Last 3 days installing secondary cat delete pipes. Used Circuit Werks and they fit perfectly. What a royal PIA getting the flange bolts off after 13 years. There was so much weld on the top bolt. It is not a couple hour job when you have lay on your back.

I let my 21 year old use it for the week while his car is in the shop.

engine detailed
 

spent Sunday afternoon detailing the engine, actual detail is cleaner than picture showshttp://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1453347718.jpg

Went to where I store the boxster car this morning (wow). I've actually removed the car cover and wanted to start it up. 3.5 months without turning. Noticed that the battery is nearly toasted by looking at the half dead dome light. Didn't even bother to put the key in the ignition I know it'll just click-click on me :/

Front tire flat as usual (slow leak). Bird crap all over the car cover, ruined. Nice start of the day.

Think I'll need to grab a pair of new tires on my next Car-Mall visit

and that's what I did for my Boxster today. Nothing lollll

Installed new custom hood crest.
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Luv2Box, Nice crest. Where does one acquire this crest?

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My girl turned 20 today!http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1453672735.jpg

Happy 20k! Low miles.



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Got half my heated seat working - so I went for a drive up the mountains to make sure it was working! A lovely SoCal winters day!http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1453697437.jpghttp://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1453697491.jpg

There is a guy on Rennlist that sells them, he has a (not very active) page on Facebook and also sells them on eBay. He put one up with no reserve and I got it for really low :)

interestedparty | eBay

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I got mine for $41.01 :) It did not come with a gasket or nuts but I got them for very cheap with my next parts order. And I think for $5 or so he will add them, I didn't know that at the time though.

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My hood doesn't look quite as nice as the one above :)

Thanks Steve! I will have a look.

First drive top down this year [emoji1] [emoji1] After -5 °C and a bit of snow last week we had a sunny day with +15 °C today in western Germany. I loved it [emoji274] [emoji274] [emoji1] [emoji1]

Had a great weekend at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway with the San Diego PCA

2 days of hauling ass on a great track

https://youtu.be/GI9rVhSv0bo

Gave her a bath. Really I wanted to clean the roof so that i could put some 303 fabric guard on it, but I ended up cleaning the whole car. Funny how that always happens.

Looks like fun Jay. I was at Laguna Seca Saturday, it was a tad damper up the coast. Hoping to have some video up by the end of the week. I had a brake wear indicator come on as I was entering the paddock after session 3, put an early end to my day. I did look at them last week and thought I had plenty of pad left, 1 st time ever to change them out though, I'll know better next time.

Oh, what did I do to my boxster today? I ordered brake parts.

It was a bunch of fun we had perfect weather, sunny, light breeze and high 60's to low 70's and I found out today I set a club record for my class running CCW at Chuckwalla. Woohoo!!!

I would love to run Laguna Seca one of these days. We do have some great tracks down here, Buttonwillow, Willow, Spring Mountain and of course Chuckie

That's exactly why I keep a set of pads I removed that still have around 40-50% left in my track box.

What pads are you running on the track?

I just bought my Boxster last April, Saturday was my 2nd track day (1st was on December 4th, also at Laguna). It still had (has) the brakes that were on it when I bought it. What I ordered, after a search and a lot of reading here, is EBC yellowstuff pads. I also have a set of the Meyle rotors that someone (maybe you) mentioned on Tom Stone's build thread last month on the way.

Back when I started reading the racing section on this forum I read to run stock brake pads starting out until they were done. That is what I did. Like you, I plan on putting the take-offs away to have a "yardstick" for the future.

Car sounds good and appears to be going a bit fast is 2 or 3 of the corners there. Wah

My colleagues and I just watched your vid and literally blasted by this track. Some of its apex' cambers and elevations looks totally insane. Can only imagine... jealous man :/

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiKl1uH0aBY. FW at 10:00 when his tires are hot. I'm so going there one day, really hope)

Finally got my '99 Boxter leak free! To date I've cleared the drains, repaired a tear in a rear drain tray, repaired door vapour barriers and finally adjusted the Driver's window (RHD) forward 2mm and up 2mm to bed it into the top seal when closed. No more leaks!!
Storm Jonas has hit Ireland today so we'll see just how successful I've been!

My windows stopped dropping the normal 1/2 inch when opening the doors.
I decided to reset the computer by disconnecting the battery for about 20 minutes to see if it would solve the problem.

It did.

I'm very jealous of all of you warm climate members as you get to enjoy this car for most if not the whole year. I'm anxiously waiting to get mine out of storage but as it seems that will not be until April here in the frozen tundra of MN....

You are right, it sucks living in So Cal :ah:

I feel your pain. Living another 500 miles north of you makes it even longer to wait.

Wow, very different look and feel on a bike

It is a fun track
Here is the track map
http://goracecvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Phase-1-GP-Track-Map-3.pdf

Get your ass out here, we would have a blast at the track. Don't worry about not having a Porsche here, you can drive one of mine

Applied 303 Fabric Guard. Here she is after being washed.


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Tony

303 is good stuff

I put that shyt on everything

Enjoyed the nice weather we've been having lately. Should be able to drive the boxster a lot this week

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Wooahhh. Just saw that Jay :)

Too kind brother. I would never use someone else's "Porsche" car to spin onto a circuit I'm not familiar with but certainly happy to take a ride with you as a passenger - given you don't throw that thing like you did in some of the corners as-per your video (I'd cry for my mum man). Somehow feel much safer onto a bike where I can quickly let go things and comfortably slide off in the run-out in the even of....! Very familiar with the wide open arms & legs sliding technique lolllll Low-sided min 10 times and sadly destroyed 3 bikes (high sides) during my last 20 years. Can I borrow your CBR instead?! :D

Helen (wife) and I have a wed & newly born celeb to go too in summer of 2016 (CA). Date tbc. I'll drop by your home town for a weekend man. If not only to have a beer or two with you and I certainly want (need) to go visit that track :) Would be 2x cool if the track would be open for sessions at the time, fingers crossed man

Definitely let me know when you are coming out here. I am sure there would be others that would want to grab a beer as well.

Not as many track events in the summer as some of the tracks are in the desert and , well it just get too friggin hot.

Our PCA club does have some driving events in the summer, AX and back road tours

Had it towed to an indy repair for healing. Hopefully this repair won't break the bank.

:cheers: :cheers:

Changed the battery a few days ago, oil, and witnessed my indy stabbing my front tire to fix a slow leak (he found the 2cm miniature screw on the inner lip). Murder stuff...

Need to get the car annual inspection done before 1st Feb so I went and refueled it up today. Central heating system seems defect, or it doesn't heat up like before that's for sure :mad:

Not much lately. Did take the opportunity with today's 43F sunshine to give the Box a quick bath. Driving it around here, even on dry winter days, results in a light salt dusting from the residue on the roads......shudder.

This weekend, driving to down to NJ to check out and likely buy a used set of clear halogens. Oh, how the non-model year appropriate ambers bother me so!

New shoes
 

I finally put some new shoes on it. I put out a post to see which ones Boxster owners liked and it was close to 50/50 so I picked thesehttp://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1453941541.jpg

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Had my new custom pewter hood badge installed.
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"A deja-vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something."

Is this real life?

72 degrees & clear in South Mississippi. Guess what I did?

Jealous!



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Today I drove the Box about 500 miles round trip to meet a fellow forum member and buy his clear used halogens. Hallelujah! No more amber!!!


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Spent the afternoon pulling off engine covers so I could vacuum out the RATS NEST!!:mad:
About 2 months ago cleaned up nest in the X3 engine bay. (Managed to catch a rat in a trap).
2 weeks ago a friend payed the dealership $1000 to remove the rat (dead) and mess from a 2015 Cayman S.
It seems we have Son/spouse/brother... of dead rat - I found pile of leaves and wire insulation on garage floor last week so figured time to have a look in engine bay! I fixed a 3/4" plastic tube to vac out mess.
Car seems to run fine.

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It chipped in transport but I got asked to prom tonight.

(She asked me because she goes to a state funded boarding school for the arts :) )