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Old 06-16-2014, 11:11 AM   #1141
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I went to the EuroCar show for a few hours. Then I installed my new to me 987 shifter. What a difference, it's like a new car.

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Old 06-16-2014, 11:24 AM   #1142
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Nice! I just bid on a 997 shifter.
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Old 06-16-2014, 02:24 PM   #1143
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Nice! I just bid on a 997 shifter.
I hope you win the bid. You will love it. Super easy to install as well.
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Old 06-16-2014, 03:35 PM   #1144
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Did the DRL hack. I now have automatic DRLs using the fog lights
Very easy took about 2 minutes
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Old 06-17-2014, 02:10 AM   #1145
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2 weeks ago was the best day of my life managed to sell my BMW x3 and get my boxster still owe 11k my dream came true friends brothers just as I had a business trip was late to go and had my accident front is ruined so sad crying thank god me and my gf no scratch now the car just arrived to the mechanic I don't know what the damage is or how much will cost but I promise if I have to order bit by bit from anywhere I will fix it my mom dad everyone will help me I am so sad and don't know where to start
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Old 06-17-2014, 04:22 AM   #1146
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....I had a business trip was late to go and had my accident front is ruined so sad crying thank god me and my gf no scratch now the car just arrived to the mechanic I don't know what the damage is....
It sounds like no one was injured. Hopefully the damage is not bad. Good Luck.
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Old 06-17-2014, 08:37 AM   #1147
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Old 06-17-2014, 09:44 AM   #1148
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2 weeks ago was the best day of my life managed to sell my BMW x3 and get my boxster still owe 11k my dream came true friends brothers just as I had a business trip was late to go and had my accident front is ruined so sad crying thank god me and my gf no scratch now the car just arrived to the mechanic I don't know what the damage is or how much will cost but I promise if I have to order bit by bit from anywhere I will fix it my mom dad everyone will help me I am so sad and don't know where to start
I am very sorry to see that this has happened so early in your ownership of this car.
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Old 06-17-2014, 02:55 PM   #1149
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Scraped front right fender, WOW!

Wife hit the side of the garage and no I did not take a picture, and I will not post;-(

Any way she scraped the right front fender and right bumper and side marker.
It looked minor until we get it to a high end body shop I have used many times in the past with very good results. This young Geico kid comes out and says it's $1400 for it's estimate, I laughed out loud and indicated that he may need to look up some of the Porsche parts in his little computer. Take it to the shop and we are at 5k and counting!

So here is the reason I am sharing this embarrassing turn of events. It seems the right side ac condenser was damaged and is being replaced. What do I need to know about recharging the AC? Also they pulled the battery what could happen? Radio, Codes?
Any direction or gotchas regarding the recharge of the AC?
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PS. At least they are cleaning the rads and boy for a 07 pcar with 33k miles that stays garaged it sure was dirty!
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Old 06-17-2014, 06:55 PM   #1150
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I fixed mine. It had a failed crank position sensor. The durametric really paid for itself by helping me diagnose the issue.
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Old 06-17-2014, 07:09 PM   #1151
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Drove PA 74 between Carlisle and Port Royal--without any trucks or farm equipment in my way.
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Old 06-18-2014, 01:02 PM   #1152
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After a couple months of looking around, finally found an airbag to match my 3 spoke steering wheel conversion last week! Luckily the mailman was early today so I had some time to throw it on the car along with some aluminum pedals I found dirt cheap on eBay. Thank you once again Heliguy!


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Old 06-18-2014, 01:28 PM   #1153
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Not today but last weekend, I've put new wheels, 19" Turbo II Replicas ( they are not that heavy 21lbs and 24lbs) with 225/35ZR-19 and 265/30ZR-19 Sumitomo HTR Z III XL Tires, Total Price : $1600 , not bad! I love the look of the car now:



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Old 06-19-2014, 08:13 AM   #1154
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Drive belt. Inspected for wobbly, worn parts.
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Old 06-19-2014, 11:16 AM   #1155
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New 986 owner, my bucket list car, 1997 just love it.

Changed aiir filter, fixed wipers nut was loose on both wipers, cleaned engine, fixed passenger side mirror it was loose, washed my beautiful car.
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Old 06-19-2014, 02:18 PM   #1156
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I love the way that the turbo II's look
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Old 06-20-2014, 03:49 PM   #1157
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Took my Boxster base to the local indy with request to install new water pump/ thermostat and a camshaft position sensor. Hopefully the latter will extinguish the steady CEL light. Cheers, G.
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Old 06-20-2014, 11:08 PM   #1158
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Drop it off to ship it back to America, I am coming home finally after 20 yrs in the military.

She is super clean...

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Old 06-20-2014, 11:59 PM   #1159
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Painted my dashboard trim and center console to match the car color... pictures to come soon.
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Old 06-21-2014, 12:03 AM   #1160
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Not today but last weekend, I've put new wheels, 19" Turbo II Replicas ( they are not that heavy 21lbs and 24lbs) with 225/35ZR-19 and 265/30ZR-19 Sumitomo HTR Z III XL Tires, Total Price : $1600 , not bad! I love the look of the car now:
I love those wheels... for $1600 total I'd say it's an "excellent" deal. Where did you get that body kit? It looks really good.

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