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Old 09-22-2007, 06:26 PM   #1
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Sorry to see the pics in this thread...

I've read about it more than a few times on the web before and have seen it discussed as a straight swap...given your parts list it sounds like you'll be Ok.

Good luck with the repairs.
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Old 09-23-2007, 10:17 AM   #2
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Blink were the roads wet/damp? Do you have PSM?

I think this is least the 3rd or 4th Boxster I have seen on this Forum in your situation, and the roads were usually wet/damp, and the Boxster did not have PSM.

Glad you are OK.
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Old 09-23-2007, 10:49 AM   #3
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NOOOOO, Not to such a beautiful car! Good Luck with the Repairs.
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Old 09-23-2007, 10:55 AM   #4
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Does there not seem to be an unusually high number of accidents in this forum?
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Old 09-23-2007, 12:07 PM   #5
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Sorry to see that! I checked into the bumper swap and I think you also have to change the heat shields as well. I'll look and see if I can find the info.
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Old 09-23-2007, 12:27 PM   #6
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Dude it doesn't look as bad as I thought it was the way you discribed it on the phone.

I have the complete list of all the parts that I needed to do the rear bumper swap at my office. I will post it tomorrow when I get to work. The parts you listed is everything you need for the spoiler. You now just need the bumper and the heat sheilds. I've got it all written down.

Glad you're ok, let me know if there is anything I can help out with.
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Dude it doesn't look as bad as I thought it was the way you discribed it on the phone.

I have the complete list of all the parts that I needed to do the rear bumper swap at my office. I will post it tomorrow when I get to work. The parts you listed is everything you need for the spoiler. You now just need the bumper and the heat sheilds. I've got it all written down.

Glad you're ok, let me know if there is anything I can help out with.

Could you also post the part nuber for the front GT3 bumper that you have?

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Old 09-23-2007, 02:33 PM   #8
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Does there not seem to be an unusually high number of accidents in this forum?
Cart, I don't think so. There are just over 10,500 forum members now. 1% would be over 100 accidents. I don't think were have read about that many the past couple years. Not even 1/2 that amount (<0.5%).

I did read about one recently about a guy who almost drove through his garage wall!
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blinkwatt,


Count your blessings. The rear quarter doesn't look like it was impacted, which is good. Every other part is replaceable easily.


PSM has saved me many times in the wet when I thought I was safe. Best of all, given enough room should I get out of shape, I can turn PSM off and probe deeper the car's limits and fine tune my driving. It's like a co-pilot. Though I don't trust it with high speed stuff yet, it's proven it's worth under ~60.
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OMG Robert, those pictures made me sick to my stomach ! So sorry to hear about your car, but glad you are ok...

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That guy must really suck at driving.


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I did read about one recently about a guy who almost drove through his garage wall!
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Blink were the roads wet/damp? Do you have PSM?

I think this is least the 3rd or 4th Boxster I have seen on this Forum in your situation, and the roads were usually wet/damp, and the Boxster did not have PSM.

Glad you are OK.
No I don't have PSM. Before this happened I never really thought I needed it.

Oh yeah the roads were way wet,1st heavy rain of the year. The part that really kills me is that I was doing triple digit speeds to get to Redwood City and during the drive my group had to speed a bit to catch up to the rest of the pack.....I lose the car switching freeways in traffic doing at most 40mph. The photo guys for the event were behind me for the drive and they saw everything that happened. They said it looked like it happened out of no where,no reason for it,car just let loose. Guess I got off lucky,could have ended up a lot worse if it happened during any other part of the drive!

Another guy at the meet said his Box started getting a little loose but his PSM kicked in,lucky guy.
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