Bike Loon

36 minutes ago, Pinewood said:

The lights are starting to cloud.
 

I have a DA polisher and some cutting compounds. Should I use them or buy the kit, but which one? 

I used the T cut kit... easy to use and came up great

https://www.amazon.co.uk/T-Cut-THK001-Headlight-Restoration-Kit/dp/B00FJVZZVY/ref=asc_df_B00FJVZZVY/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310822128238&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12628362183060666500&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045824&hvtargid=pla-443683394790&psc=1&mcid=936d8bd79cb33b89962dcbb6f6005efb&th=1&psc=1

Gave it another coat of polish after taking it for a bimble to the shops in the sunshine

I paid £700 to have my front bumper and bonnet resprayed but its a bodyshop I have used for 20 years + so I get a very good deal!

Thought I would try out the £100 cordless polisher on the headlights. They were not terrible to start with but the surface felt rough and was starting to go very slightly cloudy.
I had the T Cut headlight kit and all went well. The polisher seems pretty good, came with a mulittude of different adaptors and sponges and the headlights came up lovely.

I must remember to add the cost on when  come to sell the car

6 minutes ago, Crudeoink said:

Found a nail in my rear tyre this morning. Loooovely, only about 2 months old Conti SC7! 

Will be repairable provided its not too close to the sidewall

Just now, Mattman42 said:

one of your senile moments? pretty sure you have told us before of your auto-dipping mirrors

 

Auto dipping interior mirror was mentioned previously not the passenger one when reversing.... try to keep up

Had an RTFM moment recently... I only discovered last week that if you leave the switch for the electric mirrors on the N/S mirror, it auto dips when you put it in reverse for parking and it then returns to normal position afterwards. 😁

Apart from that, nothing to report, just ticked over 84,000 miles now so only 16k miles  to go until its worthless! Everything still working perfectly and just ordered a Cordless polisher... not sure they is much improvement to be had over the finish I have but will be a good to try

I have the V107 on my 987... great tyre, typical of Yokohama really.

N rating is only a requirement from Porsche if you have a Porsche warranty, if not it is not relevent at all

Suggestions of what?

Bad to use... Corrosion - This happens because most of these caps are made of a steel, where as most valves are either brass or aluminium. With the static electricity generated by the wheels going round you get a galvanic corrosion reaction between the two differing metals and they corrode together.

Also I have seen on bikes where the base of the tyre valve has got damaged with some of the heavier metal caps as the weight puts stress on the valve as the wheel rotates at speed

body coloured centre console improves the look massively

had the new rear brake pads fitted

Sometimes cars that seem cheap are just bargains.  Some people are too quick to shout "its too cheap for a limited edition, its a scam"

First post would indicate that maybe he received them some time ago and has not realised maybe. Still not great service as they sold you the car!

How do you know its OEM though? The previous owner might have changed it for a cheap pattern one

Mine will be reused, did the same on my 986S years ago

Taken the drivers door panel off to adjust the window positioning slightly as was getting a little wind noise at certain speeds since the new regulator was fitted.

It needed going forwards a smidge

OEM 986 one is £270 from Design 911

https://www.design911shop.com/p/window-lift-cable---regulator-porsche-996---boxster-986--part-no-99654207504---99654207604-_2_2/?source=doofinder

I just paid £295 from Mid Sussex Porsche for one for my 987.2 so about right

The rivet is there to stop the window dropping too low, its as the regulator fits the 996 as well and does not use the rivet in them.

Nothing to do with the height when closed

It’s not a tricky job, I am not great with spanner’s and I have done it 4 times now.

watch a few “how to” videos and make sure you mark the positioning of the window in the fitment with tape or a marker before removal 

That’s the regulator going noise.

i learned the hard way that OEM replacement is the only way to go

So went and had a look this morning, plenty on the fronts but the rears are low so guess I will be ordering those.

No doubt they still need the stupidly expensive anti squeal bits

2 minutes ago, Araf said:

I always put genuine pads on mine.  On the last car I only replaced them just before I sold it - after 40k miles so IMHO cheap pads are a false economy.

In my experience, the pads only have to be 2/3rds worn to trigger the sensor.  I'll have to find the pad comparison picture.  It's in my work computer so that won't be until Monday.

I will have a look in daylight tomorrow... at least with those wheels its easy to see through them!

When I stopped for petrol and restarted the light was not on so maybe just a false alarm...will see in the morrow. Hopefully worst case its a set of pads and 1 sensor!

Had the low brake pad warning come up on the dash today.

Hard to tell from looking, but thinking its the fronts. Anyone had any experience of decent replacements?

Saw this on Design 911 for this kit which includes new sensors and pins etc

https://www.design911shop.com/p/brake-pads--front--porsche-boxster-987---cayman----rear--997-s/