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Old 11-20-2012, 03:02 PM   #1
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Old 11-22-2012, 11:32 PM   #2
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I bought myself some new Porsche Wheels and 19* Inch Michelin Tires.
To make up for a cracked rim and blown tire I had a few days ago.




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Old 11-24-2012, 06:34 AM   #3
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I bought myself some new Porsche Wheels and 19* Inch Michelin Tires.
To make up for a cracked rim and blown tire I had a few days ago.




I think that those new wheels look much better than the older ones. Nice look!
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Old 11-24-2012, 07:52 AM   #4
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I think that those new wheels look much better than the older ones. Nice look!
+1 Excellent choice, mate!
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Old 11-25-2012, 06:00 PM   #5
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I think that those new wheels look much better than the older ones. Nice look!
So those wheels fit? did you needed spacers or any adjustments?
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Old 11-25-2012, 06:16 PM   #6
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I bought myself some new Porsche Wheels and 19* Inch Michelin Tires.
To make up for a cracked rim and blown tire I had a few days ago.




Did you get those on eBay?
Or are they OEM?
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Old 11-29-2012, 05:08 AM   #7
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Old 11-29-2012, 07:56 AM   #8
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Today I wrote off/trashed my Boxster?

Swerved for a dog on a wet and icy bend here in England. last night.
span the car anti clockwise and over a high curb, smashing off two wheels.

entire wheel hug/rotor everything torn off like pulling the wings of a fly, serious damage i'm thinking all the way through, horrific looking. pipes and struts sticking out like a fractured elbow joint.

Just waiting for the insurance inspector at Porsche Derby to tell me whether its a write off or not- car value is about 6k, if they cut me a cheque for 5500 ill take it and run.

sad sad day, the end of the most beautiful car I have ever owned

sympathy please

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Old 12-01-2012, 12:16 PM   #9
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Swerved for a dog on a wet and icy bend here in England. last night.
span the car anti clockwise and over a high curb, smashing off two wheels.

entire wheel hug/rotor everything torn off like pulling the wings of a fly, serious damage i'm thinking all the way through, horrific looking. pipes and struts sticking out like a fractured elbow joint.

Just waiting for the insurance inspector at Porsche Derby to tell me whether its a write off or not- car value is about 6k, if they cut me a cheque for 5500 ill take it and run.

sad sad day, the end of the most beautiful car I have ever owned

sympathy please

Really sad sad story...well you didn´t hurt yourself that´s the best of it!
Hope you get the chance to own another one soon, one thing great about England you can get a 986 for the half price that you get it here in Portugal.
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Old 12-10-2012, 05:54 AM   #10
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I bought myself some new Porsche Wheels and 19* Inch Michelin Tires.
To make up for a cracked rim and blown tire I had a few days ago.




May I say that looks far better than with the chrome rims. Top work.
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Old 12-10-2012, 06:04 AM   #11
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Installed a new Top Speed Cat Back System yesterday…acceleration is BREEZY now! Sound is AWESOME! Not too loud to drown out Harleys but just enough to hear a great engine at work! Nice and throaty! LOVE IT!!! I STOLE it, price-wise too, so my wife loves that she will have shopping $$$. Can't wait for a track day!

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Old 12-10-2012, 02:12 PM   #12
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I relocated the front trunk emergency release cable today to the tow hole access point in the front bumper cover. I did this without removing the bumper cover.

To do this, I took out the passenger headlamp. Using a flashlight and long wire tie, I passed the wire tie over the bumper and out the cover's access hole. I then pulled the emergency cable through. Once there, I looped it and passed the cable's pull loop back into the the threaded tow hole for storage. Finally, I secured the looped cable to the bumper cover using a short piece of fishing line through the two tiny holes that usually tether the bumper cover plug to the cover itself.

I would have preferred to run the cable to the side marker lamp. I didn't do this for two reasons. The original cable was too short. When I added an extra length, I found the headlight tray wouldn't seat correctly.
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