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I tried Meguires Water Spot remover, and must say it does work! Get ready for a workout, but nice results. Yay, the joys of a dark blue car! (Worth it.)

Oh, I like that...didn't see that one.


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Replaced my Ignition switch in hopes my voltage drain dies and replace my crank sensor with a 987/997 sensor. Love it! Got my car back.

Oh and rolled the fenders.

Out with the old, in with the (waterproof) new...

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I picked up my Boxster S from my shop Thursday afternoon. Had my leaking water pump replaced, oil changed and brake fluid flushed. They also added a Mantis deep sump and stainless steel flexible brake lines and installed the underdrive pulley I had bought late last year. This is the first time I drove the car since I had the ROW M030 suspension kit installed in January and had my 18 inch wheels on. It definitely feels tighter with the ROW M030 and the 18 inch wheels than it does with 17 inch wheels. The brake pedal also feels firmer with the stainless steel lines, but that may just be psychological and not real. As for the under drive pulley, the engine seems to rev a tiny bit faster, but again that may be in my head.

Today I washed the car. Going around and washing door jambs and trunk edges, I noticed that my car does in fact have the LN Engineering IMSB upgrade sticker. I knew I had the single row pro installed, but never knew to look for the sticker until I read about it here!

Next week is HPDE at New Jersey Motorsports Park Thunderbolt, looking forward to it!

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Cleaned the MAF sensor, the throttle body and the idle control valve. Car is running like a champ now, however looks like an AOS will be in my future. Some small residue in the manifolds.


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Lot's of stuff this WE!
 

Confirmed that my measurements were correct and the QJ7000 is compatible with the 986:

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Installed the LNE spin-on oil filter adapter, magnetic drain plug and ss300 filter mag along with an oil change.

Installed new Stabilus frunck and trunk struts.

Replaced wheel lock studs with 50mm standard wheel studs.

Learned that my 986 is a great vacuum cleaner (cigarette butts, really???:eek:)

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Next up - cleaning the condensers and radiators, then fabricating intake grills using Custom Car Grills 77% flow black powder coated honeycomb grill stock.

Stay tuned!

Wrapped up a quick service on a family member's new to them Volvo C30 this morning, then started on my 986. I removed my hardtop for the summer, checked all my fluids, ran a quick check with the Durametric, cleaned/checked all drain points, cleaned and conditioned every inch of rubber with Gummi Pfledge. Then I replaced the gummy seal on my passenger side headlight with a spare one from my old amber headlights, and conditioned both headlight seals with an ample amount of Gummi Pfledge. The seals looked and felt like new after being cleaned and conditioned, I may start doing this more often to try and avoid them going bad.

Then I installed a mid-strut bar I picked up almost 2 years ago, and had almost forgotten about. Pretty straight forward installation, which was lucky since I was not able to find any instructions on how to install it anywhere online. I did manage to find a torque setting for the bolts of 24-26 ft/lbs. I got it mounted without any modifications to the surrounding insulation, and tightened the bar up and the bolts down on the helm joints. Tomorrow I'm going to do an oil change, check my suspension, put my summer rims on, and now that I see that picture clean the carpet. :cheers:

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Radiator grills
 

Made the templates, cut the CCG grills and fitted to the nose. The CCG grills are high quality, very sturdy (power coated aluminum alloy) and they flow 77% of the air vs wide open (which is very good for a relatively dense mesh, BTW). CCG is one of the few places I've found that actually have specs for their grill material. YMMV, but good stuff for me.

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Here's a pic before I snipped the zip ties so the placement can be seen:

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I made sure that there is no interference for the ducting:

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Next up - finish cleaning the radiators / condensers and button it up. Then on installing the immobilizer in the waterproof case. :cheers:

My 145K mile 2002 has the worst headlights I've seen on any Porsche. Very cloudy and yellow, and the lenses themselves have several burnt spots on them. I've tried sanding them and doing all the chemical treatments, but no luck, they were just too far gone. So I finally sprang for new ones!

I purchased these from a vendor on Amazon, and they were less expensive than any others that I could find when you factored in the free shipping.

The difference is amazing! I am no longer embarrassed when I see another Porsche!

I'll get rid of the amber triangle lenses. I ordered some clear triangles when I ordered the headlights, but they won't arrive for another few days.

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Hi Fred - Thanks for the info on CCG grill material. Looking forward to picking this up and doing the same. Also watched your Vimeo video. Great stuff and thanks for sharing!

Joe

HPDE at Thompson
 

Did my first HPDE at Thompson Autosports Park in Connecticut.

A lot of fun and a great learning experience.

The video was shot with a helmet mounted GoPro Hero 5 Session.

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Hi Joe, You're welcome! Thanks for the comment on our Vimeo video. Didi and I are really fortunate to share a common interest in participating in motorsports activities.

The CCG material worked out really well for me. Looking forward to seeing your results.

Solid job there [another] oldcarguy ;)

Incidentally, "flow" rate will actually be higher than 77%. The 77% rate is amount of stagnant fill with mesh versus wide open. The flow rate could be a bit lower than wide open but won't drop anywhere near theoretical 23% based on amount of fill the mesh provides.

I did similar (IIRC rated at 80% fill) 5-6 years back on my 997 C2S. Even after numerous HPDEs in 95F hazy, hot, and humid weather w/ 30+ min sessions, only effect has been easier cleaning of condensers & rads... No to mention, I haven't had to replace one AC condensers since installing mesh either - wish I'd done after I lost first one years ago... Bottom line, I have experienced ZERO negative impact to cooling efficiency/capabilities (as nay-sayers to this mod will try and proclaim).

Good luck :)

Trim
 

Well, I couldn't take it any longer. The sticky, scratch if you look at it coating on the interior was driving me nuts. I had already covered the door flaps, handle release covers, seat hinge covers and trim pieces for the back of the console in leather. I did not want to do that for the console as I didn't have enough leather anyway.

Ultimately I decided to use the same nano-covering (C-Quartz) I did on the door thresholds which has held up really well. So...with a long three day weekend, why not. I stripped all of the coating off with hot water, alcohol and a lot of green scrubbing pads. Once cleaned it leaves a nice textured surface although it is a bit plasticky. However, no more sticky and it's very scratch resistant. http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1496164759.jpg
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Looks sooo much better! When you covered the other bits with leather, how did you glue it down? I'm about to do my door pockets.


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Leather Trim
 

CBRacerX,

I just bought a lambskin leather jacket from the thrift store for $5. I used the standard contact cement in the small brown colored bottle from Lowes/Home Depot. I di not use any felt or backing but just cleaned the pieces the same was as the console and then carefully covered. Photos attached and very pleased with results.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1496166887.jpg
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Went to my friend's home and had a nice conversation while he replaced the passenger side window regulator. Now it goes up... and it goes down... no noise! I owe him!!!

Not today, but this weekend I was in Båstad, in the very south of Sweden, for the annual Porsche Club Sweden Festival. Good times were had!

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Thanks, I have very thin lambskin ready to use. Did you apply the contact cement to to both surfaces and wait for it to skin over? Or just to the part you were putting the leather on?

I noticed when doing the new clutch, flywheel, etc. that the throttle body needed a good cleaning. I removed the TB and cleaned it thoroughly and also cleaned the MAF, reinstalled and all good. I did notice what looked like an oil leak from the filler hose that attaches to the block. I'm hoping to find a DIY on changing that out.

Leather Trim
 

Apply a thin coat to both surfaces. Let it tack up (about 15 minutes). It will be basically dry to the touch. I usually started in the centerline of the part and marked the centerline on the part and on the material with one of my wife's white fabric pencils. I did all of the parts a small section at a time because when the two surfaces come in contact with one another they really stick together.

The leather will have a stretch in one direction and not so much in the other. Play around with it first on the part dry so you get comfortable fitting it to the part. And leave about 1/4" overlap or slightly more to adhere it to the backside of the part.

Take you time and I'm sure it will turn out great. Good luck!

Got and test fit my ducktail today. Love it. Can't wait until its painted. The quality is exceptional!http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1496458446.jpg
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Hi Burg, thanks! And thanks for the clarification regarding stagnant fill vs flow rate. Good to know that your real world experience supports this mod. I just could not leave two condensers and three radiators in the open for street driving. I made a similar mod for the oil cooler on my R1100s.

Paint your bumper guards!

Good idea Ill look into that.

Activated race car mode for Le Mans. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b8...psjzt7spsm.jpg

The Best!

Wrong thread? http://986forum.com/forums/show-tell-gallery/17-post-your-best-boxster-pic.html?highlight=Post

Unless that's not your best shot, then I can't wait to see your car here again. It is amazingly cool, I love it

lol Nice Lotus.

What are those wheels from?

Finally changed out the oem twists for Carrera light II's

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But something is missing...

Today I washed the car and installed the new center caps from Fred. :)

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I really need to do something about those bolts...

omg just saw that. Insanely beautiful and cool. Needs pics in an evening + street lighting backdrop. That should kill good :cool:

Thursday night I drove down to New Jersey Motorsports Park for HPDE at Thunderbolt. On the way I scored a set of Weather Tech floor mats for the Boxster S from a Craigslist ad that was literally right on the way. $30 for a set of gray mats was a great deal.

HPDE was a blast, I made some real improvements over the 2 days. Still not comfortable with how much speed the Boxster S can carry into the first turn at the end of the front straight but I'm getting there. I got the line down pretty good, made smoother turns. got used to tapping the brakes to set the car and used the whole track. My instructor signed me off to go out alone for the last session, but I elected to have him ride with me anyway. My instructor's car was a 991 GT3 with PDK, so I asked him to take me out for a few laps - that was impressive!

In one of the higher groups, someone totaled a 993S. Apparently he got his outside wheels on the outside rumble strip coming onto the main straight, and when he brought his outside wheels back onto the track the car turned sharply right and went directly straight into the pit wall. Both airbags deployed and the driver and instructor were unhurt.

In my green run group someone spun their 944 off the track and bashed in the front pretty hard, but no one was hurt. That resulted in a black flag and our session ended about 5 minutes early. On my way home I started hearing a drone at the back of my car at highway speeds, I think it may be a wheel bearing or CV joint starting to go, will have that checked out before heading up to Mt. Tremblant in mid June.

argggghhh!

It takes inspiration from a few of the race cars tbh as there's a bit of BMW, Porsche and Lotus in there so it's bit of a mongrel really. Don't tell anyone but I don't even have Recaro seats or Koni shocks either. :p

The wheels are from a first gen Panamera.

I'll wait for better pics before I do that. Me and a friend are travelling to Le Mans in the car next week so hopefully there should be some good photo opportunities then.

Thanks for the nice words btw, appreciated.

Thanks man! Waiting for some good weather, I think today is the day! :cheers:

Just bought a limited edition 1963 901. In really good shape, clear coat is still shiny and it looks like it will be great at "perking" me up on those slow days. Oh, and it's kind of rare...#370 of 1,000.

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That is very cool. Were you looking for one? Or did you just find it?