"On Board Computer" you appear to already have it. :)

Activation of the gauge cluster's on board computer, allowing you to view average and current mpg, miles to empty, outside temperature, etc.
Activation requires a Porsche specific interface device like Durametric.

That's interesting! I guess I have a hacked OBC. If it wasn't hacked what would be displayed?

That depends on model year.
In earlier models, the center display would show only speed. On later models, mileage and trip miles are displayed.

BTW, the onboard computer was a factory option, so if you have it, that doesn't necessarily mean that it was added later.

With and without:

Huh..... first I've heard of this.
How does one go about doing this hack?
I have a durametric. Is it just as simple as going in and turning it on? That doesn't seem right.....

My car is an '03 S

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Yes. Open the Durametric software, select the instrument cluster module, select activations, enable OBC.

You'll then need to add the 4th stalk or a switch(es) to scroll through the different display items.

Bled the brakes for the first time since buying the car. First time autocrossing with it will be this Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana! Super excited to see what it could do.

See if Pdwight will make you one of his OBC wiring harnesses. If it weren't for him offering that, I would not have added the OBC to my car. The other good thing is that if you want to add the OBC stalk, it is the only one of the 4 stalks that can be added to a 2 or 3 stalk set. All of the other stalks require airbag and steering wheel removal to replace.

My camera doesn't represent exactly how it looked, but I could barely read the gauges at night, and hard to see the (speed) LCD wearing sunglasses.
Now the LCD's are plenty bright, and I can read the gauges.
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Sold...after 16 3/4 years of ownership and 150K joyful miles, the new owner picked up the 01S this morning for its move to Oregon. Good luck all.

On to the challenges of my 951.

Best wishes and good luck!

How about a parting pic of that 951? ;)

Here you go...

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Today I rolled past 158000 miles on my 986S.......

my FVD third brake light showed up today

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Test fit my new DRL 😀

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Finally Made it Legal!
 

Bought a 2001 in November and slowly did a water pump, thermostat, belt, oil service, installed a new audio system, brakes all around, tires, a nice detail, and fixed the extremely tight factory short shift issue with a gearbox oil service. Finally made it legal for the roads today!

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Nice picture of a great looking car. Isn't your steering wheel on the wrong side for Japan? Hard to tell in the picture but looks like left hand drive.

Can you share a link for those lights? Also start a thread on how you did the install and the wiring? My headlights are converted to projectors and my parking lights were sacrificed to Angel Eyes in the conversion. I'm going to try to reinstall the parking lights in the headlights, but if that gets too complicated I may go this route. Would also love to see some night time pictures of the these lights when you're done!

I know the first thing you're going to think is, those can't be any good for that price. I thought that too but you will be surprised, I was.

The turn signals will be easy. Just buy 2 of these from Amazon. Pop out the turn Signal bulb and wire this up and pop it in the bulb hole. For the DRL I have for fine s course of power when ever the key is on.





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Thanks, when I get my car back I'm going to first see about getting the parking lights back in the headlight units, this will be my second option. I am going to tap into the side markers and have a connection I can unsnap so I can remove the bumper cover if I go this route. How are these lights attaching to the bumper. Are you using 3M double sided trim adhesive?

They are almost a perfect fit between the fins. I'm going to use 3M tape. I dont know what year you have but on my 03 the side markers don't flash with the signals. They come on with the parking lights but dont flash. That's why I bought the plugs.

I have an 03 also, so these would fit mine the same. My side markers don't flash but I would want these to come on when the side markers come on. The reason I may do this is for a forward facing parking light in place of the parking light that was in the headlight unit. When my headlights were converted to Bi-xenon projectors, new wires for the Bi-Xenon shutter and angel eye were installed that occupy the hole where the parking light socket used to reside. The projectors have angel eyes on a relay so they only came on with the parking light and went off when the headlights came on. These angel eyes were my front facing parking lights. Now the angel eyes have died, so I want some front facing parking lights and I don't think I want to take my headlights apart or have someone else do that.

It's Meridian Metallic and I've not seen another in that color here. Most of the Boxster's you find here are LHD for some reason....and almost all of them are silver Tiptronic's as well.

Care to drop a link for that bad boy? Can’t seem to find it at FVD...

https://www.fvd.net/us-en/FVD63198604/3rd-brake-light-led-black.html

Un-Ambering my bargain headlight lens 😀
 

That stuffs thin but hard.

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Just got my LED 718 style tail lights yesterday and they look awesome on my black Boxster!
Fit and gaps/lines are pretty good, not quite OEM but close. One light has a little extra black sealant showing under the lens but not too noticeable. I'll adjust the fit a little when it's above freezing, and I cannot wait until the snow melts and I can get it out in the sun to really see them.
Here is a pic of the right unit installed.

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Changed the AOS, cleaned the top and front of the engine, rerouted the overflow for the power steering so it doesn't dump on the top of the engine. Bent some typing to go around the AC compressor and down the front of the engine. Debated if I should do the AOS but when I pulled the intake to service the starter there was a lot of oil in the intake. The one in the car had a part number ending 00 and the new one was 01. Also going to replace the old hard intake boots.

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installed 718 lights. They work fine, but a few shoddy details: too much wire, fit is not as close tolerance as OEM, no clip like OEM to clip excess wiring so wires are too lose, clip incorrectly labeled R was Left and L was Right.

Unfortunately most of the aftermarket lights fit like crap. I’m getting rid of my Depo’s and going to stock 03-04 style tail lights. The body lines are just garbage.

Sorry to hear the quality isn't great. They look fantastic from the photo.

Have you DIY the serpentine belt?
 

I have seen multiple you tube videos on replacing the serpentine belt. Is it really that simple? How many here have done this seemingly easy task?

Very Easy on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being hardest); it is a 1. Easier than oil change.

The toughest part is getting to the belt through the bulkhead behind the seats. Changing the belt iself is a 0 on a scale of 1-10.

I took her an 94 Boxster out of winter storage. Yea!!

Yes, it really is that easy...! I spent more time removing the carpeting and engine cover than I spent removing and installing the belt.

LED turn signal/DRLs 1/2 done.



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