Are you running 17s? Thats a really good price.
You retired guys should give me a heads up on the Sunday drive. Im always a day short lol.

Yes, I'm running 17s. I think the price is fantastic. A buddy of mine was quoted $500 for ONE 18" rear tire for his 997, more than the total cost of my complete set.

Next drive is a combination Sunday Drive/Rally on December 7th. Check the PCA Maverick calendar for details on all the drives.

PCA: Maverick Region

TO

Installed clear side markers. Looks 100x better.

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It's about time!

BTW I really like your wheels... Want to trade?:)

Those look very nice!!

Güdness has been put away in his Coccoon for a long winters nap.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1417109069.jpg

Hope you used some desiccant paks!

That I did. Along with some dryer sheets. The car is on 6 mil plastic as a vapor barrier, and there is a cover on the car itself. It should emerge in April as a beautiful butterfly.

Discovered that Discount Tire is offering a $100.00 rebate on these tires for today, Black Friday, only. So I brought my receipt down to the shop and they gave me $100.00 cash back on the spot! No questions asked.

So my total out of pocket cost for the full set ends up at $377.83.

TO

That's a very nice deal:cheers:

Got my Modas back from being refinished


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Those look great

Finished the winter checklist (and a couple of other jobs *) and put baby to bed. (119,000 km.)

- Fill gas tank
- Add fuel stabilizer
- Wash, dry, wax
- Treat top
- Change oil and filter
- Check filter canister valve (fail) *
- Fix IMS Guardian wire at drain plug*
- Check AOS bottom clamp
- Check CV boots
- Inflate tires
- Hook up battery maintainer
- Put on cover
- Dream of spring

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Surprised at how many completely winterize their car. Don't you drive it occasionally on those nice winter days??

Added Speakers
 

I installed one pair of rear $35 speakers from Crutchfield in the zippered storage thing makes just the right amount of sounds for me.

I gave it a playmate.
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Mine is covered in the garage over a plastic vapor barrier. Dessicant packs inside, exterior surrounded by mothballs and rodent repellants. Battery tender plugged into cigarette lighter receptacle. But dryer sheets? That's new for me. What purpose do they serve?

DBear

P.S. Winter drags on way too long as it is, but when your Boxster's in storage, it seems interminable.

1) In Wisconsin there aren't many "nice" Winter days.
2) Even when the days are nice, the roads are still loaded with salt. Worse than rain, snow, dirt or sun, salt is the ultimate enemy of your car.
3) Even if I wanted to drive a dozen days in the Winter, it isn't worth the cost to maintain full insurance coverage vs. comprehensive only.

DBear

Replaced the front cross member to address a broken diagonal brace mounting ear. Looks like the result of a past front collision prior to my ownership. Was a relatively easy swap by unbolting the lower control arms at the ball joints, unbolting the swaybar droplinks, removing the two rack bolts and supporting the fuel tank. A short 15 miles on some twistys seem to indicate no alignment necessary after getting it all back together. Going to take a much longer run tomorrow since it's supposed to be +70F followed by +30F and ice on Monday.

Mike

Turned the grand-kids loose for a few minutes:

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I have a feeling they'll remember this day for many years.

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

TO

I started the winter garage ritual today...
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Hi fro,

May I ask where did you get your GT3 mk2 bumper?

I saw some of the fibreglass bumpers are sold for 300USD,
Did you get yours on eBay or other place?

I heard somewhere that the rodents don't like them.. Not sure if if it works it not. I hate the smell of mothballs, so I only put them on the outside of the car. If they don't do anything, at least the car will smell April fresh in the spring!

Was going to mothball mine today for the onset of Winter, then the sun came out one more time, so took a last trip up the coast to the Bushmills Whisky Distillery to purchase some provisions for Christmas, really nice sunset to end a perfect day.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1417385004.jpg
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It is sunny and +74F today so we took a 200 mile round trip through the Ozark mountains to get some lunch. Had a great time, a great drive, and am now getting ready for +30F and freezing rain in the a.m.

Mike

Kupplung a la Porsche for supper today. http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1417991271.jpg

Bob, you need something a little more resilient than a napkin... Heavy duty shop towel, maybe?
Just a suggestion... :D

Ha! I do. Came on Friday, used cyber Monday free shipping code & 15% off coupon. The LUK kit has Sachs parts like someone here said it would. Money saved will go towards the IMSB if it needs one or flywheel or both.

Washed it and took my oldest to a lacrosse tourney. Stick fit fine in the trunk.

Rims
 

I just painted my rims with plastic dip, let me know what you think I'm confused if I like or dont.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1418002129.jpg

I like it a lot.

Here is what it looks like with normal wheels.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1418002909.jpg

New motor mount installed. Rubber went bad on the original one.

I like that a lot better, but in the end, you are the one who has to like it:cheers:

The plastic dip comes off easily, right?

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

TO

I drove it 40 miles
 

For the first time since I replaced my engine mount that was falling apart and my two rear trailing arms I got to drive my car finally. The difference was amazing. The shifting seemed very defined , my fiance noticed the lack of vibration when I took it from 2 K rolling up to 6K and it was smooth as silk....the trailing arms completely fixed the annoying noises coming from the rear of the car on small bumps. Now after the wedding to get the rear wheel bearings done and it will be done for the winter.

Plastic dip just peels off.

I like it but I'm bias...
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I like plasti dip. Painted my winter wheels on my Audi gray metallic. Last year they were black. Painted the grill & emblems too. Peeling it off is cathartic. My intake grills on my boxter got dipped too. I really want to do a whole car.