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1 hour ago, ATM said:

I thought its the piece of alloy which all the arms attach to rather than the arms themselves?

Correct, my mistake in the description.

Dropped it off for annual MOT. Passed with no advisories.

Now booked in at OPC mid Nov for the recall regarding suspect suspension side arms.

27 minutes ago, smartin said:

When people have been saying that they have got the recall notice, is that being contacted by an OPC to say their car is affected? Or that upon entering the VIN on the Porsche recall checker, it comes back listing this rear axle carrier side section campaign?

Just entered the VIN for my Oct 2012 registered 981S and it comes back with that campaign so, should I expect contact from an OPC now?

You should receive a letter from Porsche GB showing the details of the recall campaign. They ask you to contact your OPC to confirm receipt of the letter and then OPC will confirm your details and book the car in for the parts to be replaced.

Also got the recall notice via letter from Porsche GB for my 2014. Parts to be delivered w/c 01/11/21. Need to notify my OPC that recall letter has been received.

Car now booked in for 23rd November - need for a couple of days apparently although letter says work will take around 6 hours. No courtesy car offered, option for them to pick up or customer to drop off.

We still own one from new in 2002. The ride is sharper than the MGF

The engine loves to Rev and it now handles better thanks to a suspension upgrade to the shocks - called comfort pack as was standard on the very last TFs. Upgrades are popular including sports exhausts and exhaust manifold plus induction upgrades.

Things to watch out for:

Head Gaskets tended to let go due to weak material and fixings plus oil rails have been replaced with more robust items.

The TF is very fussy on tyres. Original spec were Goodyear’s now NLA so the favoured choice is Toyos.

Front and rear subframes can rust and be an MOT failure. Rust at the bottom of the wheel arches is common but replacement panels are readily available from MG specialists.

There are various forums available so research material is plentiful.

Tough one Patt. Hope it gets sorted at a reasonable cost.

This is for my 2014 981

You will need a 5mm hex tool - quite long - and the adjustment points are as per the diagram. Pull off the plastic cover indicated for access. Same on the other side.

Hope it stays OK Patt.

Possibly off the road for over 3 years judging by the MOT history. 

With reference to when TPMS became mandatory - Quote from Tyresafe.org:

The process began with the introduction of legislation on 1 November 2012, whereby all new models of cars sold in the EU had to have a TPMS fitted. This was broadened out in November 2014 to include every new passenger vehicle being required to have a TPMS before being sold. In the UK on 1 January 2015, legislation came into force stating that for these vehicles, an inoperative or faulty TPMS sensor would result in an MOT failure.

Note the difference regarding all new models in Nov 2012 - the Boxster 981 version was introduced earlier in 2012. The Cayman 981 version was introduced in production form in 2013 - not  brand new models, but all new cars from November 2014 had to have some form  of TPMS fitted.

7 hours ago, Stuart21UK said:

they're the original tyres? holy moly

Should have changed the fronts earlier really. Car has done 33k but always swapped to winters and done a few long trips on the winters - Scotland twice, Europe 3 times so I estimate the summer fronts have done 20k. Quite a few miles on motorways and autoroutes using the summers.

20 minutes ago, Menoporsche said:

Literally an advisory about the tyres being hard? Or is that your rephrasing of a more standard complaint?

Well the form said tyres were worn, but the conversation mentioned the front tyre rubber was hard and showed signs of shoulder crazing/cracking.

1 hour ago, Patt said:

Think Michelin are offering £25 cash back per tyre again until end of month.

Thanks for the heads up Patt.👍

Took it for its MOT which was due in June but had the 6 month extension.

Passed OK but an advisory about the tyres being worn and the fronts (which are now 6 years old) being hard. Will be swapping to the winters soon so will defer purchasing new tyres unless a good deal comes up.

Looks like mesh

8 hours ago, Buzzfox said:

OK, time for Buzzfox's next stupid question - what is the DPF? I only know that as a diesel particulate filter but that's obviously not the case here.  

Probably a typo - means GPF?

Great video Daz. 👍. Have subscribed to your channel.

Interested in the change - what is the full part number of the X73 bar you fitted? My car has PASM.

1 minute ago, mneil said:

ACF 50.

Cheers. Think I got some in the garage somewhere.

Gave the wheel arches a wash and brush up. Nearside were the worst to clean. Need to find something to clear that rust of the hub centres. Car 6 years old next month.

Note - the weeds on the drive are being dealt with tomorrow!

1 hour ago, robporsche said:

you and me both its definately a job i want to do before spring is here,  can you do it first and let me know how you get on lol.   

Rob,

Done it back in 2015. there is a very useful how to you have probably seen posted by topradio and a detailed write up from Schell autosports done on a cayman but same set up on Boxster.

http://blog.schnellautosports.com/2015/03/project-981-cayman-s-installing-981-gts.html

Steve.

2 hours ago, michelin said:

Does anybody have the part numbers for the 2 diffusers with parking sensors please?

May order the bits and do this retro fit over winter albeit with a hair dryer to keep the plastic warm 🙂

This is the number I had via Tiele for the set of two in black with parking sensor holes 98150502132.

17 minutes ago, DJMC said:

Is this the standard S rear? If so, is what I see through the gaps exhaust or suspension? Or a bit of both?...

topradio's under...

 

Top one looks like a modified exhaust. With a standard or S the factory fit diffuser is the same. You will we mostly the exhaust boxes albeit a slightly different shape if it is PSE or standard and a bit of suspension at both ends.

48 minutes ago, DJMC said:

Did you do a "before" photo?

If so, could you please post Before and the After, so we can see the difference?

DJMC, borrowed this from Planet 9 - original in first shot, GTS style in second. The GTS diffuser hides the exhaust boxes which you can see through the gaps in the original diffuser.

With apologies to Topradio for jumping in on this!

Yes, it was Poland. I checked and double checked the part numbers before and after the diffuser arrived just in case it was not a genuine part!

Glad you remembered about the looms! Would have been very annoying discovering this the next time you drove it!

Great write up and pics.

Top radio - Great "how to".

Glad I was able to help spend your money! Did you get the diffuser from UK or Tiele in Germany?