Ger's 2003 Porsche Boxster S

[geraintthomas]

Actually, when the dials aren't illuminated, the writing will be black, making it very hard to read. Will see if I can put a sheet of something behind the colour to create the white without blocking too much light.

[geraintthomas]

Talking of gauges...





A perfect fit.



Cut it out



Removed the gauges



Placed the overlay onto the face





Tadaaah! All without removing the needle. You can't even see the slit.



Haven't got any photos inside the car yet as it was too dark. Will get some tomorrow!

With red, it's hard as the numbers are already black. The only thing I can do is add some sort of dropped stroke to that they ping out:

[Silver']

Well I'm impressed, again!

I imagine that your printer wouldn't be able to interpret any colour as 'thin white' so having a layer of white would mean that they are no longer lit. Perhaps a fine matrix of white dots?

[geraintthomas]

Originally Posted by Silver'

Well I'm impressed, again!

I imagine that your printer wouldn't be able to interpret any colour as 'thin white' so having a layer of white would mean that they are no longer lit. Perhaps a fine matrix of white dots?

The printers we have don't print white unfortunately, so that appears transparent!

[Nevergrowup]

Awesome!

I'm sure there are more like me who every day goes into "Show and tell" and "Wonder if Ger has put an update..... YES!!!!" Your car is such an inspiration!

I did the same thing with printing clock faces to my old Cherokee several years ago, and have been wondering how difficult it'll be to do my rev counter in red. I have a measly base model with black faces and white numbers, so I think it'll be even easier.

Did you find a template online, or scan your old one?

[geraintthomas]

That's put a massive smile on my face thank you.

I scanned in my originals and re-created them in a vector form, which took me a long time!

I'm happy to do these for anyone, but seeing as I live in the UK, postage may be a bit pricey? It'll only be the cost of a letter though, so shouldn't be too much. Still, if there's demand for them then I'll happily do it.

[Nevergrowup]

Hmm. A quick look shows me that my car being a base model not only differs in colour, but also the number range and number placement.

So I unfortunately won't be able to use your overlays... :-(

[geraintthomas]

Here's what they're like in the day:



In terms of doing other dials, I can do any dial that you want but I'd need an A4 600dpi scan of the faces for me to create the overlays for. Black will be hard as the colour will be very dark.

[geraintthomas]

Originally Posted by bokepid

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[BruceH]

The dials look great! You have a lot of talent and creativity

[BRAN]

Awesome sauce, great job!

[geraintthomas]

Thank you guys

[Saxosim]

Awesome work as ever Ger 😉

[Dan Mumford]

Wow, I've got to say you've probably got the best looking 986 I've ever seen, super clean!

I've got a non S, 2.5 986 that's been off the road for a little while so it's going to be a bit of a project for me, I'd love to know some more details about the custom android headunit if you don't mind? It's looks incredible!

Also the projector lenses, how does the wiring work to turn the fog lamps into the sidelights?

Thanks! 👍🏻

[geraintthomas]

Originally Posted by Dan Mumford

Wow, I've got to say you've probably got the best looking 986 I've ever seen, super clean!

I've got a non S, 2.5 986 that's been off the road for a little while so it's going to be a bit of a project for me, I'd love to know some more details about the custom android headunit if you don't mind? It's looks incredible!

Also the projector lenses, how does the wiring work to turn the fog lamps into the sidelights?

Thanks! 👍🏻

Thank you

The head unit is an android TD618AS unit, but I've put my own twist on it including a custom ROM start up screen, theme, and so on.

The DRL's are actually the side lights, the fog lights aren't changed at all. The projectors flip the projector shield open to throw the light upwards when you use the full beam on the stalk. The projector comes with a red and black wire, it's just a case of plugging those onto the full beam bulb's connector too, so the full beam switch operates both the old bulb and the projectors.

Car's still underperforming like a pig, but I think I've found the issue. It's a vacuum problem for definite, but I ripped lots out of the engine bay (alternator, plenum & throttle body, etc) and there's no evident leaks. All pipe work seems fine. Someone else has had the exact same problem with me and it turned out to be a bad vacuum valve that is used to switch the secondary air pump on and off, and to divert the air flow. That failed, air flow wasn't being directed properly, car suffered because of it. Problem is that there's 3 valves, so figuring out which one's a bugger. I'll most likely just replace all 3 as they're all prone to failing anyway.

[WillokBoy]

Hello,

I don't know if you remember my post when I acquired an old 986 2.5 1997 last year? Well, time has passed and I have now completed all the projects that were on my list

Here is the list of things I’ve done on the car:
- fully repainted in metal grey paint (by workshop, of course) and side vents in red matching the trunk logo
- added PORSCHE lettering on the trunk
- fully polished the seats, dashboard and door panels
- central console with AC control panel moved down and double-din Android radio, GPS navigation, entertainment system on top
- front speakers and under-seat flat sub-woofer
- tail lights (red & white facelift with LED)
- LED white bulbs everywhere (headlamps, signals, number plate, foglamps, etc.)
- front DRL LED kinda 911 style
- new horn/klaxon (I actually installed a pick-up truck model, to make sure I’m heard!)
- N/S door lock mechanism replacement
- cat-back and change of O2 sensors
- engine distribution and accessories belts
- engine and ATF oil change
- sun visors with mirrors and light recuperated from a Boxster S wreck
- restored coolant line (hoses)
- fixed the front left radiator fan and fully cleaned both radiators (there was about 200 grams of crap (2 handfuls) and dirt between the 2 grilles!) - that totally changed the cooling of the car and the AC performance!
- engine and cabin air filters
- fuel filter
- brake discs (perforated and normal) and brake pads and brake callipers (red with white Porsche lettering)
- Porsche wheel caps and air valves
- trunk and bonnet hoods pistons/struts
- window regulators
- ignition switch
- wheel spacers (15 mm front and rear) with balancing and alignment
- headrest wind nets and central wind screen
- and renovation of the hard-top roof

TOTAL: around EURO 7,000 (and hundreds (thousands?!) of hours of research, tutorials viewing, blogs checking, try&errors and hard work on the car by me!) 😉

But the result is there and I couldn’t be happier to have restored this 21 year old beauty!

Here is the result in pictures, let me please have your thoughts about it

[TrumpyAl]

How's the car going Ger? I miss your updates!

[geraintthomas]

Right. Time for an update I think?

Apologies for being so quiet, but I gave up on the car. It had been broken for such a long time (over a year now) that I'd just fallen out of love with it, and ended up buying a car cover, SORNing it and cancelling the insurance, and basically leaving it under a cover on the drive connected to a trickle charger so that I could forget about it until I could be bothered to think about it again. Which didn't turn out to be long.

Driving my little Fiesta TDCi around everywhere made me pine for the car. Not that the fiesta wasn't good (this thing cost me £500, does 75mpg and is bullet proof), but I completely took the Porsche for granted. It's one of those things which you don't realise how good it is until it's gone.

There were a few things I needed to do to the car to get it back on the road but I decided to get Christmas out of the way first, as it'll cost around £800 to get it going again (with doing all of the work myself).


The whole engine problem was previously fixed, but it still needs:


- Service

- Subframe replacement & four wheel alignment

- 2x rear tyres

- Alloy wheel refurb

- New battery

- New roof tension cables (the short clip-on ones)

- Mileage correction (remember I replaced the dials?)



Everything I'll be doing myself as it's all easy, just takes time. But, once it's done, it'll be back on the road.

I'm hoping to get it back on the road this month or early February. I've been starting the engine now and again to let it turn over for a while, but I've got two sticking lifters. It's just lack of use - a good run will loosen these up, it's happened before.

Going back briefly to the fiesta - what an amazing car. Fiesta mk6, TDCi, as basic as you can get (wind up windows, too!). But it costs £30 annual tax, cheap insurance, 75mpg, comfy, quiet and easy to drive. This will be my daily car too and from work, while the Porsche will now be a weekend and fun car, rather than my daily. Didn't realise how much fuel I was spending before...

That's pretty much where I'm at. The car is now back in the middle of my drive with the cover off so I can work on it. It's currently jacked up with no front wheels (I'm Nitromorsing the wheels at the moment). Another beauty of having another daily - I can spend time on this and not rush.

But yeah, I'll update you as I go. I'll be back on here now!

[Nevergrowup]

Yay! You’re not dead!

[TrumpyAl]

Originally Posted by Nevergrowup

Yay! You’re not dead!

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