Found it while at the Porsche Experience Centre in LA...


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Clear side markers 😍

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Spray painted (very light ) the carpet engine cover and back piece where it was faded only. Bit of a smell for a day but all good now.

Pictures please, or it never happened!

What kind of Paint did you use? Carpet dye?

Ducktail painted, installed 😀 http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1496850798.jpg

The drone you hear is likely from your tires - the tread probably got deformed on the track. I had this happen after a track day - my nice new Supersports sound like offroad truck tires!

Nice! Have to get mine painted.


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This weekend drove a 2000 base carrera cab. Gotta say I wasn't impressed. Not much more power than my 03s from what I could tell. And the box feels so much more planted. Maybe it was just the 911 I drove.

Yesterday I avoided a speeding ticket. Due to the wonderful visibility with the top down, I was able to catch a glimpse of the motorcycle cop lurking at the bottom of a hill on a side street. The car next to me was not so fortunate.

So put my 2001 green Box in for a clutch replacement. It also needed flywheel, CV joints all around and I figured do the IMS also.
About $5500 total. I pick it up tomorrow
Looking forward to see how smooth it runs

Went for a drive yesterday afternoon to a small town north of home for a hot dog at a drive in called the Half Moon and found this beauty pulling into the lot along side me.

1964 356 Roadster
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in concours condition
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so much smaller than my Boxster
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The owner and I had a short chat, me admiring his classic and he my future classic!

As an added bonus, on my way back I saw another Boxster coming the other way. Rare day to see Porsches on the back roads north of Winnipeg in the middle of the week.

Great, Paul. I had a similar experience early this week with the original owner of a beautiful 57 356A. He bought it for his honeymoon car for $2,700 and still drives it with his bride today. He also complimented me on the condition and future collectibility of my 986 (but probably just being nice).


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I've been up to Winnipeg several times, but always when there was snow. The last time, a couple weeks ago, the weather was nicer and I saw a good number of Porsches out playing. Nice to see.

We have been having exceptional weather the last couple of weeks. 27C to low 32C, (85 to 90 F) very dry and brilliant sun. This is more like late July than early June.

What a stunning car. Thanks for posting.

Cleaned it up a bit with Optimum Opti-Clean waterless carwash.

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Hey Will, have you made use of the headlamps yet?


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I picked up my '02 from the shop today after they replaced the clutch, flywheel, RMS, and a LN IMS bearing. The clutch was down to the rivets, so it was definitely time!

They are on the car now but fixing the burnt lenses is low on the priority list until I get the spring/summer stuff done around the property.
I had a loose weld inside the stock muffler that was starting to be embarrassing when I get on the gas. Problem solved.

How's the Magnaflow sound?


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Hows it sound? Video?

Running headers into 2" cat-delete pipes, into modded u pipe. Magnaflow 12468, 5x8 x18 crossflow 2.5" . Umm.... Better than straight pipes, :o,
It's fine at idle once warm and on trailing throttle, low load, and when your blasting.
I've got a few miles on it and it seems to be a little bit better each time but that could be hearing loss :D.

It's too loud on load and I fine myself short shifting wherever there are people. The plan is to put a Magnaflow universal 2" OEM replacement cat on each of the bypass pipes and reassess. Will black it out as well to make it blend in.

No time for video today as I've got to go into town to see Bill Burr and it's Grand Prix weekend on top of the usual construction headaches.

I washed my car so I could install my new Nine8Six centercaps. I made a "Special Tool" from a section of wire clothes hanger to pull out my stock wheel center caps and installed Fred's.

Pictures are in the Custom Center Cap thread in the DIY section here.

Working on cleaning/conditioning the leather. Otherwise it's been sitting in the garage. :o

Did this over the weekend to the door pocket covers. A little soft black lambskin, some contact cement, a little patience and viola! Looks and feels great. Next up is the plastic covers near the door handles.

I left my Boxster alone today - still broken, and drove my brother's '14 Cayman that I am babysitting while he is away.

That 2.7 makes an exhaust noise that I wish my 3.2 could replicate.

Perhaps this doesn't count as what I did with/to my Boxster but...

I added up the change I removed from my center console when installing the ashtray delete then installing the short shift kit from Ben. $34.50 :D

All from PO

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That's some major coinage! All I got from doing the same was about 27 cents and some burnt cigar wrappers.


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Ordered a pair on contis Dws-06 for the rear as my Michelins A3s are starting to show cordage...
Pretty sure if I don't throw her sideways she's only spinning one rear so so much for the limited slip.

Put more miles on the magnaflow and it's mellowing out but still has some resonance between 2-3000 rpm and a bit of buzz over 4000. Will brace the tailpipes and put the factory cats back on but with o2 bungs added to see if I can lose the CEL.

Wings and Wheels tomorrow, and on Monday we are off to Nova Scotia for a couple of weeks in the Boxster.

First thing was to check all the drains, since it will be parked outside in Nova Scotia. Glad I did, because the left rear drain was completely blocked and the right front drain was partially blocked. There were also leaves and other debris in the foam "funnels". Got them cleared and then decided to have a peek at the engine, so I pulled the carpet, sub woofer and the engine cover. A lot easier than I expected. The engine can use a bit of cleaning, but that will have to wait.

After that I did a thorough wash and checked the tire pressures all the way around. Had lost about 10 PSI on each tire after cooling down from the HPDE at Thompson.

Last night I cleaned the seat leather, then applied a nice coat of conditioner followed by a plastic wrap cover. Used Chamberlain's cleaner, and their Leather Milk #4 for the conditioner. Smells nice. :)

Received and popped in my replacement mesh. I will zip-tie these before I drive.

Thanks Woody's Parts, great part and great price.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1497553584.jpg

So, these things can come out while driving? Please tell me more, I guess I have been lucky since 2003.

That's what another poster said happened to his. Someone borrowed mine while I was away from it for a few minutes. Either way, I'm going to make it harder to pop out. Driving or otherwise. ;)

Quick detailing
 

Did a quick detailing on my two favorite street legal rides :cheers:

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Got windshield rock chips repaired in my 2001 daily driver...
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The mobile service did a great job!

Replaced both driver and passenger window regulators. I went with the new URO Premium parts. Appear to be very well made. Windows are now very quiet and do the drop when I pull the door handles.


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Bought an old set of bumperettes from Woody's to try this out. I'll wait 24 hrs then wet sand and clear. 😀 http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1497882568.jpg

Wow that was quick. Looks good