Southy

35 minutes ago, villaman said:

Ha...I've just read the thread title...sorry...mine is a987 ?

geez 987 drivers

Drove in the rain, I thought that was quite brave 

Just now, Sazzy said:

I don't leave it down when I park it anywhere.

Down when driving up when parked

Interesting write up, thanks for taking the time.

On 03/09/2017 at 5:24 PM, Sazzy said:

Finally got my hands on some fly catchers and fitted them! Car looks so much better. They seem a little too easy to just clip in, does anyone secure them with anything more? 

They have a surprisingly lose fit. I don't use anything on mine on a track I'd imagine they would be safe up to 110mph so normal uk road use would be fine.

You could put one black cable tie at the bottom that would stop it d disappearing 

2 hours ago, pquadro said:

Went for a spin around  Kent's Downs with a stop at the Plough Inn in Stalisfield - fantastic place!

 

 

crikey thats like a 4x4 track!

haven't seen it for a week, hope it's still in the garage when I try and get it out tonight

Finally had a chance to complete the roof mod.

I've had the one touch roof open/close for two years now with the modded roof relay I can open/close on the move!  small things

http://986forum.com/forums/performance-technical-chat/48096-automatic-roof-one-touch-mods.html

Bought a new clamshell as my current appeared to be damaged when my old roof failed.  

Fitted the new clamshell looked ok it'll need repainting yipee.

Then refitted old clamshell and found you can alter the alignment by adjusting the screws slightly  oh feking great it now fits perfectly lol

Clamshell added to parts bin

Driving back from my moms last night around 9pm dual carriage way, national speed limit - football sized rock in the middle of the road only missed it as I was changing lanes, gave me a big scare! - pushed hazards on as I was being followed by a few cars saw someone pullover so hopefully they moved it.

Gave the leather a good clean last night and applied my annual coating fabsil gold to the roof.

Bodywork although clean is very dusty, might be time to invest in an indoor car cover

51 minutes ago, Sazzy said:

It was on my to do list anyway, I just bought it forward. I dunno why but I'm so conscious, I've never been to anything like this before and don't know what to expect I guess.

You'll be fine, just enjoy the day and I hope the weather is as good as it was last year for you guys

One guy near where we parked spent almost the whole day cleaning his car! 

9 hours ago, Sazzy said:

I'm pleased to read this as mine is sparkling right now but won't be after coming up from Cornwall, and it's worrying me!!! All the cars in the YT vids are immaculate  ??

A few people were cleaning cars during the event. I was off enjoying the other cars

4 minutes ago, Jason986S said:

Was all twisty tight B-roads. Compliant but flat corning and suspension set-up. I was fairly impressed that the rear diff was quite tight and would skip a wheel on lock, drift spec!

haha love it

On 5/13/2017 at 8:06 PM, rowbos said:

Where did you drive the 'Stang and how was it?

bet it was in a straight line only    started seeing a few of these near me, had one start to follow me in some twisties, took it easy on him I only accelerated in the corners

11 hours ago, RCS said:

Ongoing fettling of the recent 986 purchase

Hate having bits not quite right so changed the front aero lips by the front wheels including the fixings - even though there's only minor damage to the existing ones 

Existing

Replacement

 

I also did this as one of the few things I can actually do

16 hours ago, jimbob2911 said:

In for its yearly with Cotswolds.  Lee will do his bit. 

Mine goes into Lee in a couple of weeks for a service and MOT.

20 minutes ago, Jason986S said:

I think a roof scrub is in order @Loz987. But as for the spring.... ah just blu-tac it back on, it's fine..... Time for a H&R upgrade?

Good spot Jason, expecting Loz's next update is a good roof clean!

13 hours ago, Loz987 said:

Snapped this... 10 yards from home, fortunately. 

is it important? ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Joking...)

On the plus side the cars a little lower  (maybe not all round though)

3 hours ago, Sazzy said:

Took the car out properly for the first time since getting it back on Wednesday, having had, amongst other work, two new front tyres and laser wheel alignment. 

OH MY GOD, I have a different car!!! I actually cannot believe how much better it feels and drives! Much more planted at the front end. Very chuffed. 

exactly the same as me, I even got my wife to drive it as I was convinced something was wrong as it felt so different

She said it feels totally smooth and very safe in the corners 

1 hour ago, JohnnyUK said:

That's what I am aiming for!

The aiming bit isn't hard, it's the bill bit at the end.

I've seen people mention just changing the coffin arms can make a big difference to handling, I need to give it a proper go tomorrow but it handles so different now it's uncanny.

Got the car back from Cotswold Porsche after having a rear wheel bearing done, what started out as a couple of extra jobs turned into 4 new coffin arms, tuning fork  and a four wheel alignment.

the car is so planted now, previously my car must have been so out of align that this feels like a new car

3 minutes ago, Lonewolfgjp said:

I always break them with a bar even though my Snap On will easily pop them. I do it daily as part of my job and it's good practice to break them first ?

 

Noted, I'll break them in future

36 minutes ago, Boxob said:

Must be something wrong with mine then as I can rattle away at them but the bolts won't budge! Have to crack them first with a breaker bar and socket. 

perhaps changing the brushes will help?

1 minute ago, Boxob said:

Yes, electric Lidl rattle gun (rather than air). So your rattle gun with undo 130nm torqued bolts?

Why have you removed the spacers?

Sounds like you have the exact same impact wrench then, it supposed to have up to 320nm for release and 100nm for tighten

It will remove the bolts torqued to 130nm very easily.

I bought the 4x9mm spacers last year, I couldn't get the front wheels to balance right so took them off the front, I've now taken them off the rear as the cars in for some work Thursday and it's a good time as any to take them off, they were on for the stance only and I no longer feel need for them.

1 minute ago, Boxob said:

Hmmm...maybe something wrong with mine? It's not strong enough to start undoing the bolt and won't do up to torque. I have to fight using a breaker bar initially and a torque wrench to finish. Do you?

Is yours the rattle gun?  mine will take the bolts out in like 30 secs for all 5, it only tightens to 100nm max as a safety feature so I torque the rest.

It took me longer to get set up than remove the wheels