the baron

23 minutes ago, dunks said:

Today's Task, fitted switch to raise and lower spoiler,  The light flashes when the spoiler raises , the light stays on constant when the spoiler is fully extracted 

 

 

 

Having it flash when raising is a good idea but would drive me mad if it was on all the time when the spoiler was up.

16 hours ago, V6reu said:

New steering wheel fitted

Loving the steering wheel, doe the flat bottom make much difference? who did it and can I ask how much? I presume they adapted your existing wheel

19 hours ago, Stiffkey said:

 

Got the engine out today after 4 hours wrestling it. Not too difficult once the transmission was out (Removed yesterday). Just had to take is slow and constantly check everything was stable and we hadn't caught any cables.

Bloody hell and here's me thinking Im going to swap out my drivers side wing mirror this evening, so ambitious, maybe not 😂😂😂

Great job, what you doing to the engine, I presume a bit more that a a quick clean up

On 3/31/2020 at 1:22 PM, mrbikerdood said:

Well seeing as cant go any where,I've totally cleaned inside the Box and washed the carpets had to do the wifes car as well but it so looks pucker now lol

Thats the problem, any love lavished on the Boxster needs to be done to wifeys car and then my kids, I say kids, 27 and 23 but they want the same done to their cars, so have to hide any love given bit like having an affair.

4 hours ago, PaulQ said:

https://www.oldhallperformance.com/goldplug-products-magnetic-sump-plugs/mp-10

 

Thanks 

15 hours ago, Barryn said:

 

 

First time Bob, normally I use Motul fully synthetic ester oils on my 993, but the Millers Ester oils get good reviews so trying them for the first time.

I also fitted a Gold plug magnetic sump plug whilst in there. (Note stock image) the correct one is MP10

 

 

Do you have a link to that please 

Swapped out my drab black internal grab handles and door handles from black to silver:

18 hours ago, ½cwt said:

Finally got my from struts apart to change the springs, bump stops and top mounts having found a broken spring and noticed the bump stops were rather perished.  Top nut took a good impact wrench on the nut and mole grips on the piston rod but they finally gave in.  Top bearings were in good condition so cleaned them thoroughly and re-greased before reassembly.  Gave the front diagonal braces a good wire brushing and the 2 coats of Hammerite as well as brushing and painting the visible part of the dampers up to the spring platforms.  Also fitted new ARB bushed and a new track rod end  last weekend whilst I had things apart.

Now I can get on with the job I was planning before when I found the broken spring that led to all this work, which is painting the calipers and replacing a couple of brake lines.

Good man good to see you are getting stuck in, makes me jealous, Im running out of jobs to do on my car

38 minutes ago, V6reu said:

Green mirrors and Side decals 

Sorry but 🤮

Well done, something Im thinking of tackling at some point.

34 minutes ago, map said:

I sort of washed it. 

Probably best not to wash the old girl as you will discover all sorts of nasties that you've not seen before, first time wash in 3yrs, your car is all about the hidden gems, in the engine and gearbox etc.😂🤣😂🤣

17 minutes ago, ½cwt said:

One of those jobs that once you are expecting it, it is very straight forward and you know which tools to grab.

Exactly, all about the tools 😉

17 hours ago, ½cwt said:

Good luck couldn't move mine with anything last week.  If no joy, drill through with 4.5mm then 5mm so as not to damage the threads and to only give  small amount of swarf left in the threads and run through with an M6 tap if you have on or a longer M6 bolt to clear the threads.  Replace with M6x12 or 16 countersunk of any head type and use assembly compound on the threads.  I had spares from a previous brake disc change on a VW Golf.  Arguably you only need one bolt as many manufacturers use, not two.

I had to drill mine too, real PITA

I got the bumper off today and resprayed the front grills and wire mesh which I installed a few years back in black, all I had was calliper paint so it gave it around 6 coats of that with 2 coats of clear lacquer, looks like new now, 

5 hours ago, Truth said:

I spent five hours grafting with no tools at all, I woudn't say it was detailing at its finest but it works for me...... A good wax and polish and loads of TLC  🙂 

https://i.imgur.com/KgLf4RW.jpg

Looking  good, time well spent me thinks, I find working on the car almost therapeutic 

48 minutes ago, Halfordwill said:

Got some heat resistant decals a while back as my front brakes had been repainted but the PORSCHE lettering was covered over.

got them from ccdecals.com

 

You might want to apply a coat of clear lacquer 

Polished and waxed the car, looking splendid for 22yr old paint and cut the old number plate down to remove the Euro/GB flag, its a 5 character number plate so decided to chop the whole plate down at the front to fit the plinth, very happy with the results.

If anyone is looking to do the same, don't hacksaw, I tried this first further up the plate as a test, rough edges not good, best way to get a razor straight edge is to simply score the plate with a Stanley knife and snap it of, then file the edges to a curve.

7 minutes ago, some bloke said:

Washed and waxed it, and polished all the glass yesterday. I'm planning an oil change when the oil arrives too. I like working from home.

 

 

It certainly has its benefits

Looks good, really good

Well done Andy B, you need to run a "running report" on your endeavours.

Impressive work

7 hours ago, ATM said:

I just use postimage and there are no accounts and no limits.

Will check it out

2 hours ago, ½cwt said:

Not seen any pictures of this yet @the baron, beginning to think it is a mythical creature 😉

I’m up to my limit on the image site so need to spend some time deleting pics or maybe setting up another account to allow said pictures of my knob.

10 hours ago, naim22 said:

Ben's Short shift kit fitted

Very impressed with it, has that lovely notchiness now

Function first gearknob on the way too so hoping that reduces some of the side to side play

Ive just installed the function first gear knob, great bit of kit

46 minutes ago, Truth said:

Another unbelieavable DIY feat completed by me today...... Autoglym cleaned and proofed my hood 😂😂.

Looks ok but not sure if I have put enough on as I certainly have got more than enough to clean and proof again?

There is some white wax like residue left in places, should I just brush that off?

The most important thing when re proofing is to thoroughly scrub and clean the roof first, then when applying the rep roofer should make the job much easier. If youve got white spots just brush them in/out

On 1/17/2020 at 2:22 PM, Mr96er said:

Two bmw  X5s arrived at my scene. The first went sideways on the same river running over the road that I did. The other stopped all following traffic. 
 

The officer’s first words were, “you don’t have to explain what happened here, Sir” 

they were very helpful. 

lol.