What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[WillH]

Added 12mm spacers to the front wheels.
Grilled the side vents.
Found the battery went dead so threw it on the charger. Glad that I relocated the emergency frunk latch cable to the bumper plug.
Raised the spoiler in preparation to remove the back bumper to ventilate and grill around the license plate depression.
Put the top up incase I finish the bumper in time for a wash and wax tomorrow.
Should be on the road for April fools day.

[jcp]

Changed the coolant today along with the front and and rear sway bar bushings. May have stumbled across the reason for the slight steering wheel shake. The passenger side outer tie rod end has a small amount of slack at the bearing carrier connection. Order more parts....seems like an every two week deal.

[Steelepuls]

Put the boxster on the quick jack and changed out the transmission mounts. OMG, the vibration at 3K rpm is gone and it’s so quiet now. Tip for the next person to do this, you don’t have to take the bracket off on the right passenger side, just unbolt the two 13mm bolts and the 19mm bolt to the bracket and lift the mount off. Took less than hour. Replacing the left drivers side on the other hand took 2 1/2 hours. i took the bracket off with the mount. I think I could have just taken the drivers side off by removing the 2 13mm bolts and the 19mm bolt like I did to the passenger side.

[Kboggs]

Originally Posted by Steelepuls

Put the boxster on the quick jack and changed out the transmission mounts. OMG, the vibration at 3K rpm is gone and it’s so quiet now. Tip for the next person to do this, you don’t have to take the bracket off on the right passenger side, just unbolt the two 13mm bolts and the 19mm bolt to the bracket and lift the mount off. Took less than hour. Replacing the left drivers side on the other hand took 2 1/2 hours. i took the bracket off with the mount. I think I could have just taken the drivers side off by removing the 2 13mm bolts and the 19mm bolt like I did to the passenger side.

What year and model? My 99 motor mount was shot at 87k miles, but was thinking the transmission mounts may still be ok??


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[Steelepuls]

[QUOTE=Kboggs;613890]What year and model? My 99 motor mount was shot at 87k miles, but was thinking the transmission mounts may still be ok??

KBoggs, mine is a 2001 S, has 105k miles on it. The front motor mount was replaced last year, almost 3/4 of the rubber was ripped. When I replaced it, the rumble at 3K rpms got worse, so i think the front mount clamped down on the motor and caused the transmission mounts to show their age. The rumble was really irritating. Now it is smooth at 3k rpms, engine is all i can hear. If you don’t hear the rumble, you might good for now.