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Old 08-14-2020, 09:10 AM   #1
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Old 08-14-2020, 10:40 AM   #2
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Original owner had passed along a wooden stick for the frunk/bonnet to hold it up. Last night I swapped out the struts... oh man, you really need to let up the frunk slowly now!

Today, based on the custom speakers mounts for sale thread, I looked at my front left dash speaker. Actually looked really good, which isn't surprising as I think this 2001 has been inside most of its life, never rained on, and possibly never looked at sideways.

I did get some 18" Cayman S II wheels from someone on the 6speed forum. Going to weigh those and maybe get that 944 website data updated!
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Old 08-14-2020, 10:58 AM   #3
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Original owner had passed along a wooden stick for the frunk/bonnet to hold it up. Last night I swapped out the struts... oh man, you really need to let up the frunk slowly now!
That shouldn't be. Where did you get the struts?
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Old 08-14-2020, 05:36 PM   #4
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That shouldn't be. Where did you get the struts?
I dropped major coin, like 30 large, for the Stabilus brand!

Just checked, they work fine from a fully closed position. I guess right after installation I pulled the hood down a foot and it seemed to want to pull pretty hard.

Easy job for sure, no reason to live with bad struts.
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Old 08-15-2020, 04:53 AM   #5
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Replaced the front motor mount...that took care of the vibration that I felt in the seat. There is still some vibration felt through the steering wheel above 73 mph. I found that my right front mag is slightly warped. Hopefully it will be repairable. Finally, also replaced the spark plugs while in there.
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Old 08-22-2020, 02:44 PM   #6
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Finally got around to replacing the passenger side door latch assy, been having window drop problems for about 4-5 months and isolated it to a bad circuit on the PCB.

Replacement came from a 911, should I be going faster now??? Added 5 hp?
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