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"Dansk" get very good reviews on here (I don't know what a hotdog is).

16 hours ago, Bradders59 said:

Would you really want Tiffany Dell or Jason Plato ragging your car to the redline and smoking the tyres sideways in the bends for a TV programme ?

I have no problem with VBH ragging me until I smoke.

4 hours ago, Meridianmet said:

Cleaned the rads out today, and fitted an new pair of a/c condensers and drier, now booked in to have it re-gassed, and see if it works, as it hasn't since i purchased the car.  The old condensers had started to disintegrate!

At least KwikFit do not charge for regassing if there are still leaks in the system (in old cars the pipes are known to corrode under the car), keep that in mind.

You finally finished walking then?

Exactly what I said  

That rules out Bike Loon then. 

85k? Was that a 4.0 GTS then?

2 hours ago, RedBarediver said:

It seems that whoever took it off the donor car just ripped the speedo binnacle off instead of undoing two T20 screws...

You can't use something like

35 minutes ago, moospeed said:

In other words it didn’t look right, but was right

It was ever thus. 
I think there is no one right answer. You could have following the curve, dead straight, or a combination of both, to taste. And then discuss the spacing between the letters. 

As mentioned on another thread - get a quote for the central panels re-covered in alcantara. A relatively simple job and thus should be quite cheap. I can imagine side bolsters more complex and thus more expensive.

12 hours ago, Bbooxxsstteerr said:

a favourite pie of shoes

Uh-oh - pie alert on BoXa...  Incoming...

Or an IR gun thermometer like got popularised during the pandemic?

Thanks for the explanation, that's Andy to know.

He's locked out...

Wait, you have Geo doing your geo?

Nominative determinism strikes again.

You're all over the threads! I had to go and find it...

In the intro to the heated seat project, at about 1.50 he says he bought the original switches. At about 4.45 he says the switches normally toggle for two temperature settings. So both 9x6 and 9x7 have two stage heating. But he then says that they couldn't work out how to wire the seats to get both settings working.  I have not watched all the other videos to see if they then solved that.

59 minutes ago, TV8 said:

The retro fit I have seen (I think on here) had a two stage switch. The standard switches are, I think, one stage.

My 987 are two stage and as it never gets colder here than about 4C I only use the lower setting. That’s hot enough for me!
the video you posted of the 986 showed they were two stage also. 

Ah; do check that one of the arms isn’t bent.  IIRC that happens more often than you’d think. Can try by eye or can unbolt both and put them on a flat surface, see if they aren’t symmetrical. 

4 hours ago, nelmo said:

That sort of wear is caused by camber, not alignment

I use the word alignment generally for camber, toe, etc  

26 minutes ago, Paul Harper said:

Yes it is a real struggle! Not sure how I get round this. They aren’t snapping anymore just coming off the ball every time the roof is operated.

Try winding them two turns or four turns in one direction, try again? See if they pop earlier or stay on?

You can’t buy OEM, sadly Porsche only sell them on the metal arms. Try a different eBay supplier. But yes, if repeated snapping there is a problem elsewhere. 

Sod the lacquer, that needs alignment. 

Thought this was usual a microswitch issue. 

54 minutes ago, bte123 said:

As such, has anyone ever sold their OEM head unit on ebay or alike?

Doesn’t hurt to try. Think I’ve heard of some who offset their replacement by a surprising amount.