11-21-2014, 04:54 AM
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Yeast Rancher
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Englewood, FL
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I replaced the old tires which came on the car with Hankook Ventus V12s. What a difference.
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2001 Boxster S
2010 Nissan Xterra S
Always get the S
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11-21-2014, 05:49 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Prairieville Louisiana
Posts: 17
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Rear Window Cleaned
I used Novus 1-2-3 to spiff up my rear plastic window. I don't think the inside had ever been cleaned and it turned out great! I'll probably hit it again with the fine scratch remover and polish to see if it improves it more.
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11-21-2014, 01:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 1,522
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Replaced the starter motor with a rebuilt unit from Pelican Parts.
The original starter was "hanging up" on the ring gear for a second or two causing it to howl - not a nice sound in the main street....
Checked the knock sensors, AOS and cleaned the throttle body & inlet manifolds while everything was apart.
I stripped the old starter motor & planetary gears apart, cleaned the commutator, freed up the brushes and greased the bearings and sliding shaft.
Bench tested for a couple of minutes and a dozen starts and all OK.
Instead of sending the starter back to Pelican for the $85 core charge I've put the rebuilt starter motor in the workshop cupboard for a spare.
Hot and humid @ 30 deg C - I was just thankfull I was in the shade - I should really get an air conditioner for the garage.....
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2001 Boxster S (triple black). Sleeping easier with LN Engineering/Flat 6 IMS upgrade, low temp thermostat & underspeed pulley.
2001 MV Agusta F4.
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11-22-2014, 09:34 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 487
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Drove it to the supermarket. I`m making Sunday gravy on a Sat.Needed the ingredients .
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88 944S sold
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11-22-2014, 10:57 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Alberta
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Picked it up from the body shop.....complete paint job 
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2002 Boxster S Tiptronic soft top in the great white north!
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11-23-2014, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: canada
Posts: 445
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Cost of Alberta work....
Are you happy with the work? I am also in Alberta and am curious what the price was of this endeavour and where it was done? I am curious and looking into purchasing new body parts soon and having them painted. You can private message me if you'd like. TIA
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Originally Posted by djpepe
Picked it up from the body shop.....complete paint job |
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11-25-2014, 04:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Chadds Ford, PA
Posts: 177
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Installed clear side markers. Looks 100x better.
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02 Boxster S (sold), 05 Boxster S (sold), 00 Ferrari 360 (sold), 05 Boxster S (sold), 01 Boxster S (sold), 99 Boxster (sold)
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11-25-2014, 04:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: California
Posts: 1,859
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaNile31
Installed clear side markers. Looks 100x better.
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It's about time!
BTW I really like your wheels... Want to trade? 
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300K Mile Club
Last edited by Jager; 11-26-2014 at 03:11 PM.
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11-25-2014, 09:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: vancouver bc canada
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Originally Posted by SeaNile31
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Those look very nice!!
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Boxster Blues
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11-27-2014, 08:24 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 154
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Güdness has been put away in his Coccoon for a long winters nap. 
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Patrick
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11-27-2014, 10:27 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Wake Forest, NC
Posts: 867
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Hope you used some desiccant paks!
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2000 Boxster S, 6 speed, Sport Package, Litronics, LED tail lights, LNE IMS-B, OBC, Skybreaker wind deflector, Arctic Silver/Graphite Grey
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11-27-2014, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 154
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kjc2050
Hope you used some desiccant paks!
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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.
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Patrick
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11-29-2014, 07:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hogosha
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.
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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.
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11-30-2014, 12:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Long Island, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dbear61
But dryer sheets? That's new for me. What purpose do they serve?
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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!
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Patrick
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11-30-2014, 01:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: N.Ireland
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11-28-2014, 03:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Chadds Ford, PA
Posts: 177
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Surprised at how many completely winterize their car. Don't you drive it occasionally on those nice winter days??
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11-28-2014, 04:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Prairieville Louisiana
Posts: 17
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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.
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11-29-2014, 07:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 383
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaNile31
Surprised at how many completely winterize their car. Don't you drive it occasionally on those nice winter days??
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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
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11-29-2014, 06:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Oklahoma City
Posts: 856
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I gave it a playmate.
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11-29-2014, 07:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 60
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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
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