Went for a meet-up with the Stockholm chapter of Porsche Club Sweden.
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Installed new water pump, tstat, some coolant, and finally took her off the jackstands.

Last week end changed oil/filter/New Filter housing, washer her.
Monday took her for a 150 mile shake down drive.
My drip between tranny and engine did NOT rear it's ugly head this time
All in preparation for 1800-2000 mile road trip next week
Skyline Drive, Blue Ridge Parkway, Tail of Dragon, Cherohala Skyway and then back up same roads
Planning 6 days 5 night at various camp gounds. Boxster are great RVs

Wheel alignment after installing front wheel bearings, lower control arms, drop links and outer tie rods.

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My workspace

Well I picked up my car from the body shop today and went to my indie for HPDE tech inspection. When the pulled my car out of the garage the A/C wasn't working. Turned out the ignition switch I replaced last November failed. It was a Chinese one from NAPA that I used in a pinch. They had one and put it in right away. Best $84 I ever spent for parts, labor and sales tax! They recommend upgrading to the newer switch next time, they didn't have one of those in stock and it was already 5 PM when this was happening. So I will make it to HPDE at Mt. Tremblant.

Finally got the last remaining Bose parts out of my car. Thanks to Woody for selling me some spare door enclosures, so I could mount my new speakers without taking my doors apart until I was ready for the swap.

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Bose removal included the door logos.

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Speakers are Dayton Reference RS150P-4a. I've got a lot of tweaking to do, but it sounds better already.

Love the "Welcome" mat under the front of the car. Is this an invite to all to help you with your projects?

Yeah! Come on over and help me clean it!
We stopped using that at our front door over a year ago because of all the straw coming off of it, not sure why I haven't just binned it at this point.

Short shifter 😀
 

Installed the $59 eBay short shifter. Just took a test drive and it feels good. Makes the factory one feel as loose as my old Mustang. Now if I can just get it all put back together.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1499974927.jpg

I believe you're supposed to flip the shaft. If you don't, it's going to be leaning very far left. ;)

I didn't see your post until I put the console back in 😭 and there's noooo way I'm gonna worry about it right now. If it wasn't for taking out and putting back that damn console it would if been a breeze. I'll fix it in a few weeks when I get up the energy. For now Ill just name my car Ilene 😉
Doesn't really feel bad driving it. If you wouldn't of mentioned it I probably wouldn't of noticed it for awhile.
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This morning I took it all apart again (Console was alot easier to take out this time). Not just to flip the shifter but to adjust, lube and TIGHTEN everything. Flipped the handle, drove it and flipped it back ��. I guess I got used to it leaning to the left a little. Tight is better also. http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1500135150.jpg

Love the upgrade ��

3rd brake light update
 

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oh and I claybared it too 😥

Flushed the coolant again, then put the new lower hose in, and reinstalled the undertrays.
Washed it, drove it.

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Friday I installed new headlight corner trim. Better than seeing one with the plastic gone, but they stand out against the rest of the gray a bit. :)

Well I wanted to remove the dash mldgs and paint them like I paint the doors. After checking into removing them I realized that is almost impossible. So I went to a sign shop and bought a sheet of vinyl tape and put it on. Its not a prefect match for the guards red but Im going to find a better match soon and do it again. Today was kind of a test to see how it looked. I have the correct paint but i was hesitant to tape it off and spray it but I may.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1500325878.jpg

It's not too bad. Just have to take a few bits off. :D

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Lol 🤣 just looking at that pic gives me PTSD 😭

This vinyl with a heat gun is fun ��

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Removed glove box, looked up:http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1500383912.jpg

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WT* 20 minutes ��

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Started to remove some of the scratches in my paint using a dual action polisher, microfiber pad and D300 compound. However, I completely underestimated how time consuming this process is, it will probably take another 2-3 days to finish, working on it for a few hours every night. I have been blogging about my detail process if you want to follow along. :cheers:

Thats how I did mine too initially. Spread out over a couple days. It seems like a massive job at first but you'll get the hang of it. Don't be afraid to crank the polisher up to full speed. You'll get better correction with fewer passes. Its pretty difficult to really mess up your paint with a free spinning DA, even at full speed.

Out with the old, in with the new
 

Replaced my 'aged' seal grey center caps.
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At some point, I'll try to refinish my old caps. I've already stripped the clear (well, used to be clear) covering off of one badge and located the reactive polymer clear coat.

Low on the project priority list however.

I was was pretty nervous when I started, but it is not actually that hard. I am incredibly happy with the results so far, the most time consuming part is cleaning the microfiber pad after every section.

I had one of my Brake lights go out.

In defiance, I replaced every friggin rear light bulb! Cost me 28 bucks with Amazon Prime. When I did the replacement, I found one of my sidelights was not even there!

Had a go at some upholstery work. Decided I need a lot more practice but I've enough material to cover 20 of these so I'll revisit over the winter.

There's a few sticky out bits (will sort them with a dab of glue to tidy it up) but the comfort under the elbow is so much better. 2mm foam covered with navy leatherette. Total material costs including adhesive was under $20. Colour match is really good, the flash on the phone messes it up

Lesson learned - get really sharp scissors and razor blades. Also need a better adhesive, one I used takes to long to stick and I think it will stay a little soft. Really need something that cures fast.

Anyway practice makes perfect!! Next time will be much improved. All in all with a fast curing glue each one would be about an hours work.

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Must be armrest day
 

Went to Goodwill and bought a $3 purse, cut it up and redid my armrests. Used 3M spray trim adhesive. Spray both pieces, wait 5 min. and sticks almost immediately. Have just enough left to do my console lid if I want.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1500666668.jpg
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Well done, you got the edges neater than mine. Is there a part no on that 3M - think that might have been my weak link.




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Hell I can't remember what I even bought 🙄 AutoZone make sure you wait the 5 min. until you stick them together. Start from the middle and work you way out.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1500671919.jpg

Leather vs. Vinyl
 

Traco, I also redid my interior in leather. I originally purchased a piece of vinyl but found it was too thick to conform to the curves and then fold over the back. I purchased a woman's lamb skin leather coat at the local thrift store for $8.00 (US). I think you will find the softer leather much easier to work with. Contact adhesive works perfect for attaching the leather. Good luck!

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Probably order the correct paint and do it over. It's a little off.😐

A few days ago, I got home and had a huge cloud of smoke come out of the passenger side intake vent. Saw some coolant dripping from the water pump area. Since changing the water pump was on my maintenance to-do list anyway, I just went ahead and ordered a new one. Poked around a bit at other things (coolant tank, AOS, etc) but those all looked fine.

Installed it today. The old one was indeed pretty mangled - impellers were broken, and the wheel had somehow gotten stuck behind the flange of one of the bolts, and they were rubbing up against each other. That can't be good, right? Anyhow, no major issues installing the new one. Car feels much happier now!

Pampered her.
 

Yesterday I washed her so today I clay barred her, paint corrected a few areas, Dr. Color Chipped a few chips, waxed her, Back-to-Blacked her bumperettes and cowl.


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Changed the oil to Rottella T6 5w-40 and washed polished an wax her.

I changed out the set of ceramic tweeters I had for silk Dayton ND28-F (These are a favorite of mine). This took a lot of trimming of the grille and the tweeter mounting ring.

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Here are the old tweeters I'll sell if anyone is interested. They drop right into the dash mid location

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Tranzit Blu HF
 

Installed my Tranzit Blu HF today. It is exactly what I was looking for. As far as I can tell I now have (near?) CD quality sound via my iPhone 7 for iTunes, Pandora, etc. I can't tell any difference from the CD player.

The Bluetooth connects immediately and the button control works without a hitch. I did have to increase my CDR23 head unit's volume level to 17-23 but no problem with interference, noise or distortion at all. Plenty of headroom left.

The CDR23 now displays/ scrolls the Tranzit connection message and it also displays/scrolls the song which is playing. Perfect and I'm still stock from the outside.

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The only problem I have is that my new mic (upper left on CD tray) is not working :( I'll chase this down later. I left everything readily accessible so it will not be a hassle at all.

Very happy camper :)

Replaced AOS Again
 

I replace the AOS in the Jagermobile... again.

Completed my conversion to matte black buttons.