What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[BugsFerBrains]

Quite a nice variety of P-cars. I took the following images:

[Pdwight]

Originally Posted by BugsFerBrains

Quite a nice variety of P-cars. I took the following images:

Some of those cars and the tractor look exactly like ones from here in North West AL.....at Trissel Porsche

[Myoung73]

Washed and vacuumed it. The wash ended up revealing that the hood has a decent number of tiny white chips in the paint. Black car not a huge surprise but it must have been buffed out by the previous owner and now my first wash has revealed it. It's not that bad but will probably try to buff them out a bit myself. If anyone has any good suggestions on the best approach I'm all ears.

[911monty]

Installed ROW M030 sway bars on my 98 base. If you have stock bars RUN don't walk and get some on your car. This is definitely the way the car should be. :dance:

[CraigM]

Originally Posted by 911monty

Installed ROW M030 sway bars on my 98 base. If you have stock bars RUN don't walk and get some on your car. This is definitely the way the car should be. :dance:

Did you replace anything else, particularly struts? I have M030 sways in the garage, but was waiting to get new struts/springs. Mine are at 58,000 miles, so old (15 years) but not terrible.

This may convince me to do the sways early...

[911monty]

Originally Posted by CraigM

Did you replace anything else, particularly struts? I have M030 sways in the garage, but was waiting to get new struts/springs. Mine are at 58,000 miles, so old (15 years) but not terrible.

This may convince me to do the sways early...

CraigM; DO It! DO it now! I was thinking about waiting until I had the entire kit, but then thought I could assess each change individually. I can tell you without hesitation that even though I still have the stock springs and struts this change by itself is remarkable. Easy to do and don't even need to get an alignment afterward. Single most effective upgrade to date.

edit: P/N # 996 343 701 23 front and 986 333 701 21 rear for reference.

[LagerAle]

Sold It! And am loving not worrying about it anymore...

[EJ-Fresno]

Originally Posted by 911monty

Installed ROW M030 sway bars on my 98 base. If you have stock bars RUN don't walk and get some on your car. This is definitely the way the car should be. :dance:

How difficult is in to remove old ones / install new ones?
I found DIY but just wanted a feeling...
Thanks.

[911monty]

Originally Posted by EJ-Fresno

How difficult is in to remove old ones / install new ones?
I found DIY but just wanted a feeling...
Thanks.

Rear is super easy. You don't even need to remove rear tires. Place on ramps. Remove drop link and brackets. Rotate and pull out behind pass side wheel. Insert new sway. Torque brackets to 17 ft lbs, links to 35 ft lbs. Front is a little tougher. Place front of car on jack stands. Do not use Pelican example to remove the clips on the under panel. Small screwdriver in the recess in the end is the way. Remove one bolt forward end of the two frame braces, loosen the rear bolt and swing under the fuel tank. Remove the 3- 15mm bolts on the crescent bracket under the sway brackets. Loosen the 18mm bolt thru control arm bushing enough to pivot crescent bracket to clear. Remove drop link and rotate sway bar out. Reinstall sway. Torque 18 mm bolts to 118 ft lbs. Forward 15mm and the frame bolts to 74 ft lbs. and the 4-15 mm thru the sway brackets to 45 ft lbs. Enjoy a new car drive. Took me about 3 hrs with lots of water breaks.