Thanks Kas, figures it was fibreglass and there’s a first time for everything. Maybe get a kit and have a play some day.

Dghii - really pleased with them. Maybe I’m imagining it but I think they’ve improved the ride. Speedo reads 2kph higher than gps. I think I’ll plasti dip the spokes grey and leave the outside of rims as they are over the winter to see how that looks.

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20mm spacers and extended bolts and that will fill out those wheel wells nicely. H/R has the best (anodized) but several out there. Great color combo!

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Looks good in white with matching wheels and hoops. Would look even better if you went with some wheel spacers. 20mm with extended bolts. Car will handle better too because track is then wider. Great looking car!

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Looks great. How much and how long to do?

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Went out to take some pics with the new and improved missues.

Yesterday I bent my right front wheel on the front edge of a rumble strip at VIR, so that is the end of my 3 day HPDE. At least I got the full first day in and that's all that happened, it could have been a lot worse.

The burgers at White Hut were really good
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New rear trunk struts as my originals were on their last legs after almost 18 years.

Also when to install an new (used) trunk actuator. Got the old one out in 5 minutes (thank you forum!). When I opened up my new part, I found I had been shipped a drivers side door latch. Now usually, when crap like this happens, its my fault! This time I Found I had ordered the correct item, just got shipped the wrong thing. I'm in the process of getting this sorted out...shouldn't be a problem.

Took First Place in the PCA Halloween Rally with the missus in her Cayman.

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Just sayin'..........

TO

Nicely done Tom! :cheers:

Tried posting the other day but couldn't get pics to work.

Restored my headlights last week, I think they turned out pretty good.

Was thinking MAYBE getting the yellow lamin-x film to cover them. Not sure if it would be too much. Opinions welcomed!

Here's a before, during , after

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Hey thanks.

Took a while but I'll break it down. I painted everything myself.

Bumper cover bought at Hershey swap meet in April for $150. Was arctic silver.

Fenders were seal grey, bought from the the eBay guy who sells the 997 update. Came from an 02 996tt.

Lights off of eBay as well, $1600

I also bought the gemballa hood (not here yet) and techart skirts (not installed yet). Cost for the hood, fenders, skirts was $2400 shipped.

Not cheap but when deciding i did all the math and the 997 update would have been much more.

I would still like to sell my boxster HID lights to offset cost. I also have fenders, light trays, and boxster S bumper cover.




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Sold it. :(

Like the old Bad Company song
"She's gone, gone, gone. I don't know if I'm happy, I don't know if I'm sad".

the lights come right out....you then don't need to mask them.

Yeah I know , it didn't really make a difference to me. Having them fixed made it easier to sit in front of car and work on them.

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Finished cleaning the throttle body and MAF. Battery had died (started last Thursday), but a charge fixed that. Was worried about the clamshell properly closing... but everything fit just fine.

Will order the vacuum line for the left side intake sleeve. Arghh.

Next... sleeves and plugs... then AOS.

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Holy **************** that is clean. Great work here. How long did that take you?


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Hit 170K miles a couple weeks ago.

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Replaced rear trunk actuator (broken cable). Used part for $33 and all good. Easy Peasy.

Drove for the first time in cold weather (3x degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time since changing my manual transmission fluid in my ~120k mile 2001 boxster 2.7 / five speed. Holy moly, rather than shifting stiffly when cold like I was used to, it shifts like butter!! The shift effort improvement after changing the tranny fluid was noticeable enough when warmed up, but now when stone cold on a very cold morning, this was huge, huge improvement!

Also, the defroster on the hardtop I just re-installed last weekend was very nice. Really happy with this the daily driver Boxster on the way in to work this morning! :)

And I must also add, the hydrophobic quality of the polished and sealed hardtop I put away last spring was still beading water like absolute craziness! I was greeted this morning to probably at least a hundred thousand awesome dewy water droplets in pretty much any size you can imagine from 1" on down...

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Edit: and I think we've got to zoom on more on that last picture there, folks... (nice showing in the larger droplet of the lapis blue metallic color flake! :p )

Short Shifter kit install
 

Finally finished the machine shop work on my Chinese shifter kit and completed the install. Many thanks to the knowledgeable members of this great community for their experience and generosity. See you on the road!

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Oil changed, tires at 50psi, battery plugged in.

Wow!!!
What did you use to clean the engine?

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Still getting out there cruising around some local lakes, hopefully for another week or 2 before snow and salted roads are here for the winter. Very comfortable inside with top up and seat heaters on (33degF outside), listening to Vikings postgame after their 38-30 win :)

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Lovely B&W shot that really emphasizes the lines of a beautiful car.


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CV/Pel Filter
 

Changed oil, filter is clean, but CV boots need repairs

Yesterday, we took the car for a nice cruise up the North Shore of Boston, through the NH Seacoast, and into Southern Maine. Chilly, but pretty day. Had given her an end of season exterior detail (wash, clay, machine polish, sealant and wax the weekend before).


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Finally got my replacement muffler to the welder for modification. Let's hope it works.

We were in the area for a week’s holidays in August..
Absolutely beautiful.
Next time will be with the Boxster instead of the family transportation appliance.

At the end of October I bent one of my wheels beyond repair. I found one from a 2004 SE with a few gouges and scratches to replace it. I took it to the local tire and wheel place that sends their repairs out to a specialist in PA. They true the wheel, fill any gouges by welding metal, then repaint the wheel inside and out and it looks better than new. I was going to wait until it was time for new tires to have the other 3 wheels refinished, but this wheel came out so nice I decided to have my 3 other wheels done now and dropped them off today. Pictures below are of the wheel I bought and how it looked after repair and refinishing alongside my other front wheel which, although dirty, would not clean up as nicely as the refinished wheel.



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Looks great Paul. If you don't mind me asking....how much does something like that cost? You can PM me if you don't want to post it here.

What did you do with/to your Boxster today?
 

Today, I replaced both dash speakers with Kicker 43CSC44's. The improvement
in sound quality, clarity and volume is gigantic. Straight off of the CDR-220 head
unit, no amp, no door or rear speakers.

$27.95 for the pair, a bit of retooling of the factory mounts and done.

Next project will be passenger side window regulator, possibly driver side as well
even though its working fine and not binding. Found a pair for just over $100, new
with a 3 year warranty.

Next project will be replacing the rear mud flaps, one is torn, might as well do both
while I'm at it.

Took it out in the snow. First drive with brand new Goodyear Ultragrip Ice 2, Nordic compund.

Great traction, until you turn the TC off (as you do) for some sideways action.

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This wheel was $262 which included some truing, some welding and refinishing. Then $25 to mount and balance my tire. The wheel was completely cleaned and painted on the backside and the inside of the rim was painted too. My other 3 wheels need much less work so they should be cheaper!

What did you do with/to your Boxster today?
 

Fixed the lock on my fuel filler door by rotating the half moon rubber bushing so that the flat spot faces forward. After that, the latch locked the door down when the car is locked.

Not huge mileage by some Forum members’ standards, but i’ve put practically all of these on myself since buying it new in 2003

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Walked by it today in the garage enroute to the Sienna for new front tires.

I drove mine to work today. Hopefully this weekend I get some time to wash the exterior and find a volunteer to conscript into helping me install the hardtop. Right now my OBC says I have 95 miles to empty and it is about 55 miles to the gas station I'd like to go to which is 5 miles from home and en route. So I will drive conservatively and watch my computer. When I had my 1997 Z3, I once drove home from Lake Placid on a tank of gas and my OBC said it was 8 miles to empty when I finally stopped for gas. I've never taken the Boxster that low. I always think of the old Shell gas commercials when I do this, some of the other older members here might also remember those.