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3 hours ago, Patt said:

Minimum replace:

 

2x Inner track rods

2x Outer track rods

4x coffin arms

4x shocks 

4x springs (M030 are slightly cheaper and sportier)

2x front top mounts

4x drop links 

2x  ARB bush sets

1x engine mount (easier if you also replace water pump/thermostat (can't remember exactly which shares the gasket)

1x 4 wheel alignment

 

Check before replacing:

Tuning forks

Brake discs

 

Can't think of anything else off the top of my head.

And YES it totally transforms the driving experience back to a new car feel.

 

 

 

Bump stops and the rear eccentric bolts but these are cheap. 

2 hours ago, Daboy3000 said:

I think you are looking at £1500 just for shocks and springs.

I doubt it. A set of Koni Special Active and if Euros have the HR springs on offer and it should be £900 or less. 

I've had a 986 since 2012 bought with some redundancy money and the current one since late 2013. Over the years I've thought about changing for a 987 Spyder or Lotus Exige V6. 

Before my kids I did a Euro trip every year for a good few years but for the last 4 years or so I barely manage a few 100 miles a year. I don't see the point of changing for perhaps another 10 years but perhaps EV cars might change the landscape and there may be some sort of last chance saloon in a few years which might make me change my mind. 

Not the kit but there is a how to in the how to section written by I think Duffy from several years ago. 

36 minutes ago, RedBarediver said:

Feels like a brand new car. Although to be fair I think that is mostly to do with the fact that the entire suspension is new. The four-wheel alignment will not make a suspension with tired and old components feel amazing. On a new suspension it is absolutely necessary and makes an ENORMOUS difference.

Kwikfit did the front on mine last year and while they got it feeling okay, the alignment yesterday highlighted how far out their setup was. Even with a Hunter machine.

Definitely worth spending the money.

If you had since taken apart the rear suspension then the front geo will always be out. 

 

7 hours ago, TV8 said:

I suppose that would be an option but I asked about exchange and he said bring it to him. I see your car has sports cats and different manifolds. What sort are they please?

I've used the eBay versions on both my 986. 

For everyone else, some of the links may be dead now but there is a sticky post with exhaust sound clips in the Exhausts and styling section. 

17 minutes ago, TV8 said:

I am thinking about one of these and Carnewal don’t sell them for the 986 due to the many variations and charge €390 to do your car in their workshop. I would love to hear a 986 if anyone in the south east has one please?

I have one for several years. I sent an exhaust to him and he did the job and sent it back. 

Have a look at my 550 running report. I resorted to wet sanding mine. 

4 hours ago, phazed said:

Interesting. Will look in to that.

Got a link?

Buy second hand at breakers or direct from Porsche. Lots of threads on intake mods including the 987 airbox and larger throttle body. 

9 minutes ago, Daboy3000 said:

Replaced the "other" drip tray underneath the clamshell. Fingers crossed this was the final leak!

I dream of leaving the cover off during wet weather, am I being unrealistic?

No. Never owned a cover myself, albeit last few years in a garage, and many on here park there's out in all weathers. 

If you are removing the inlet manifolds that is the best time to put in the 987 airbox if you are looking for a small gain in power. 

I have a good friend who used the Poweflex insert in his 996 and fairly quickly removed it. Too much nvh for his daily road car purpose. Now the 986 uses the bush/mounts in a different orientation but I would hazard a guess that the voids in the engine mount are doing a good amount of absorbing, hence when they are removed when you notice the feeling of wear they are at least half in not wholly torn. 

13 hours ago, Fat Rat said:

Basically cut a good box open and threw out the centre silencers and cross over pipes. I have done a thread on it. I will try to add the link. I need to get back on to it. It has progressed. Welded up and and old oval pipe cut off. Modifying to except the facelift changeable tips. Also replace the studs for the front mounting bar as rotted. Then find a mounting bar as mine is not fitted on my car. 🤨. Than a clean and paint. Nice job of yours by the way. 🤙🏻

 

I've posted pics previously in my 550 running report but the Carnewal mod is probably along similar lines. You can see the central upper section cut in a rectangle. 

27 minutes ago, ½cwt said:

From what people post the front engine mounts seem to last 15 to 18 years at best or up to 80k miles before notable deterioration or clear failure is seen.  The PO changed the one on mine at about 16 years, 70k miles.

Mine was long gone before 9 years and 105k. 

Given the feedback over he years I'd expect most if not all 986 engine mounts to be gone. Mine was pretty much split all the way round and you could feel the drive line clonk. Gearbox mount less so but still worn after miles and years and a noticeable improvement especially with some mildly uprated ones. 

I think it's the heat cycling as much as anything else that gets to the exhaust boxes. They get very hot so moisture in normal use once engine up to temp.

28 minutes ago, 02boxster968 said:

This illustration is also very useful showing how the exhaust gases enter and leave the stock 986 exhaust. Blue arrow are the left side and red for right all the way to tail pipe

The setup looks like the gases from each side of the engine cross over each other via internal pipes before existing via tail pipe furthest from the entry point. German engineering at its finest 😅

Aside from the directional arrows you can also see the gaps and perforations. It must also contribute to back pressure. 

This topic has been discussed many times over the years with the same types of pictures, ideas and broadly conclusions. The eBay box is largely the same thing rebranded many times over. Some minor but ultimately insignificant design differences over the years. It has the fibreglass packing and is thin wall steel and weights much much lighter than the OEM exhaust. 

When the eBay exhaust was circa £99-£130 and modifications to it would have cost more than the exhaust itself for no guaranteed change. At that same time period good original exhausts were cheap. I paid £70 for one in 2013 and had it modified by Carnewal. It's not done many miles really but it shows on the old prices you could buy an exhaust get it Carnewal'd for the same price people are selling worse condition original exhausts today. 

 

5 hours ago, kdh said:

My mistake. Mines a DesignTek, which I thought was made by Dansk.

https://www.design911shop.com/p/exhaust-muffler---silencer-sports-system-porsche-boxster-986/

I’ll try and do an audio recording later today from inside the cabin.

 

 

Designtek is Design911 own branded/imported parts. 

Design911 have most of the UK distribution for the US products. 

Looking back through my old posts my first was I think a 4.25" from a small business called Motordrive. I think they do seats too and were somewhere in the Mids. They sold up and all their product and stock went to SVP. Next up and on current car was the @jimk04 design, 4" from memory. Both were much cheaper than the import Design911 stuff.

I recall the one to avoid is the US Mantis one which has the spoked design. One example proven to have shattered. 

 

I've done this on both my 986. I don't see any real down side. This is a reliability mod more than anything else and the theoretical reduction in drag loss and minor increase in wheel horse power is a by product. Don't forget the original aim of this is for the track where high rpm keeps the ancillaries spinning faster. The original aim was to stop the PAS pump overheating. 

Basically yes, jubilee clip in my case 10 years ago.

If the dampers are new and decent what bin them? The lowering is done on the spring and if you really do have a shortened damper like a Bilstein B8 for example it will be a better damper than original. 

There is something to suit all budgets. The eBay specials were around 99 to 149. If you want quality ones and ones which many other outfits use for their cat pipes then HJS. 

1 hour ago, Menoporsche said:

Woah, check jacking points first. Commonly people crush the aircon lines if not careful. 

Mostly that's if you don't use the jacking point properly!