What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[Nine8Six]

Lil'roadster made it back home yesterday! Now sporting brand new wheel bearings all around and had the whole filters, plugs, coils and belt refitted with genuine porsche parts this time (for a change lol). I was hoping to gain +425 horsepower with all that gaga but sadly the car drives just like it was before :/ Oh well...

That freaky humming wheel noise is gone now, how luv-e-ly! All mine now, time to Drive!

[alynch]

Re-installed the headlights after having them sanded and clear-coated locally based on a recommendation from a fellow forum member (thanks dghii). The wiring for the turn signals crumbled when I pulled the headlights out so while they were being reworked I dismantled the connectors and replaced the insulation with heat shrink. Before re-installing, I peeked inside the headlights to check all the other wiring fearing it might also be crumbling. Yeah! Everything looked good. Well, that was until I started to replace the parking signal bulbs. The wires crumbled if you looked at them much less touch them. So, for the moment I just taped up the exposed wires with electrical tape until I can find the time to disassemble everything and either replace the wiring or cover with heat shrink.

I know, I know. I should have stopped and repaired the issue properly. But sometimes I just want to drive the car instead of always working on it. Can you ever get ahead of the maintenance on this car? Just venting ......

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by alynch

Re-installed the headlights after having them sanded and clear-coated locally based on a recommendation from a fellow forum member

Got pics of the lights?

[alynch]

Originally Posted by piper6909

Got pics of the lights?

The shop did an excellent job. There were some dust particles trapped in the clear coat in the main lens area but when I pointed these out they re-sanded and re-sprayed everything. Top class folks. There are still a few dust spots but nothing major and not in the main lens. Here are the results (the lighting in the garage is not that great. The actual headlights are really clear with no hue):

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by alynch

The shop did an excellent job. There were some dust particles trapped in the clear coat in the main lens area but when I pointed these out they re-sanded and re-sprayed everything. Top class folks. There are still a few dust spots but nothing major and not in the main lens. Here are the results (the lighting in the garage is not that great. The actual headlights are really clear with no hue):

They look awesome!

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by alynch

Re-installed the headlights after having them sanded and clear-coated locally based on a recommendation from a fellow forum member (thanks dghii). The wiring for the turn signals crumbled when I pulled the headlights out so while they were being reworked I dismantled the connectors and replaced the insulation with heat shrink. Before re-installing, I peeked inside the headlights to check all the other wiring fearing it might also be crumbling. Yaah! Everything looked good. Well, that was until I started to replace the parking signal bulbs. The wires crumbled if you looked at them much less touch them. So, for the moment I just taped up the exposed wires with electrical tape until I can find the time to disassemble everything and either replace the wiring or cover with heat shrink.

I know, I know. I should have stopped and repaired the issue properly. But sometimes I just want to drive the car instead of always working on it. Can you ever get ahead of the maintenance on this car? Just venting ......

Man, I am doing the exact same thing. Except my box doesn't even run so I'm going to re-solder all the wires.

On the plus side my clear came out FABULOUS. Only a spec of trash in the amber section, but other than that its flawless. Kinda bad because now you can see the imperfections on the inside of the headlights.




^^^ before




^^^ The PO's "upgrade" for HID. LMAO yeah that screams fire hazard. Even has a little kindling paper for when the wires short and get hot.






Photos don't really do justice. This is some pretty good paint work.