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Annual spring time clay bar, followed by a coat of Poor Boys black hole and Nattys wax for the car today. Still zero stone chips on the bonnet and front bumper since the respray... mind you I have probably only done 2,000 miles since they were painted 😆😬

Will probably give it another coat of wax later in the week & I will also condition all the leather interior (thats the seats, door cards, centre console surrounds, speedo binnicle and dashboard) 😁

Just now, Mattman42 said:

perhaps if you were working on a Monday and not skiving, it wouldn't have been an issue 😛

I am off work on Annual leave this week, sorry I forgot to inform you... oh wait, I am not @John K, go feck yourself 🙃

weather forecast was no rain today... gave the car its annual springtime clay bar, then then  applied the Poor Boys black hole.
As I started to use the Nattys wax and of course it starts to rain! 😡

Washed it.... and then it rained!

That is a pretty car. As said the red interior works as its not the usual "everything red inc the steering wheel" option.

Enjoy

It should tell you in your service book what is needed at each different interval

23 hours ago, ½cwt said:

It has been discussed...  I'm keeping the 986.  More a case that mine isn't good enough for him (probably fair) than the price.

My first 987.1 had a lazy tappet.. I thought I could live with it, in reality it annoyed the cr*p out of me. Not that your 986 is not good enough, its a great looking car that you have done the majority of jobs that will need doing... its just the noisy tappet is a "feature" that I can not stand 

So today, the sun was out and I am feeling a bit better so I changed the Window regulator. Pretty much like the you tube video I looked at, except being the drivers door in the Uk and passenger door in the US there is a bigger window / Mirror switch loom. I could not work out where it disconnects to get the inner panel off. There is also the loom for the airbag that needs to be disconnected that is connected inside the door. I was struggling to get that off as well.
So I decided to do it with the inner panel a few inches from the door. It was actually ok. I marked the position of the window with tape and noted where the adjustment nuts on the base of the door were (both were central).

I put it all back together before testing it, bar a few screws for the door handle. Usually this means it wont work and you have to take it all to bits but all worked fine.

Reprogrammed the window drop and have a silky smooth operating window again.

Would definitely recommend an OEM regulator, yes its more expensive but they last and the window drop is the perfect gap.

So that saved me between £200 - £500 in labour from the quotes I got !

1 year ago I bought this blind at auction without even seeing it.

I have only covered 3,950 miles in the last 12 months.. it has so far cost me 1 cam position sensor, 1 service, 4 new tyres and 1 window regulator. I also paid for the front end to be resprayed and the wheels refurbished, and of course crested centre caps.
 

Today is the first day the weather has been suitable to change the window regulator but it will have to wait a few days as I had surgery yesterday.

It is a great example that decent cars are out there, at auction and it is not just cars with lots of issues that go through.

Happy gotcha day car!

I rarely have the music up loud, but there was one of my favs on the way home on Monday and cranked it up... same feeling, that Bose on the 987.2 with the sub is a pretty good set up!

I am 6ft3 and yes the 987 is more spacious... if you get the 14 way adjustment electric seats you can get it just right for you as well

As said, its pretty common. I got my 987.2 from Auction and it has all the books, fully stamped service book from Porsche dealerships and specialists and no supporting paperwork.

I contacted the one that did the 60k service with a question and they were happy to confirm the PDK clutch fluid was changed.

I would not worry about that at all

4 minutes ago, ribroaster3 said:

Really? Am I missing a trick here do you think? The car is priced fair and its absolutely mint. He's doing the alloy wheels from platinum to satin black for me to match the colour of the bodywork better. So that's saved me £400. 🤔

2015 was 9 years ago

Yeah I watched 3 how to videos on You Tube... one of them was terribly bad! The other 2 were good.

When I did the 986 I used a marker pen to mark the window glass. I have some blue painters tape that I think I will use this time. It really does look identical to the 986 job, apart from the aluminium inner panel instead of the Membrane that you have on the 986. 

I reckon 1 hour should do it from start to finish

New Regulator delivered by Fedex from MidSussex Porsche at 9-30 this morning. Can't fault the service (although I did give them the part number which made it easier 😆)

Just got to decide when to fit it now. I have managed to position the height of the glass so that it does not catch the roof when opening the door and doesn't allow water in either. Think I will do it either Sunday or Tuesday though

15 minutes ago, Menoporsche said:

Interesting. 

Then I remember my Sport Chrono Plus has the PCM option "DRLs on", which puts my lights on with ignition on. So I barely use my headlight switch.  (Actually I use it at night to switch on dash backlighting). I believe for those without SC+, the same can be done with PIWIS.

Saved $125  

Might be worth checking to see if in "DRL" mode your car puts the rear lights on. As if you rely on it at night you would be in stealth mode from behind!

9 minutes ago, iborguk said:

That is special.

 

Indeed, even Dick Turpin wore a mask... they want the thick end of £500 for an hours labour

This morning I when I pressed the window switch I got the familiar crunching noise of a window regulator giving up the ghost. I have changed these myself 3 times on the 986S I had. I learned that its not worth buying pattern parts as they do not last and often the window drop is not correct on them either.

Thought I would ask a couple of Porsche "Specialists" that are local for quotes.

Now, the Regulator from Porsche is £291 inc vat which of course means D911 quote that amount plus vat 😆

The first Specialist quoted me £503 all in.. the job itself is about an hour. One big difference between the 986 and the 987 is there is no membrane that you need to replace anymore. Porsche replaced it with an reusable aluminium panel that is held in with 8 screws. I had a look at a couple of "How to" videos on Youtube and apart from the aluminium panel it seems exactly the same to do as the 986, so I had already decided to do the job myself and save the extra £200.

I got an email back from the other so called "Specialist" telling me they would have to "replace the inner door membrane as it works out more cost effective than to clean and reseal the old one" and the total cost all in would be £763.39 for them to do the job. I did send a reply saying that it was strange they were quoting for a membrane when there is not one to replace 😆

35 minutes ago, Mattman42 said:

iced window or just failed on its own accord?

Nope was 6 degrees this morning... think it was just its time.

24 minutes ago, phazed said:

Interesting. At what mileage did it fail?

83,000 miles on the car.
I looked at a Youtube video and apart from having an aluminium panel behind the door card instead of the clear membrane, it is exactly the same job as when I did my 986 in the past.

New OEM Regulator looking about £244, will not get an aftermarket one as when I did that with my 986 it literally lasted a year and broke again. Porsche MidSussex want £291 for one but they have them in stock

@T911UK says out of stock on your site, can you Pm me with availability pls?

Drivers side window regulator went crunch today

I changed them myself when I had the 986S (3 times actually!) but not sure I will do it on this one. Depends on the cost I guess. 

The only thing I am up and dressed and out the house for at 8:45 on my day off would be a Motorbike track day 😆

Let me know when the next one is and I might bring the old bus up

Edit : Thats for the Newlands meet, not @CAZ having Whatsapp calls 😆

Was 12 degrees here 😎

2 hours ago, Mattman42 said:

Testing the van-like capabilities of the Boxster on a trip to B&Q

 

and finally the sun came out so was able  to get the roof down for the first time in ages 

Had the roof down on mine for the first time this year

When we took my 987.1 3.4 to Surrey Rolling Road, it was 295.5bhp.... typical Germanic efficiency despite it having 110,000 miles on it at the time!

Had the heated steering wheel and heated seat on this morning... Spring my @rse