How many miles are on your IMS Retrofit?

[andyv94]

Thank you all for your replies. The company where I am buying my car in Austin is not a big dealership (i.e Porsche, etc....) it is from a used car company that sell high end imports for the most part. I never trust these types of dealerships to be honest.........so I will have a pre-purchase inspection done to the car prior to me buying the car. If everything checks out I will buy the car, if there are too many red flags I will walk away.

So I think what I will do if I buy the car is to forgo the extended warranty and take the car to an Austin Porsche mechanic to do the retrofit for the IMS............

Does that sound like good logic to you folks??

[gschotland]

Jake did IMS bearing (and clutch, flyweel, and RMS) on my daily driver '02S in Oct. '09 at 70k. He showed me that the factory bearing was in the early stages of failure, with some race looseness and evidence of oil leaking by. He believed the bearing, best case, would have lasted another 20k miles, which was well short of my projected ownership horizon. This reinforced my already strong feeling that this was money well spent - FOR ME.

Even if the bearing had been perfect, I'd still have felt that having this procedure done - particular by Flat6 - was well worth it. I'm not an overly conservative, "nervous Nellie" type who spends his life obsessing about everything bad that could happen. On the contrary, as a real estate developer I'm inherently a risk taker, but I know value and take calculated risks. At about ~$1500 over what a clutch job alone here in NJ would have cost me, having Jake do the IMSR was solid value.

Sure, I could have gotten it done closer to home, probably for around the same price, saving myself a 5 day vacation to GA, but experience has a lot value in my book. The best guy did my car, the possibility of an "oops!" was minimized, and I got a loaner Box to tour the Antebellum Trail while the job was being done.

I'm now at 78k miles and enjoying my car more than ever partially because the retrofit gave me piece of mind.

It just amazes me that hundreds of people on this site with plenty of money in their cars won't think twice about blowing a couple thousand on a fancy stereo will in the next breath choke about spending less than that on an IMSR, or will instead spend a few thousand on a warranty of dubious value.

As they say, "You pays your money and you takes your chances."

Gary
FSI-0151

[andyv94]

That is probably what i am going to end up doing, except that I will have my retrofit done either in Houston or Austin..............so if anybody knows of a shop in either city (or Dallas) that has done the retrofit.........by all means, let me know!!

Thank you

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by gschotland

Jake did IMS bearing (and clutch, flyweel, and RMS) on my daily driver '02S in Oct. '09 at 70k. He showed me that the factory bearing was in the early stages of failure, with some race looseness and evidence of oil leaking by. He believed the bearing, best case, would have lasted another 20k miles, which was well short of my projected ownership horizon. This reinforced my already strong feeling that this was money well spent - FOR ME.

Even if the bearing had been perfect, I'd still have felt that having this procedure done - particular by Flat6 - was well worth it. I'm not an overly conservative, "nervous Nellie" type who spends his life obsessing about everything bad that could happen. On the contrary, as a real estate developer I'm inherently a risk taker, but I know value and take calculated risks. At about ~$1500 over what a clutch job alone here in NJ would have cost me, having Jake do the IMSR was solid value.

Sure, I could have gotten it done closer to home, probably for around the same price, saving myself a 5 day vacation to GA, but experience has a lot value in my book. The best guy did my car, the possibility of an "oops!" was minimized, and I got a loaner Box to tour the Antebellum Trail while the job was being done.

I'm now at 78k miles and enjoying my car more than ever partially because the retrofit gave me piece of mind.

It just amazes me that hundreds of people on this site with plenty of money in their cars won't think twice about blowing a couple thousand on a fancy stereo will in the next breath choke about spending less than that on an IMSR, or will instead spend a few thousand on a warranty of dubious value.

As they say, "You pays your money and you takes your chances."

Gary
FSI-0151

Gary, Glad to see that you are pleased and feel that what we provided was a solid value.

I just performed the IMSR on another forum member's Boxster last week and his bearing was in PERFECT condition.. Probably one of the best I have ever extracted of the single row variety. Thats the problem, you never know if it was good or bad until you extract it.

Even that perfect one could have started to wear in the near term.

[andyv94]

Big fan of your work. Unfortunately I will not be able to send my car to you from Austin to get the retro done by you guys, trust me I would love to do that..........but it is just not feesible?!

Do you know of any mechanics in Dallas, Houston or Austin that have done the retrofit using your parts, video, etc..........in any of those cities, that you would recommend?

Thank you in advance.

Andy

[jhandy]

Andy,
I too live in Austin. Last year I sent my car to Jake and Back, door to door pickup for 800$.

However there does seem to be a shop here in austin that may be able to help you.

contact "autodoctor911" here on the forum.

[andyv94]

Yes I already spoke with him.......they have never done a retro fit...........but I might be willing to give them a chance.

[Jake Raby]

Its not that far away. Take an extended weekend and come see us.. We just had a car leave to go back home to Indiana yesterday.. He was able to make a run through the "Tail of the Dragon" on his way back home! We've carried out the IMSR for clients in 18 states so far, including one from California!