Finally. Pix!

[RandallNeighbour]

Originally Posted by jeffsquire

Did you take the calipers off or leave them?

Jeff, I left them on. The only thing I would do differently if I were to do it again would be to use most of the can of brake parts cleaner and really scrub them with a towel inside and out. I contaminated the red paint a little by brushing over areas I didn't originally think I would paint, so I didn't thoroughly spray the areas and wipe it down with a rag the way I should have done.

Perfectlap: I have decided against clear coating mine after reading your comment above. If the stickers fall off, so be it. I'll buy more. I just ain't taking those wheels off AGAIN anytime soon because the clear coat is messed up.

Blkboxster: There's just not much to see in the back.... the new exhaust tucks under the bumper so well that you only see a sliver of it and what you do see is the transmission now! Makes me want to buy a newer bumper that's lower or put those diffusers on the one I have now.

Audioguy: I had no tires on these rims previously. They're new. However, I was running a brand new set (3 months of weekend driving only) of Sumitomo HRTZII's on my 17's... which will be my track tires for the DE I want to do next year. The Sumi's are very good inexpensive tires IMO and did not flat-spot like the Kumho's I was running before. I have nothing good to say about Kumho tires, although others say they are great for the track because they're cheap. The Sumi's are even cheaper though... and ToolPants has them on his Boxster and doggonit, if Jeff uses them then they're good enough for me! He's a boxster expert with a first year boxster he bought brand new in 1996 I think!

The Michelins are just incredibly quiet and very very grippy. Of course, I only have about 600 miles on them so they're just getting broken in. Some of the love affair with this brand and model tires is the fact that I have not had the cash to put really good tires on the car before so this is like a bit of a tire dream come true for me.

[jeffsquire]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Jeff, I left them on. The only thing I would do differently if I were to do it again would be to use most of the can of brake parts cleaner and really scrub them with a towel inside and out. I contaminated the red paint a little by brushing over areas I didn't originally think I would paint, so I didn't thoroughly spray the areas and wipe it down with a rag the way I should have done.

Perfectlap: I have decided against clear coating mine after reading your comment above. If the stickers fall off, so be it. I'll buy more. I just ain't taking those wheels off AGAIN anytime soon because the clear coat is messed up.

Blkboxster: There's just not much to see in the back.... the new exhaust tucks under the bumper so well that you only see a sliver of it and what you do see is the transmission now! Makes me want to buy a newer bumper that's lower or put those diffusers on the one I have now.

Audioguy: I had no tires on these rims previously. They're new. However, I was running a brand new set (3 months of weekend driving only) of Sumitomo HRTZII's on my 17's... which will be my track tires for the DE I want to do next year. The Sumi's are very good inexpensive tires IMO and did not flat-spot like the Kumho's I was running before. I have nothing good to say about Kumho tires, although others say they are great for the track because they're cheap. The Sumi's are even cheaper though... and ToolPants has them on his Boxster and doggonit, if Jeff uses them then they're good enough for me! He's a boxster expert with a first year boxster he bought brand new in 1996 I think!

The Michelins are just incredibly quiet and very very grippy. Of course, I only have about 600 miles on them so they're just getting broken in. Some of the love affair with this brand and model tires is the fact that I have not had the cash to put really good tires on the car before so this is like a bit of a tire dream come true for me.

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THanks RandallNeighbor. This will be my weekend project. ANy suggestions where I can get the pain you suggested at a good price? Autozone, etc?

[BoxsterSbob]

The Carrera lights rock!

I been thinking of replacing my turbo twists with carrera lights next tire change.

Where did you buy them?

Many thanks
bob

[RandallNeighbour]

Jeff: Bought the G2 paint system off Ebay. $34.95 plus shipping and handling. Listed for mustangs of all things.

Bob: Bought them from www.wheeldynamics.com They have the correct offsets for the Boxster application. Paid $995 for the rims, and he mounted and road-force balanced the PS2's and then shipped them to me for $2,150 total price.

sweeet. the calipers do look really good. first time that i've seen a pic of your car randall, very nice n simple i like it. i hear you about the shine...my car up close looks terrible, but when clean n waxed it's a different car, still beautifull dirtyyy..

[Perfectlap]

I think RN"s paint may not be so perfect for different reasons.
If your paint is free of scratches/chips and looks terrible because
of heavy swirling and spiderwebbing that's an entirely fixable problem.
$150 for a PC with Lake Country polishing pad, Menzerma IP and II,
two hours of blood sweat and tears and even up close and personal, dark paint will look great again.
Beats the **************** out repaint. Incidentally, I took my car for an estimate to have a fender repaired that has a small 3" hairline dent and color matching my GT3 bumper (been sitting waiting to be installed forever) and the estimate from the top Porshce/Merc/exotics,etc. autobody shop in this area was over $3,000 for just those two pieces. I may have them fix just the fender because Silver is tough to match. I'll find someone else for the bumper.
Either way, The PC is a must have friend.

[RandallNeighbour]

Ha! Your advice is exactly what I have done already... you told me last year what to buy and I did it! PC, Lake Country Pad, Menzerna products, Klasse AIO, and P21s.

I still have numerous places on the front and back trunk lids where some complete idiot jammed too much crap in the trunks and then slammed them shut, making "reverse" dings in the panels and paint. The paint actually cracked under the pressure.

I also have scratches that go throught the paint into the primer here and there, two eraser head sized rust spots below the exhaust fan area, and two sets of BAD door dings on the passenger side fender from vacation last year (forced to park in a very tight SC hotel parking lot and someone got me not once, but twice). The door dings are just flat embarassing to me. I just know people walk by my car and say, "oooh, I bet he's pissed about those dings."

This is why I want to have the car torn down and repainted properly one day. But it will be the last thing I do.

Kronix: Hopefully, Santa will be good to me this year and I will have some side skirts and humps on the car and it should make it look more elaborate and less simple.

[Mark986]

Randall,

Your car looks great! You have really rejuvenated a car that had not seen any love from its' former owners.
I saw you going through Memorial Park a while backand thought your car looked tight back then. With the new wheels she is the bomb; they really update it.

Congrats, the love (and money) you have lavished on your baby shows.