sick of ims bearing

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by paulofto

Its a good thing the IMS Bearing is THE ONLY THING that ever fails on a Boxster. The symptoms of a pending IMS catastrophe range from a burnt out headlight to low tire pressure to a loose licence plate bolt.

The safest thing is to never drive these cars since the engine will grenade if you get behind the wheel.

Some of you guys are crack ups lol.

I really like the painted silver center console and trim around the radio and climate control or your car. Did it come from the factory like that? I've been thinking about painting mine.

[paulofto]

Originally Posted by KRAM36

Some of you guys are crack ups lol.

I really like the painted silver center console and trim around the radio and climate control or your car. Did it come from the factory like that? I've been thinking about painting mine.

LOL, the whole IMS discussion seems to go through cycles with all the old arguments rising up every few months. It seems to be the only thing that concerns new buyers.

As for my car, everything in the interior is a factory option. The only interior change is I swapped out the CD shelf with an open bin. The previous owner put in a Dension iPod interface that works really well. The only cosmetic changes I made on the car are the side markers to Euro style and I painted the rear bumper warts to match the body which wasn't an option until 2004.

Painting the control surround and/or the centre console would not be too difficult I would think.

Here is my COA with options etc. It was a US car brought to Canada up from Texas in 2008 or 2009 when our Canadian dollar was strong. Couldn't afford to do it now.

[KRAM36]

Nice! Almost $64,000 in 2003, how did Porsche sell these at that price? Mine stickered at just over $61,000.

There is a video on youtube of how to paint the console. It doesn't look hard to do.