03-28-2017, 12:10 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: ontario
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Took it out of storage and gave it a good wash. Happy to have it back home again.
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03-28-2017, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Seattle
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Boxxster - That looks really really clean and beautiful. What color is your car?
Rexcramer - I definitely will, still deciding on tires....
225/40 fronts.... or
235/40 fronts.... :ah:
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03-29-2017, 04:45 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FL
Posts: 4,144
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Originally Posted by Deserion
Planning on doing some minor tweaks to the bodywork on the front end. I'm sure nobody else would notice but I'm a bit... particular on getting it exact.  |
Nobody cars about our cars as much as us, when my FJ Cruiser was in a crash a couple years back, when the body shop called to tell me it was done, I showed up, and immediately I was dissatisfied, the panel gaps around the front bumper and related parts was not the same all around and it just looked "wrong". I went in, got the owner, told him the car still looked like it had been crashed and could he fix it. He waffled around, his guys wouldn't have left it that way, etc... then he came out and looked at it with me, sighed a big sigh.... and then he fixed it and it was ready the next day 
I'm the same way. Right now my rear spoiler is installed a few mm to the left, I didn't get it back on right after I installed my Fister exhaust. It is bugging the heck out of me but I haven't had time to go in there and fix it... and it wouldn't even take that long, 10-15 minutes max...
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03-29-2017, 08:11 AM
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1997 Tip, 2018 Macan
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Upland, CA
Posts: 1,338
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+1 on the ashtray delete. Expensive plastic bit, but I hate ashtrays.
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03-29-2017, 08:55 AM
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2003 Base 5-speed
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Stoneham, MA
Posts: 949
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rexcramer
+1 on the ashtray delete. Expensive plastic bit, but I hate ashtrays.
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Was my wife's first request after we got the car. That ashtray, and the area under the console was nasty.
Repurposed the ashtray light to provide light to my cubby by drilling a hole in it and just poking the bulb through.
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03-29-2017, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 1,796
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Ashtray delete is one of the best and easy upgrades. Even though the piece is expensive it's still worth it.
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03-30-2017, 01:36 AM
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Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 115
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Quote:
Originally Posted by grc0456
Was my wife's first request after we got the car. That ashtray, and the area under the console was nasty.
Repurposed the ashtray light to provide light to my cubby by drilling a hole in it and just poking the bulb through.
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I wonder if I could get one of these LED's in blue or white, not a fan of installing mine when it's yellow. Anyone know the led "type/name"?
Last edited by itskenallen; 03-30-2017 at 01:04 PM.
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03-29-2017, 01:16 AM
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Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 115
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Beautiful car above boxxter, I nearly bought a guards red manual and with those wheels. Instead I opted for an Atlas grey tiptronic.
I just received the ashtray delete kit in the post so I'll be installing that today. Along with a few led bulbs. 
Edit... Here it is installed
Before and after
 
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Last edited by itskenallen; 03-29-2017 at 04:21 AM.
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03-29-2017, 11:39 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 229
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+2 on the ashtray delete. Just have to install it this weekend!
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03-29-2017, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 115
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dulmer
+2 on the ashtray delete. Just have to install it this weekend!
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Took me about 5 mins
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03-29-2017, 05:14 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Kuna Idaho
Posts: 236
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Off with the winter wheels/tires and on with the summer.
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03-29-2017, 06:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Denver
Posts: 866
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Ashtray delete is a great idea!
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03-29-2017, 07:01 PM
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2003 S, Arctic Silver, M6
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Posts: 1,346
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Took off the car cover after 6 months in hibernation, started the machine (fired right up). Disconnected the battery tender, took it to full operating temperature, reduced the tire pressure to proper levels and moved her from my storage garage into my daily use garage. Insurance goes back on April 1.
Whoooo Hooooo . . .Spring is here!!!
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03-30-2017, 04:10 AM
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01101
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: CT
Posts: 587
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I dropped my RR tire off to look at a slow leak. Picking up an M14x1.5 tap after work and then I can put the wheel studs in the hub.
My brother's insurance for his Cayman goes into effect today, and my friend has his R8 on the road as of yesterday. We are getting close - If I can't get it on the road this weekend it will probably be mid week.
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03-30-2017, 01:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: New York
Posts: 37
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Ride
Checked tire pressure and serviced. Temperature on Long Island 57 went for two hour ride cant wait for 70 degrees.
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03-31-2017, 04:56 AM
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01101
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: CT
Posts: 587
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Finally some progress...
I got studs installed in the hubs all the way around. (Wife was kind enough to hold the brake for the fronts)
I tapped the cross threaded bolt hole, I think the tap took too much material - it was a bit sketchy getting the stud to 30ft-lbs
I also got my heater core out. Just in time. Did some cleaning in and around the cowl area.
I think my camera phone is getting worse at taking pics
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04-01-2017, 01:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 229
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Just got my car out of storage today. So it starts:
Ashtray delete:
Sun visors without airbag warnings:
Headlamps from a 996:
Upper storage bin:
Shift boot from Boxxster (but now I realize I need a new shift knob):
I was going to install my new stereo too, but realized I need an adapter from Bergvill.
Tomorrow...new roof assembly and a MAJOR cleaning.
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04-02-2017, 10:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 229
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Out with old:
In with the new (to me):
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04-02-2017, 02:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,631
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Originally Posted by dulmer
Out with old:
In with the new (to me):
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Looking good Dulmer!
This afternoon I installed the Brey Krause R-2020 fire extinguisher mount. Captain Obvious' pro-tip. If you have manual seat tracks, raise the seat before removing so you can get that little pin out that holds the front hydraulic and get the new pin in that mounts the fire extinguisher mount. The most difficult part was figuring out how to disconnect the seat electrics for the back and heat. There is a guy who has a YouTube video on how to remove the seat. He shows the bolts in Part 1, then says he will show how the electrical connector easily comes apart in Part 2, but he only has Parts 1 and 3 still up on YouTube.
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04-02-2017, 03:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 229
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Originally Posted by PaulE
Looking good Dulmer!
This afternoon I installed the Brey Krause R-2020 fire extinguisher mount. Captain Obvious' pro-tip. If you have manual seat tracks, raise the seat before removing so you can get that little pin out that holds the front hydraulic and get the new pin in that mounts the fire extinguisher mount. The most difficult part was figuring out how to disconnect the seat electrics for the back and heat. There is a guy who has a YouTube video on how to remove the seat. He shows the bolts in Part 1, then says he will show how the electrical connector easily comes apart in Part 2, but he only has Parts 1 and 3 still up on YouTube.
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Thanks! Other benefit is it's much quieter inside now...
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