What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by 986 Boxster

Removed clutch pedal spring booster yesterday. In 30 + years of driving manual cars I don't think I ever stalled as many times ( combined) as I have the Boxster, what a stupid idea that spring is.

I still have my spring in my Boxster but ditto to this. The same thing happened to me in my 996. There is another spring that you can replace it with which makes it more traditional European clutch feel.

It worked against me during a PPI when I sold it. The shop said the entire transmission needed to be replaced. It scared a lot of potential buyers away.

[986 Boxster]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

I still have my spring in my Boxster but ditto to this. The same thing happened to me in my 996. There is another spring that you can replace it with which makes it more traditional European clutch feel.

It worked against me during a PPI when I sold it. The shop said the entire transmission needed to be replaced. It scared a lot of potential buyers away.

Yeah I know, I have the softer spring, but it was a pain in the ass lying on my back to remove it, that I just decided to leave it out. I can always put it back if I ever decide to sell the car. You would be surprised how much natural the clutch feels once you remove the spring. Stupid spring puts so much pressure on the pedal coming back up that you have to be riding the clutch early on a red light so you don't stall the car . Now I can just put the car in gear when the light turns green and go. It takes a few minutes to get use to it, but once you get use to it you start wondering how you drove the car before with that piece of **************** spring in there. I think the spring is there to aid the cruise control switch.

[donkep]

Got the oil and filter changed, changed the brake fluid and air filter. Got the top transmissions repaired. Thorough safety inspection and two new tires on the front.

[rick3000]

Installed my summer wheels this morning, and added two things to my to do list, clean up my rusty lug bolts and figure out why my 986 is dripping a small amount of coolant from the overflow over the right rear. I suspect it's because it's been over 100° F here and my 986 hates temps over 75° especially at 5,000', but I opened the purge value just in case there is any air in there.

Also, I have to give a shout out to Wheel Wax, kind of a pain to put on because it hardens so quickly, but my winter rims where filthy when I took them off and it only took about 5 minutes to wipe all of the brake dust off with a wet rag, depsite putting the wax on over two years ago. I will definitely be using it again.

I haven't been super active on this forum in the past year, but I still glance at it almost everyday. Due to the pandemic and work from home I only put 500 miles on the 986 last year, hoping to change that going forward!

[BruceH]

I put food on my indie’s table

My coolant tank was starting to leak after 20 years so rather than learn some new cuss words, I decided to pay to have it replaced. While there I had the water pump replaced, it was time, the engine mount also was shot after 20 years, and since I was already spending a bunch of money, I had them do the oil change and brake flush. He will be eating well for awhile

The engine mount made a huge difference in shifting, that was probably long overdue. I’ve had this Boxster for 9 years now and other than tires, brakes and oil, it hasn’t caused me any problems so I decided to splurge in my old age.

Speaking of tires, I’m due to replace those as well. I placed an order at my local Discount Tire for a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S’s but the rears are on back order for possibly 90 days! Ugh. It is not urgent but…

[TeamOxford]

Originally Posted by BruceH

I put food on my indie’s table

My coolant tank was starting to leak after 20 years so rather than learn some new cuss words, I decided to pay to have it replaced. While there I had the water pump replaced, it was time, the engine mount also was shot after 20 years, and since I was already spending a bunch of money, I had them do the oil change and brake flush. He will be eating well for awhile

The engine mount made a huge difference in shifting, that was probably long overdue. I’ve had this Boxster for 9 years now and other than tires, brakes and oil, it hasn’t caused me any problems so I decided to splurge in my old age.

Speaking of tires, I’m due to replace those as well. I placed an order at my local Discount Tire for a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S’s but the rears are on back order for possibly 90 days! Ugh. It is not urgent but…

Bruce, you won't regret it. If Zim's is doing the work, you'll have a well maintained Box. And with the mileage you've racked up (less than 100k), you'll have a great car to enjoy for many more years.

Cheers!

TO

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by TeamOxford

Bruce, you won't regret it. If Zim's is doing the work, you'll have a well maintained Box. And with the mileage you've racked up (less than 100k), you'll have a great car to enjoy for many more years.

Cheers!

TO

Yep, they do great work

[jay2015]

Originally Posted by BruceH

I put food on my indie’s table

My coolant tank was starting to leak after 20 years so rather than learn some new cuss words, I decided to pay to have it replaced. While there I had the water pump replaced, it was time, the engine mount also was shot after 20 years, and since I was already spending a bunch of money, I had them do the oil change and brake flush. He will be eating well for awhile

The engine mount made a huge difference in shifting, that was probably long overdue. I’ve had this Boxster for 9 years now and other than tires, brakes and oil, it hasn’t caused me any problems so I decided to splurge in my old age.

Speaking of tires, I’m due to replace those as well. I placed an order at my local Discount Tire for a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S’s but the rears are on back order for possibly 90 days! Ugh. It is not urgent but…

What’s the install price. I need to replace the tires as well. We don’t have discount tires in VA

[PaulE]

I got a nice deal on some 996 Light Alloy Carrera wheels on Facebook Marketplace. fronts are 18x8 and rears are 18x10. They were all plasti-dipped black and I spent an afternoon stripping that off. My shop is confirming what size spacers I need for the rear wheels, and I'm going to use them as my track wheels with some stickier street tires, something I can still drive back and forth to the track on. I'll save my Boxster Lt Alloy Carrera wheels and Michelin Pilot Sport 4S's for the street. THe wheels look pretty good as they are, but have some curb rash and I will probably get them refinished as well as have them checked for trueness.

[Javi Cooper]

Originally Posted by PaulE

I got a nice deal on some 996 Light Alloy Carrera wheels on Facebook Marketplace. fronts are 18x8 and rears are 18x10. They were all plasti-dipped black and I spent an afternoon stripping that off. My shop is confirming what size spacers I need for the rear wheels, and I'm going to use them as my track wheels with some stickier street tires, something I can still drive back and forth to the track on. I'll save my Boxster Lt Alloy Carrera wheels and Michelin Pilot Sport 4S's for the street. THe wheels look pretty good as they are, but have some curb rash and I will probably get them refinished as well as have them checked for trueness.

I've been looking for a set of these (also in 996 sizes) for a while. I'm about to buy a set on Ebay but they need some work. Can you post specs and pics of wheels, tires and spacers once you get them figure sorted out? Thanks

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by Javi Cooper

I've been looking for a set of these (also in 996 sizes) for a while. I'm about to buy a set on Ebay but they need some work. Can you post specs and pics of wheels, tires and spacers once you get them figure sorted out? Thanks

My shop has them now. They are going to get checked for trueness, trued as necessary, have all the curb rash repaired and then they will be refinished in Porsche silver, or as close to it as possible, with powder coating.

The shop checked the rear wheels on my car and said I need a 20mm spacer on the rear. I won't need any spacer on the front. I am sticking with stock size Boxster tires, 225/40-18 front and 265/35-18 rear. I also did some searching on this forum and 20mm seems to be the consensus for the rears. The fronts shouldn't need any spacers since the 996 and 986 have essentially the same front suspension and body.

These are genuine 996 BBS wheels, the fronts are 8 inches wide with a 50 offset, and the rears are 10 inches wide with a 65 offset.

I have ECS 20mm hub centric spacers and longer lug bolts ordered. ECS sells it as a complete kit and this was the lowest cost option I could find for the spacers plus lug bolts. The only hitch is that ECS has them on backorder and they won't ship until August 18. If my shop can find something else in that price range that they can get sooner, I may cancel the ECS order. My shop is going to mount the tires and make sure everything fits. Once I have it all done I'll post some pictures and confirm the spacers!

[ike84]

Originally Posted by PaulE

I got a nice deal on some 996 Light Alloy Carrera wheels on Facebook Marketplace. fronts are 18x8 and rears are 18x10. They were all plasti-dipped black and I spent an afternoon stripping that off. My shop is confirming what size spacers I need for the rear wheels, and I'm going to use them as my track wheels with some stickier street tires, something I can still drive back and forth to the track on. I'll save my Boxster Lt Alloy Carrera wheels and Michelin Pilot Sport 4S's for the street. THe wheels look pretty good as they are, but have some curb rash and I will probably get them refinished as well as have them checked for trueness.

Out of curiosity, how hard is it to strip off that plastidip?

[Seal1968]

I recommend Goo Gone on plasti dip...wet it down, keep it wet (reapply) then elbow grease.

You will see it start to "curdle".

Lots of rags.

Tip...wear gloves lol.

[azlvr]

Added something new to hold onto.

[ike84]

Originally Posted by azlvr

Added something new to hold onto.

Nice! Where did you get that?

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[ike84]

Some times ya win some (first pic), and sometimes you need to ask a kindergartner for help (second pic)

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[Stl-986]

Did some work on the 03 yesterday. Tackled one of the vent flaps.



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Followed these steps for this one. What they dont mention in this link is there is still another one inside the car. If yours is as bad as this one you can see it through the hole for the heater core.

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-forum/1183277-repairing-the-black-foam-coming-out-of-vent-issue.html

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by Stl-986

Did some work on the 03 yesterday. Tackled one of the vent flaps.



After:





Followed these steps for this one. What they dont mention in this link is there is still another one inside the car. If yours is as bad as this one you can see it through the hole for the heater core.

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-forum/1183277-repairing-the-black-foam-coming-out-of-vent-issue.html

Thanks for the link!

[Stl-986]

Since I had the 03 in the garage and had some time I got around to getting the speakers replaced in the 987 speaker shelf I have had sitting on the table. Put a set of 5 1/2" component speakers in. 1" tweeters replaced the 2.5" speakers and 5 1/4" subs replaced the bose 2 ohm ones. mounted the cross over and replaced the wiring. Just went with a low end set for now to see how it sounds. It's connected as the rear channel on the MBquart NA2-500.5 amp which has the dash connected as the fronts & the same 5 1/4" subs in the door connected to the dedicated sub channel.

Haven't even touched the gain and it is way better then having the 986 shelf with the 3.5" speakers. While the subs are downfacing, it is a sealed system so it does pretty decent, enough to fell the air coming out the front. Still need to get out with the top down to see how it sounds but so far it's a great upgrade.

[Stl-986]

He doesn't even mention the other one that can only be done by removing the radio & cutting the duct...or taking the entire dash & hvac out. This one would only fix heat not cooling.