop working.

[alm001]

Finally repainted the flaking calipers with the Duplicolor brush on kit. Looks OK from a couple feet away, but its not great up close. I'll still want to do a complete powder coat and refresh someday.

Re-instated insurance, and took it out of the garage for the first time since November.

[beavis0076]

bought it Saturday.
99 with a 5 speed and 65 K miles. will be my summer fun car, and then my 16 year old first car.

[beavis0076]

bought and installed a hard top that matches. what luck!

[dghii]

Originally Posted by beavis0076

bought and installed a hard top that matches. what luck!

Congrats....You're gonna love it!!

[paulofto]

Finally got the car out of hibernation yesterday. Slight puff of blue on start up and some clatter that quickly disappeared. She idled beautifully after that. Temps hit about 17C (63F) so I took her for a 2 hour drive and everything is running like it is new. Today it is going to 19C (66F) so I'll be out again enjoying the sunny spring weather.

[Zzorro]

I did the same thing last year! But am having a hard time giving it up so my 16yo can drive it :-). Too much fun.

[beavis0076]

added a new shift boot. the old one was terribly falling apart.

[rflores2323]

Installed a waterproof box for my immobilizer ecu. Now I can sleep at night. Lol.

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[Racer Boy]

Got my new Hankook RS4's mounted up, getting closer to being ready for track season! Those are a set of 996 Turbo Twists that I found on Craigslist for $300.

[Boxstard]

Originally Posted by Racer Boy

Got my new Hankook RS4's mounted up, getting closer to being ready for track season! Those are a set of 996 Turbo Twists that I found on Craigslist for $300.

Great deal with the wheels, esp if they are those with hollow rims.

And beefy tires, look wider than typical 225/ 255 UHP tires.

[Rickvd]

I took a nice 5 hour round trip part highway part Indiana countryside.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by Rickvd

I took a nice 5 hour round trip part highway part Indiana countryside.

Love me some IN!

[mgfranz]

Replaced the factory head unit with a Kenwood Excelon KDC-X898. Finally have decent tunes, (and still the exhaust notes...)

[Boatin]

Put my personalised plates on which I have had for about 50 years onto my 2003 S today.

[MYRX]

Changed the plugs, inspected all the coils, washed and then applied a good paint sealant, then waxed her. Getting ready to go to the Mitty at Road Atlanta this weekend.

[PaulE]

My Ben006 short shifter suddenly became uncharacteristically sloppy. I pulled the center console and saw that the circlip/retaining "e" ring on the front cup had gone missing and the shifter was sloppily riding in only the rear cup. Surprisingly, I had been driving the car like this for a couple hundred miles and it still shifted, sloppy but positively engaging in all gears. One of the sealed precision bearings also came apart. A quick message to Ben and he responded with the bearing size I need. New bearings will arrive from Amazon tomorrow, and I am going to see if I can get the type of external retaining rings on that have the two eye holes and use the retaining ring pliers to get them on. If that will work, they won't ever be able to go missing!

[Dubaday]

Originally Posted by PaulE

the circlip/retaining "e" ring on the front cup had gone missing and the shifter was sloppily riding in only the rear cup. One of the sealed precision bearings also came apart. A quick message to Ben and he responded with the bearing size I need. New bearings will arrive from Amazon tomorrow.

Hi PaulE,
Would you be so kind and provide pictures please?
I would like to compare my ben006 short shifter to yours and figure out if my slop
issue is due to the same issue you are having. Thank you in advance!

Randy

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by Dubaday

Hi PaulE,
Would you be so kind and provide pictures please?
I would like to compare my ben006 short shifter to yours and figure out if my slop
issue is due to the same issue you are having. Thank you in advance!

Randy

Hi Randy, I did not take any pictures of the shifter as I found it before I took it apart. At this point it is ready to go back in once I get my new bearings from Amazon, install them and the circlips and do the final bearing adjustment. I'll take a picture that sort of recreates how it looked tomorrow before I put it all back together.

One thing you can easily do is unsnap the bottom of the shift boot from the center console and have a look. You should be able to see that both circlips are in place and that there is no fore and aft movement of the shifter within the two cups. Assuming the circlips and cups are in place then maybe the locknuts have loosened, if that is the case I think you'll need to remove the console to get the allen wrench into the ends of the bolt section to tighten them. If the sloppyness is due to the blue ball part in the white plastic yoke on the side, then you need the part that Ben is currently testing in prototype to fix that or another plastic yoke that hasn't been worn from an aftermarket shifter.

Here is a picture, as best I can recreate it without the circlips in place as I;m waiting for the new bearings. The circlip came out on the front cup, which allowed the cup to move forward, and that end of the shifter was basically flopping around.

[Qckslvr]

Replaced the "Boxster" emblem on the truck lid last night. People at the car wash were a little aggressive with the drying and broke a letter off. I guess after 18 years I should feel lucky the badge has stayed on that long. When I removed the old one I just grabbed an edge and lifted it off. No tools needed