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owning the same car for almost 15 years is an achievement by itself.

Thanks, I tend to hang on to my cars, but 7-8 years is usually the max, this is the longest I've ever owned a car, but it isn't a daily driver.

And I drove the 55 miles to my intended gas station tonight. Towards the end of my ride I got down to 18 miles to empty and at the pump it was 16 miles to empty. It took almost 15.7 gallons to fill it up.



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Took it out for a leisurely 160+ mile trip into the small towns and backroads, top down the whole day. Stumbled upon a small winery as well. Also passed 119,000 miles. :)

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first step in replacing the engine (yesterday) Today the exhaust is coming out and start disconnecting the stuff up top and through the passenger department hatch.

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Nice pics. Have you considered having the hood repainted? Flaking clearcoat is the official state color here in Arizona.:ah:

Annual maintenance. Yesterday I drained the transmission fluid and today I will fill it with fresh fluid and then reassemble the braces that needed to be dismantled for access. But before that I'll inspect the sway bar bushings for wear.

I discovered that the battery maintainer was toast when the battery ran low. Fortunately I have another that I soldered the cigarette lighter plug to and it is working. Hopefully the battery didn't get damaged from getting run down.

Next project to tackle is cleaning the radiators and replacing the frunk latch. I'll also reroute the emergency cable to the tow ring location.

There’s no issues with the paint. :confused: It was all redone last year when the new hood was installed (repair from being backed into).

I took my slightly loved and gently broken in sport seats...

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...and gave them a very subtle makeover!

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:cheers:

Looking good in Boxster Red and black.

I pushed the car forward in my garage to make room for the snow blower and generator.
Put her up on jackstands and removed the wheels for the winter.

Ongoing work on the car to remove the engine and transmission. Jeez, there's a lot of stuff to take off or unhook! And then I'm gonna have to put it all back together. Figure I'll be working on this most of the winter.:eek:

While I've got it apart, the replacement engine is getting a water pump, a spin on oil filter conversion, an underdrive engine pulley, headers and dual exhaust, and the car itself is getting the cv joints cleaned and replacement boots Of course new RMS, new front crankseal, and a new seal where the torque converter goes into the trans.

It's an 01 base, I got it cheap but have been massaging it regularly with $100 bills.

Very nice!

I’ve read that you shouldn’t leave the suspension hanging over the winter. Could be wrong but just putting it out there.


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Agreed. Last year I put the jacks under the suspension so it stayed compressed.
But next spring I hope to make some suspension changes so I don't care.

I had also heard that it's not a big deal to let it hang, as long as it's not outside.

Did the DRL hack w/on-off switch
 

Did the DRL fog light hack with on/off switch today. Really happy with the result. Details and pics here:

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Might be the clouds reflecting in that photo?

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Looks nice!


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Thank you 😀 The price is right too $9

Done with my side Windows. Lined up nice. Now weather strip.http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1513111234.jpg
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Haha, right?! Please provide an itemized breakdown [emoji6]

Beautiful car, and ZTop.


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This
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Plus this
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Plus masking tape, heat gun and polish thats not included in the $9 because I had them already = this ��

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The pictures don't do it justice. Looks a lot nicer in person. I'm shocked.

J Bauer you are doing some awesome work!

Seats back in, car not done but at least drivable. Can't stop looking at this thing!

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Wow - impressive.

You changed dash and door cards too?

Keep up the great work :)

Thanks :)

Previous owner (JAAY) changed the dash and door panels from black to Boxster Red and mixed up sections from both to make them two-tone, which I think looks awesome. Seats were base black and fading though and I thought it needed more color at the rear (plus I reaaaally wanted sports seats), so I found those trashed sports seats and had them recovered. The whole upgrade including the buying the sports seats and the upholstery works was only $350 after I sold the base seats :cool:

gotcha - appreciate full explanation too as you had me VERY concerned there when you mention JAAY and seats as that car was always impeccable. Even better now w/ seat redo you had done.

Enjoy :)

I rebuilt my half shafts. Cleaned out all the old grease with paper towels and a parts washer, regreased the cv joints and installed new boots. Then after it was all back together, degreased it again. A very satisfying job. Today, I'm going to remove the crossmember behind the engine, lower the car off the jackstands, and disconnect everything in the engine compartment so I can pull the engine and tiptronic.

Ill need to do mine, both sides as boots are torn next spring best price is $1500 lifetime warranty except labor. I thought abut doing myself but don't have a lift.

Yee Haw
I got to drive the box 2 days in a row, a couple hundred miles each day.
It was like driving on the salt flats of Bonneville
Each day I had to take it over to the local pressure washer car wash and rinse off the road salt

I "installed" door sills. $40 out the door, eBay. 2+ hours removing the 3M HD double sided tape, prepping, affixing new like tape, and installing. However...

I'm not driving an "S". I couldn't pass up the deal to hide all the existing touch up paint and scuffs.

I considered using a black magic marker to hide the S.

Thoughts?

I know. First world problems.

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Get a second Boxster, and tell people is plural.

Really don’t have another option now.


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Went Christmas shopping this afternoon. Top down, sunny and 69F. I love Florida!

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Some updates on my Boxster prototype tribute
 

Here are a couple of pics of things I've been working on recently, response to the article in Pano and finding the correct wheels has inspired me to go a little further down the prototype road. In January I'm going to be taking a metal forming class to learn how to make the side scoops and weld up the original side vents(the one shown is just a practice piece to learn how much I don't know about metal shaping). I also added some Rennsport track mats and OMP aluminum pedals, I'll try to remember to post pics as the project moves forward .http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1514048344.jpg
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Nice work, as usual!


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I'm not a fan of sliver cars or red interiors butt.....that is beautiful! Congrats.

What kind of mats are those?

Be very careful about the low vents from the prototype. You will suck in water spray from the front wheels and all kinds of other gunk that will clog your air filter, or worse.

There's a good reason why they moved them higher in the production model.

They are from Rennline . These are called track mats, they are made of brushed stainless,I had them wrapped in flat clear paint wrap before I used them to protect them from scratches. I also bought their dead mans pedal. They make lots of cool goodies checkout their website!