What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

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Drive it to class and felt her up on the way

[kk2002s]

Drove 2200 miles
950 straight from South NJ to Daytona Beach Fla - 15 hours - Top down most of the way
Forgot sun block

Came back by way of Blue Ridge Parkway 450 miles
Then Skyline Drive

Its called the Smokey Mountains or a reason
Driving in the Smoke(Fog) is it's own challenge
I needed to use my GPS to know where the hair pin turns were
I probably shouldn't have been snapping pics while driving when you can't see the road either
At least Skyline drive was dry and I could put the top down - even thought it was in the high 40's

[Davev]

I fished out my emergency frunk release cable (it was duct taped to the sheet metal- would have been almost impossible to retrieve in an emergency) and routed it to my tow hook access door. I will sleep better now...

Not to concerned about the trunk. It's getting to the battery that seems most important.

[saintdrug]

2 weeks ago was the best day of my life managed to sell my BMW x3 and get my boxster still owe 11k my dream came true friends brothers just as I had a business trip was late to go and had my accident front is ruined so sad crying thank god me and my gf no scratch now the car just arrived to the mechanic I don't know what the damage is or how much will cost but I promise if I have to order bit by bit from anywhere I will fix it my mom dad everyone will help me I am so sad and don't know where to start

[BFeller]

Originally Posted by saintdrug

....I had a business trip was late to go and had my accident front is ruined so sad crying thank god me and my gf no scratch now the car just arrived to the mechanic I don't know what the damage is....

It sounds like no one was injured. Hopefully the damage is not bad. Good Luck.

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by saintdrug

2 weeks ago was the best day of my life managed to sell my BMW x3 and get my boxster still owe 11k my dream came true friends brothers just as I had a business trip was late to go and had my accident front is ruined so sad crying thank god me and my gf no scratch now the car just arrived to the mechanic I don't know what the damage is or how much will cost but I promise if I have to order bit by bit from anywhere I will fix it my mom dad everyone will help me I am so sad and don't know where to start

I am very sorry to see that this has happened so early in your ownership of this car.

[MoneyPit]

Wife hit the side of the garage and no I did not take a picture, and I will not post;-(

Any way she scraped the right front fender and right bumper and side marker.
It looked minor until we get it to a high end body shop I have used many times in the past with very good results. This young Geico kid comes out and says it's $1400 for it's estimate, I laughed out loud and indicated that he may need to look up some of the Porsche parts in his little computer. Take it to the shop and we are at 5k and counting!

So here is the reason I am sharing this embarrassing turn of events. It seems the right side ac condenser was damaged and is being replaced. What do I need to know about recharging the AC? Also they pulled the battery what could happen? Radio, Codes?
Any direction or gotchas regarding the recharge of the AC?
Thanks.

PS. At least they are cleaning the rads and boy for a 07 pcar with 33k miles that stays garaged it sure was dirty!
Thanks!

[Pdwight]

I removed all the plastic panels including the wipers and cowl ....cleaned out all the drains and flushed with water. Lubricated the wiper pivots.

[bobbeck]

Headlight refresh.


New pads all around, fluid flush and refreshed the paint on the calipers.


And finally HID install.

[Pdwight]

Tell me a little about the Calipers and how you did that, also did you replace the decals or paint the Porsche on them ?

Also what is the rod sticking out from the wheel...a guide rod ??

[rp17]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

Also what is the rod sticking out from the wheel...a guide rod ??

That comes with your tool kit to help put the wheels back on the car. Little more difficult to do when not using.

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

Tell me a little about the Calipers and how you did that, also did you replace the decals or paint the Porsche on them ?

Also what is the rod sticking out from the wheel...a guide rod ??

I used VHT Red Caliper paint and some clear VHT. You can get the decals from eBay. Put them on before the clear Here are some links:

http://986forum.com/forums/diy-project-guides/41668-painted-calipers.html
http://986forum.com/forums/general-discussions/35410-red-caliper-paint-%96-closest-original.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CPJLVC/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CPJLV2/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[bobbeck]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

Tell me a little about the Calipers and how you did that, also did you replace the decals or paint the Porsche on them ?

Also what is the rod sticking out from the wheel...a guide rod ??

Just prepped & painted them with high temp enamel. They are decals I painted over with clear enamel.

[barks]

Got ocd with a parts washer.

[Luv2Box]

Replaced all the OEM yellow interior bulbs with white LEDs. Changed the wheel caps back to silver with black crest.

[grc0456]

Put the top down on one of the last nice fall days in New England.

[Myoung73]

Originally Posted by grc0456

Put the top down on one of the last nice fall days in New England.

Might have a few more hopefully. Looks like a little warm up in store. Keep it going as long as possible. Nice car. I'm in Shrewsbury and have a new to me 03s as of June. Black as well. Love it. Enjoy!

[grc0456]

Originally Posted by Myoung73

Might have a few more hopefully. Looks like a little warm up in store. Keep it going as long as possible. Nice car. I'm in Shrewsbury and have a new to me 03s as of June. Black as well. Love it. Enjoy!

Hope so! My car is at the indie today to try and sort out the lack of heat problem I'm having (no heat and foam blowing from the vents - needs repair air mixer) in this former FL car.

BTW, my Box is Midnight Blue Metallic. Its one of those colors that changes depending on the light, shadows, camera, etc. It does look black at times. Also, purple.

[flouese]

NOTHING! Battery is DEAD! I can't get ahead of this beast. Charging the battery and plan on changing out the AOS over the weekend. Perhaps the demons will be leave...

[Myoung73]

Originally Posted by grc0456

Hope so! My car is at the indie today to try and sort out the lack of heat problem I'm having (no heat and foam blowing from the vents - needs repair air mixer) in this former FL car.

BTW, my Box is Midnight Blue Metallic. Its one of those colors that changes depending on the light, shadows, camera, etc. It does look black at times. Also, purple.

What Indy do you use. Just got back from mine. All sport in Stowe. They are very good and been around for over 50 years. There is another good one in Framingham. Eurotech I think.