I installed rear speakers from Harvey. Anyone know what these badges he sent with the kit are for?

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I have the same rear speaker kit - but didn't get any badges. I have no idea where they might go. Best guess is that he just threw them in as a memento.

Put on my lead boots and took a long drive.
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Gave her a new Backside
 

I had to get rid of the orange this weekend. Some will like it, some won't.

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I LOVE it!

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What you see in the rearview…

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Passenger Front
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…and fitted the new Wind Deflector, looks factory but it isn't!
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….and from the back!
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enough said!

Who is Harvey and what kind of speakers does he have?

I dropped it off at the shop as my driver's side window would not go down, and this project looked to difficult.

Boxster Projects | Power Window Motor Repair

Took a drive out to East Texas to the Jefferson area. These shots are from Lake O' The Pines.
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Drove to work and gave a lift to a german friend who comes from near Stuttgart and went for a meal outside Cambridge. Colleagues stood around the pub car park admiring and making respectful comments. It's been raining today so I put (her) away in the garage and dried the paintwork with a towel. Safe and dry now as it's the evening and it may rain again. I am thinking of calling her 'Gemma'

Harvey sells the Boxster rear speaker kit on eBay to install speakers into the rear compartment. This kit is identical to the kit that Porsche used to sell. The kit does not include the rear compartment itself, just the speakers, wiring, and mounting hardware. Takes a few hours to install. Do a search on the forum and there are a few "how to's" to help you with the install.

The resulting sound quality is good but not great. Don't expect this to make the stock sound system into concert hall quality. But it does fill out the sound so you don't just have the front dash speakers blasting at you.

Go here: Porsche Boxster Rear Speaker Kit 1997 - 2009 Upgrade | eBay

I have put spare rims/snow tires on my 2001 Boxster base. A little early yet, having some mild weather but I hate being caught out.

I know what you mean, the forecast says above 0 all week but they could be way off and it snows tomorrow haha

I am retired so I have time to do things like this early.My snowtires actually give a better ride - they have way more tread than the summer ones.

Put the top down and took the long way home from work! still love to hear the engine above 4K rpm.

Sleeping gracefully.;) When I get home.....mantra:)

thanks. been tempted to do this too. was it an easy install? anyone done it and regret it? (because of the hassle of removing wires etc to get to engine)

Rained this morning, wife needed a ride into Philadelphia so we used her car. Boxster rested in the garage all day. Didn't get to drive it at all. I did manage to rub the head lights though. Can't wait for work tomorrow, then I get to drive

Took it on a short drive (top down) to the auto part store to pick up a radiator hose for my Mercedes.

Thanks for the link. I have the rear speakers already but I am not very impressed. Anyone have any comments concerning Harvey's speakers vs OEM? I have thought about upgrading all of the speakers at some point but that will have to wait for now.

I was scared…cutting into the rear deck but got over it when I heard the pair of JVC 230w 3-way speakers ON TOP of the rear storage box ROCK LOUDLY! Much better bass than those little bitty ones put out. Better bass than the stock ones in the door!
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There were a couple of tricks - like a quick disconnect to get to the engine. All total, for the rear speakers, wiring, etc. was $60 and some time. Granted, with the top down I have to OPEN THE REAR BOX to rock out but with a Wind Deflector I can still hear the music at 80mph (only turned up ¼ of the way-I have replaced the amp, stereo and all speakers).

Here's a pic of the speaker type. HINT: Low Profile…..easy!
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The pair…
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Here's the installation on rear deck...
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Here's the quick disconnect…$3ea. ($6) Radio Shack
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Hope it helps someone avoid "sounding bad".

Nice work on the speakers. :cheers:

Install was pretty darn easy -- the challenging parts were

1) getting the grill covers to fit in the box properly, required a bit more force than I'd have thought - one side fit perfectly, the other not quite.

2) fishing the wires through to the frunk.

It took me about 2 hours one night to install the speakers in the box, and about 3 hours the next day to install the box in the car & pull the wires.

As far as engine access, there's only one clip on the side of the box that needs to be removed to get to the engine, won't add more than a minute to the time it takes to remove the box.

Changed gear oil on my '01S at 46k miles. Lots of sparkly stardust in my drain pan. IMO Porsche's 60k interval is not sufficient. There is no magnet in the plug so all this metallic debris is circulating and accelerating wear. I checked Pelican - no magnetic drain plug. Does anyone make one?

Wow, never expected to see Lake o' the Pines on 986Forum. I used to come here as a kid - my family is from Diana.

ooops, you said gear oil drain not oil pan....never mind
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Today I flushed my Brake Fluid to prep for a track day. Its my first time.

Details on this thread with a movie to show how easy it is and under 5min per corner.

Today I reconditioned the headlights on my 2000 Base Boxster. I used the Mothers powerball kit (with the sanding pads) and they came out great. I then washed and dried her.

Just starting her fall prep today. I took each wheel off and cleaned it inside and out and cleaned my newly painted calipers with paper towels and Qtips before replacing the wheels and torquing the lug bolts. My wife thinks I'm nuts. Tomorrow it's a full bath followed by 303 treatment on the roof and the first coat of wax.

Saw my wife dropping the top and drive away to run some errands with one of my kids. They love the car. Me? Watching the 9ers game!
So, braking the mold here? ;)

First post! Ordered front and rear rotors and pads; now I have to wait. I hate waiting...

From Saturday....
Took fastest time of the day at an SCCA autocross!

I didn't have to put $ into it today! :)

Put gas in for $4.49 a gallon. Then went to work...at least it is a fun commute. Open nothingness out in the Central CA grapevines.

Picked up my 986 today and I was in my own little world I absolutely loved it and can't wait to do it again.
There were a couple of hiccups though one at the petrol station not inserting the fuel pump in properly which means about half a liter of petrol spat out all over the car and my shoes I hope the smell goes soon and I stalled on the high way in peak hour traffic and took me about 45 seconds to restart lol.

:cheers:

Went to pet store and picked up 144 cans of cat food....life in the fast lane.

I told my dealer I have no faith in him and would like to get the replacement part for repair myself if possible. Then cause he pissed me off by promising to email me twice and then not following through twice, that I thought they had poor customer service. I told him I asked them to locate me a Spyder, no reply. They never even counter offered the 911 S still sitting on their lot with rusty rotors and too high a price. I said at this point I would pay to send my car back to the purchasing dealer if something catastrophic were to happen, so far no reply back.

I stalled mine several times in the first few months of owner ship this spring as well.

It does take time to restart due to having to ign off first.

Takes a bit of getting used to and after 4 months its starting to feel very good now.

The shifts are flying faster and smoother every week and mostly a few fingers is better than a fist full of knob. (That sounds wrong when I read it :eek:)

Also splashed some fuel one time as well.

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Installing new front brake pads tomorrow and completing my brake fluid flush (Did not know about the 2nd bleed valve) and associated video to post on these forums.

crack in c head
 

yesterday i shipped the heads to Flat 6, in Cleveland Ga.
It will be 2 to 3 weeks before they are returned to my shop, having withdrawall symptoms !! :ah:
A costly operation.
I shall be waiting :dance:

I had the worse day imaginable :mad:

I've only had my 986 for two days and an Asian driver had to go and crash into me as I was minding my own business and driving peacefully in my lane.

He tried to enter my lane at about 50/km and didn't see me (blind spot he sais) he took out my right rear view mirror scratched my right door and put a nice dent on my right panel and dented the rim on my wheel.

I have to take it to a local repair shop here in Sydney I prey to god they do a good job I am absolutely gutted.

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Dear More, So sorry to hear that, you should have grabbed your neck and told him it hurt like crazy! just make sure the repair center finds all the damage, like a potential bent wheel. If you can, do your homework on where the best place to go is, in the states you get to choose, till then have a laugh.

Family Guy Asian Driver - YouTube

And to 987 owners asking about vent repair I will have the factory manual procedures Monday, will try to make a thread with pics.

Beautiful day yesterday, went downtown HB for lunch..:cool:
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Nice!! I love California, it's my wallet that has the big disconnect with the place.