Where is a good place to buy the upgraded lights?


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I got mine from Parts Geek.


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Good to know I’m not the only one who does this.
I usually have a beer while I’m at it.
Only time I’ll have a drink in the car. :D
Gotta have a little Boxster time in between snow shoveling.

Must go with owning, my wife ask what I am doing in the garage. You know you have a problem when you start looking for an alternative reason other than looking at my Porsche.
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Went out to check on it in the garage. The 8 year crappytire battery has given up the ghost. Need to find a replacement. Might swing by the VW dealer and grab a new type 48.

My passenger mirror has been broken for awhile, flopped around, tab broken. Have been putting off getting a good used one. Today I ran across a good drivers side mirror base that I forgot I still had. Wondered if the internals were the same. They are! 🙂 Switched them out. Works perfect 👌

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Also bought and installed a better rear stop lamp. The one that came with the top was crap.


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Good day.

Ordered the waterproof case for my immobilizer from ECUDoctors. I've wanted to do this for a while, now I finally have the time to take care of it...

Should be here in a couple of days.

Wrap practice
 

Had some scraps of vinyl laying around and thought I'd practice wrapping some stripes. Just eyeballed, next time I'll measure.
Anyone know a way to get the clearcoat film off after going this far? I forgot it had it 🙄

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Lift tickets are so expensive these days, I finally caved and bought a season pass for some spring skiing. To take my mind off of much a season pass costs, I installed my RTS (Roof Transport System), along with a new Porsche Ski Rack. I bought the rack last year but had never installed it before. It fits the horizantal bar rails perfectly, since it was made to pair with all Porsche roof racks. The only modification I need to make is that only one side of the rack is clamped down to the rails, so it rattles when empty. I need to slip a neoprene washer or some felt on the other end. It's much better than my ski box, because it's not as top heavy and doesn't catch as much wind. :cheers:

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Finish Detailing Outside
 

I really like that strip and the color. If you want to remove it later is it easy to remove and leaves no film on the car?

I have been spending lots of time surfing for upgrade info ect... But main thing I did was complete the external portion of detailing my 00 S.

I had to use it as my daily driver for several months, even though I keep it washed and waxed it was over due a detailing. So broke the job up into several days last time I clay bar the whole car and waxed my back hurt for days.

Anyway no clay needed but did a polish and 2 coat wax job and detailed out the wheels and reapplied a coat of the wheel wax from Chemical guys. If you have never used the Chemical Guys wheel wax, I highly recommend it, makes the wheels shine and the brake dust will not stick great protection and easy to use.

Today will finish outside windows, and start on interior detailing. Also need to replace the broken vanity mirror on driver side, since its lighted that is scheduled for Sunday task.

Jbauer, I like your stripe, it compliments red perfectly. Can you post the exact color and source? I'm looking for a way to protect my hood as it gets rash from every drive. Instead of applying a clear coat I was thinking of just covering the entire hood as long as I am the caretaker of this car. When I eventually sell it I can reverse it. Charcoal =Cool.

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It's 3M 1080 series graphite metalic. It's a little to brownish for me. I bought some and did my hood solid with it. I didnt care for it and removed it. I just used the scraps to test my wire tape cutting skills.
I've reordered a silver to match my back to stockish colored wheels.

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I was matching my wheel color at the time, Graphite:

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Installed my new waterproof immobilizer case.

Not quite as easy as I thought it would be - the two harnesses still looked factory new, right down to the cloth tape wrapping them. I had to rip sections of the tape off in order to get the silicone sealer down in between the wires. The harnesses also fought me tooth and nail when I tried to mount the board into the new box - the board has to sit over two indexing pins and OMG, the harnesses kept making the board pop up, but I finally got it down and the cover on.

A really nice, well designed, and well put-together kit. If you follow the instructions (or the YouTube video) anyone can install it.

The whole process took about an hour and a half, including seat removal, vacuuming the area under the seat (I found a quarter!) to remove 17 years of dirt, etc.

I just need to clip the (super long) zip-tie and reinstall the seat (I'll do that tomorrow). Oh, and I'll probably need to clear the airbag light since I powered up the car with the drivers seat out to make sure everything still worked.

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I finished detailing car. I also finally removed the driver sunvisor and installed the replacment vanity housing to fix the broken and missing mirror cover.

I cut the wires then solder the wires together and a little electric tape.

Good as new!

Put the drivers seat back in to finish up the waterproof immobilizer case installation.

Took her out for a nice long drive.

Came back and used my Durametric cable to clear the airbag light (drivers seat belt fault code caused by powering up the car to check the immobilizer without having the drivers seat installed).

I installed a Rennline throttle pedal cover, side extenders and the adjustment plate that goes underneath the pedal cover and a RAM mount. Next HPDE I'll be able to heal and toe and video.

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Switch front housing on a 6 spd trans
 

Bought a busted 6 spd trans from ebay and a used bell housing, only took two days, no special tools needed, I will install it when the temps go up, but it's ready to go, the trans is out of a 2004 Boxster S Limited Edition LE Spyder, with 35k miles, it was perfect on the inside, the inside magnet had no metal material or anything on it, all gears and synchro was perfect, no wear at all :cheers:, here are some pics.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1519047432.jpg
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Oh no
 

Had mine towed to an indy repair shop today for a flashing CEL issue that I was unable to diagnose. I'm afraid this one might cost a fortune. In the event it does, it will be time to part with it. Spent enough on it since I've owned it. Time to cut my losses. Love the car, hate the draining wallet. "Film at 11"...

Phone holder
 

Installed renline magnetic phone holder. Easy 10 minute job, including annoying neighbour talking ear off. Small foot print solid connection point, iphone now out of way, but in easy to view poisition.

Took it out of slumber and drove to work. :)

Weekend road trip
 

I took mine out for a 2 day mini holiday with the wife! Must keep her happy and enjoying the car.:cheers:

Did an oil and filter change...

10 quarts of Joe Gibbs Racing DT40 and a Wix 51348 oil filter (slightly different filter than the normal LN spin on filter because I have an IMS Solution).

Then took her out for a nice long drive.

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Finished weekend trip
 

Well great trip in the box with the wife. Went to the area where Spanish ham is produced. Went into an old templario church, and side trip to another really small town that was beutiful. Return trip when weather permits top down driving. Wanted a phot of the car next to the church but wife was scared to drive up the hill. Lol

Color matched the black bumperette
 

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Bought a couple of used ones from Woody and painted them. Much better than the scuffed up old black rubber!

I like the red "S", I've wondered what it would look like!

Temp here today was in the 50's. Took the winter car cover off and let it run for a bit, took it for a quick spin. Weather looks nice for tomorrow, going to take the Boxster to work.

The car is still settling down after an engine swap. I took it out to a local indy shop and he gave me the latest version of the coolant cap--I gave him my K&N oil filters which I don't need since I got the spin on adapter.

It really is settling down! The D-4 lights for the TIP stopped flashing and the paddles work again. Doesn't appear to be marking it's territory, either. Still burning off the oil on the engine, so it does stink. But not leaking coolant anymore and that's a good thing.

He was kinda impressed that I changed the motor myself. I'm 66 year old guy. Spent lots of time on the deck of the carport on my back.:cheers:

I'm impressed too! Way to take one for the older team.:)

+1 Well done sir.

Around 0100hr finished a 30hr drive from SLC to BHM with my 11yo daughter as copilot. Mountains, deserts, rain, sleet, and snow, and top-down 70 degree sunny weather too.
Great experience, now back to work...

Full Day of PCA Fun
 

The day started with our monthly breakfast meeting. Then a drive out to the Palm Springs Air Museum for a special tour. The museum is devoted to WW2 and later planes. The docents are top-notched. They have a couple of military planes that you can get rides in. They will take you up in their P-51, for a 30 minute flight around the surrounding valley and local mountains, for $1,800.00. The couple who sponsored the event invited everybody back to their house (Palm Desert) for catered Italian. We had +/- 30 cars and over 40 people. Great mix of cars with several 718's on hand.

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That P51 is beautiful.

pushed the snowblower around it to get out of the garage :(

Did you buy Timco's 2004 SE? If so, good on you!!

I know the feeling. We are supposed to get another 5-8" of snow tomorrow, following two 6-8" snowfalls in the 2 weeks. I'm ready for Spring!
Good news is I can usually get the Boxster out by April 1st.:cheers:

30K Service On a '97
 

Filter was clean as a whistle. It's the simple things in life that bring the greatest joy.

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The radiators weren't as bad as I thought they might be. There was more debris sandwiched between the slabs.

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Arrived in Dallas after a 1100 mile trip driving my new purchase home.

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Details to follow in the Cayman thread.

Just sayin'...........

TO

Very nice.


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