my 1st year as a p car owner and doing the 60k service

[Adam]

Nice work. For having it less than a year, you seem to know your way around the car pretty well. Feels good to DIY doesn't it?

[dallison]

Originally Posted by Adam

Nice work. For having it less than a year, you seem to know your way around the car pretty well. Feels good to DIY doesn't it?

oh yeah.

this boxster is relatively straight forward in fixing. The wife thinks i am a little nuts for disassembling the car but she wouldn't expect anything less from me, and i save a ton of money.

[dallison]

today i spray painted the openings on the shrouds on the front end. I used flat black paint and it dried nicely and looks new now. There were a couple of overspray spots from the po and i wanted to get rid of them. So now the radiators are clean, the shrouds have a new coat of paint, and the bumper is in its proper position. Now i need to order my new aos, splash guard, nuts and bolts and a couple other small parts. :dance:

[dallison]

ordered teh splash guard for behind the drivers door, wheelwell liner, aos and it's updated tubing, various screws and plastic rivets. Should be here in a couple weeks once all the parts some over on the boat from germany.

[ChrisZang]

about the "****************" in the radiators

a) did you take the (rubbery) plastic covers off the radiators?
the radiators are actually two radiators put together and there's A LOT of sh** collecting between them

b) I installed wire mesh in the three openings in the front bumper and am trouble free ever since, with the exception of the bird which shot right through the wire mesh and had a "hard stop" on my center radiator

[dallison]

i did remove the black shrouds and i also removed the condensors/radiators or whatever was in front of the other. There was a lot of crap in between that i cleaned out. I used the hose to get most out and then i used a wide thick bristled paintbrush to sweep out the stuff i couldn't get with the hose.

There was some yellow paint on the black shrouds, so i painted the openings with flat black paint. It actually looks much cleaner now.

Good idea on the mesh, and ouch on the bird.

[Paul]

Not mine....