My (feels like a) new car!

[Luckyed]

My local Indy here wanted almost $1000 to do mine.
(I hate to think what a dealer would charge)

I got a lot of good advice before doing mine from StevedOx.
My kids are already out of college, but that doesn't mean I have money to burn.......

[jb92563]

Thats awesome. I also have this annoying rattle and if I had thought about it sooner I would have taken care of it while I had my transmission out for the clutch change.

I wonder if the replacement parts would be the same for the 2001 "S" model?

No kids, no wife, no alimony, no car payments and later this year no mortgage either, but a girlfriend can be costly too with a Boob overhaul in the 5k-10k range

[Need_for_speed]

Originally Posted by jb92563

No kids, no wife, no alimony, no car payments and later this year no mortgage either, but a girlfriend can be costly too with a Boob overhaul in the 5k-10k range

Standing by the DIY on the overhaul....

[steved0x]

Originally Posted by jb92563

I wonder if the replacement parts would be the same for the 2001 "S" model?

Yes, the track arms are the same across the 986 Models with an except for the very earliest models which originally came with a different type of end to replace the monoball bushing, but that old part number has been superceded with the newer style.

[Meir]

Originally Posted by jb92563

Thats awesome. I also have this annoying rattle and if I had thought about it sooner I would have taken care of it while I had my transmission out for the clutch change.

I wonder if the replacement parts would be the same for the 2001 "S" model?

No kids, no wife, no alimony, no car payments and later this year no mortgage either, but a girlfriend can be costly too with a Boob overhaul in the 5k-10k range

that's money well spend

Originally Posted by dghii

Back story...
I've owned my 2000 BoxS for over 8 years now....purchased with 76K miles, now with almost 132K. Although I love looking at newer cars...especially Boxsters, I have three, count 'em THREE boys in college right now. A newer car of any sort is not really in the cards.

Like lots on the forums, my car had the track arm rattle....not at all unexpected given the age and mileage of the car. Being a cheap SOB (apparently) I tried swapping my track arms for some used ones I picked up from a part out a few years ago. The new, used parts did nothing to help the problem.

Next, I took my original track arms apart, repacked the grease and used a punch to 'tighten' the joint as I'd seen online. Unfortunately, the experiment was not successful.

Only good thing was I was getting pretty quick at doing the replacement.

Last week, I broke out the credit card and picked up a couple of new TRW track arms ($107 each). The arms arrived today and I installed them and anxiously took my first drive....

Success!! My car sounds quite and rattle free. It's so nice and I cannot recommend this job enough. I've always been impressed with how rattle and squeak free my soon to be 17 year old car was, with the exception of the low speed track arm rumble. The new track arms truly makes the car feel 10 years newer. Its great!

I haven't had a car payment in many, many years. This $214 investment is less than half of most folks monthly car payment. Money well spent!

where did you buy the parts?

[steved0x]

Originally Posted by Meir

that's money well spend



where did you buy the parts?

My guess is Amazon:

986 Boxster TRW equivalent: TRW JTC1186 Control arm:
986 TRW JTC1186

987 Boxster TRW equivalent: TRW JTC1316 Control arm:
987 TRW JTC1316

They often seem to say out of stock but when I ordered mine they came in less than 2 weeks.

[Meir]

Originally Posted by steved0x

My guess is Amazon:

986 Boxster TRW equivalent: TRW JTC1186 Control arm:
986 TRW JTC1186

987 Boxster TRW equivalent: TRW JTC1316 Control arm:
987 TRW JTC1316

They often seem to say out of stock but when I ordered mine they came in less than 2 weeks.

Thanks.
i need to replace the rears on my 996, which are the same as the boxster's fronts.
i'm on the fence between the TRW and the EPS with the polyurethane.

[steved0x]

Originally Posted by Meir

Thanks.
i need to replace the rears on my 996, which are the same as the boxster's fronts.
i'm on the fence between the TRW and the EPS with the polyurethane.

The 996 takes the same arm all 4 corners, and is the same as 986 boxster fronts like you say. Outside of EPS/vertex and no name brands there is not

much available.

But... This part matches 997 rear arms, 99733104301 that is widely available both TRW and Meyle at around $100 each.

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/clone-porsche-suspension-control-arm-911-37143017001

Looks like the price went up a little. Other vendors may have a better price.

I am running the TRW part on my car and can confirm it is a match. (I ordered Meyle and they sent TRW by mistake so I used them)

Steve