Fourteen Years of Mod

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Chuck W.

Over the last fourteen years that I have owned the Boxster I have added a few mods. They have added up. Thank goodness I haven't kept track of the cost!

'03 18" Light Alloy Carrera Wheels
’03 Top with Glass Window
’03 Tail Lights
'03 S Exhaust Modified by FDM
’03 Bose Rear Speaker/Sub Unit
996 White Face Gauge Cluster (X71)
996 Leather Instrument Surround
Red Seat Belts
Red Rear Console
Aluminum E-Brake & Shift Knob
Bird Arm Rest
Kenwood Double Din Radio & Navigation
Back-Up Camera
Parrot Bluetooth
Steering Wheel Modified by CarDreams
Leather Air Bag
Garage & Gate Switch Hack using 996 Targa Roof Switches
Spoiler Dash Indicator Light & Switch
Rennline Dead Pedal
Foot Well Lights
Clear Front Side Lights
De-Ambered Headlights
Silver Hood Crest
Sun Visors Delete
Numeric Shift Console
Numeric Cables
LN Spin-on Oil Filter
Fog lights converted to LED DRL
BlackVue Dash Camera

I'm catching up!
1. clear side markers (Eagleday)
2. smoked LED tail lights (big safety improvement) $160
3. Litronics (Brandwine Group Buy $1400)
4. 18" Carreras (from Ernie's Alloys, R.I.P.)
5. 18" 997 Turbo Replicas (winter beaters)
6. Arctic Silver center console ($500)
7. Tequipment Carbon Shifter
8. GT3 Seats in Boxster Red
9. Rear speakers (meh)
10. Atmospheric mirror
11. Brushed aluminum pedals, kept brake pedal bare though.
12. GT3 99-01 front bumper
13. GT3 02-04 side skirt (aftermarket)
14. Fabpseed exhaust, polished tips and headers (very loud)
15. Silver hood crest
16. PORSCHE door decals (best bang for the buck mod)
17. Tranzit Blu bluetooth stereo adapter
18. GT3tek rear bumper cover (still not installed nearly 1.5 years after buying)
19. IMS bearing upgraded (LNE).
20. Mild window tinting.

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I also have the Willwood bike rack, thinking of getting it painted to match the car and I'll add some red Porsche decals to make it look OEM.
That rack is on my car year round since I ride one bike or another 7 days a week.

[CraigM]

Thanks! Looks good - think mine are headin' out in the next couple weeks.

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by jim_hoyland

Nice clean look. You don't drive when the sun is low and staring you straight in the face ?

And, what is the cash camera ? Do you mean crash ? What is the make / model and how is it activated......

No issues with the sun. I always found the sun visor lacking.

I have BlackVue dash camera in all four of my cars and two of my kids cars. The one in the Boxster is a BlackVue DR400G-HDII and all five others are BlackVue DR500GW. I like them because they are small and give a good picture. They have GPS which gives you a map and speed. Like oil, there are a lot of opinions out there on dash camera brands and models.

All of mine are old (> than a year old). They have several newer models out now including ones that record front and back.

This is a good forum on these; https://forum.dashcamtalk.com/forums/blackvue.6/

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I'm catching up! .....

Yap. You are up there too. It is a slippery slope indeed.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Chuck W.

No issues with the sun. I always found the sun visor lacking.

I have BlackVue dash camera in all four of my cars and two of my kids cars. The one in the Boxster is a BlackVue DR400G-HDII and all five others are BlackVue DR500GW. I like them because they are small and give a good picture. They have GPS which gives you a map and speed. Like oil, there are a lot of opinions out there on dash camera brands and models.

All of mine are old (> than a year old). They have several newer models out now including ones that record front and back.

This is a good forum on these; https://forum.dashcamtalk.com/forums/blackvue.6/

Yap. You are up there too. It is a slippery slope indeed.

Can you get the camera to catch the blind spot? Or is it too hard an angle to position the camera?

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Can you get the camera to catch the blind spot? Or is it too hard an angle to position the camera?

I am sure if you had a rear facing camera it would record the blind spot. There is no viewer on the camera. It is recorded to a Micro SD card and viewed via computer. There is an app that will allow you to view it live through a smart phone.

This is a link to Dropbox of an AutoCross run I did in the Boxster. It was recorded on the BlackVue DR400G-HDII.

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/20140928_153651_E.mp4?_subject_uid=57022721&w=AADHyzeWtUi0i54NoTxt59jznZfodknYOfwp13TDMqZIJw

[jim_hoyland]

Interesting; how does it work ? Does it come on upon startup, do you reset it between drives ? Curious as to how much attention a unit like this requires....

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by jim_hoyland

Interesting; how does it work ? Does it come on upon start up, do you reset it between drives ? Curious as to how much attention a unit like this requires....

I have it hardwired so that it turns on and off with the car. It records to the 32 gb micro sd card. It is on a loop and will record over itself. Depending on the size of the sd card and the setting you have set up for the camera, you can get from eight to thirty hours before it records over itself.

I pull it out every couple of weeks to ensure it is working and format the sd card just as a maintenance measure.

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

That is a sweet looking ride you have there Chuck, striking interior!

White face gauges and Red seat belts are my two fav from your list Chuck, from your mod list what is a Bird Arm Rest? this turned out when I googled? you got a new tattoo?

Thanks. No tattoos... just a custom armrest that gives you more storage space.