CarlM

1 hour ago, Christopher2110 said:

Arrived today @CarlM!

Thank you and wish me luck 🤞🏼

@Christopher2110Great, glad it arrived ok ….good luck😱

18 hours ago, Christopher2110 said:

Cheers @CarlM Theres no immediate rush for it, as and when is fine 

I’ve removed the motor, it’s soldered in 4 places as per the photos and held in place by the two circular white studs on the reverse.
 

https://imgur.com/a/INn6gLo

 

 

28 minutes ago, Christopher2110 said:

Yes I believe it is the motor, I was clearly a little heavy handed! If you would be willing to let it go I don’t mind paying obviously! 😁👍🏼
 

Happy to let you have it, it seems to have two plastic tabs that push through the PCB and it’s soldered to the board in two places so I’ll need to take it off.

I’ve stripped one of these clusters and taking the PCB’s apart isn’t as bad as getting the dial faces off in my opinion. If it’s the little motor you are after I’ve got one from an 04 cluster, (green, blue & grey plugs) I can let you have.

29 minutes ago, Menoporsche said:

Someone here was 3D printing a solution for the dash speakers IIRC.

@SuperPaulie 👍

Great job 👍

54 minutes ago, The return of Marty Wild said:

Are these face lift grills, why do they look better than the ones on my late 2000?

Yes they are facelift, I fitted the mesh myself.

1 minute ago, Jason986S said:

Ahh detective!

I would politely/bluntly ask on collection “where have the front grilles gone” they were fitted when I viewed it!

It looks great but the 918 Spyder stole it for me😩

5 minutes ago, Jason986S said:

How do you know?

I’ve just been looking at in showroom at Bolton OPC whilst waiting to collect some parts😉

23 hours ago, Jonttt said:

yes it did, of course I did not mention that  to the dealer 😉

Makes up for the ones I left on my 981GTS, in fact Bolton OPC have the car for sale with them still fitted !

Looks like they’ve removed them from the car now😩

1 hour ago, spyderman8 said:

Sold it!

😱

3 hours ago, the baron said:

Washed the car for the first time this year ?❄️✅

+1

32 minutes ago, Jason986S said:

I litterally chopped mine at the ends 45 degrees, so it almost flows into the bodywork (crudely). See:

 

Thanks, got it I'll give it a 45 degree chop and see how it looks. Was wondering about trying a red one to match the car?

19 minutes ago, PaulQ said:

I think the corners need rounding off a bit. Would look good then

 

11 minutes ago, Jason986S said:

Indeed, I'd trim off the corners. 

The picture doesn't show it well but I have rounded the corners off, perhaps it needs to be a little shorter?

Fitted this today, quite liked the look of the rubber splitter on @Jason986 but the jury's out for the moment?

Fitted GT 2/3 front brake upgraded air ducts, don't think I'll notice any difference but for about £6 it would be rude not to! 

Is this the first case of Boxster gender reassignment? ?

Went for a lovely run in the sun to Holcroft Ghyll Lake Windermere for lunch with Mrs M to celebrate our wedding anniversary . Leisurely roof down drive back down the side of the lake, happy days! ?

Went for a bit of a blast locally. First time I've driven the car since I cleaned the throttle body and I have to say it definitely felt more responsive.

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 did this to, only a little thing but quite a satisfying improvement!

13 hours ago, Lonewolfgjp said:

How did you get on re connecting the air intake hose to the throttle body?

 The last time I messed with it on my 986 it was a pig and took two of us to pop it back on! In fairness the pipe was very stiff so perhaps that didn't help ?

Was a bit of a struggle the pipe was stiff. In the end I connected that first and there was enough movement in the intake pipe to pull the throttle body up to the intake distributor. Did you notice any difference? I haven't been for a drive yet but I did feel the throttle seemed a little sharper when blipped but that might just be wishful thinking!

Rain once again kept me indoors, so much for having a week off work to get the garden in to shape! 

So I retired to the garage and plugged my new code reader in to the Boxster and ran the diagnostics, pleased to say there were no error codes thrown up.Inspired by this and '101 Projects for your Boxster', I decided to remove and clean the throttle body and plenum. 

Removal was a bit tight, but it went back in much easier. Used Wynne's carburettor cleaner which brought the throttle body up a treat. I would have given the MAF sensor a once over but I couldn't get hold of any cleaner locally so that will have to wait for another day.

Ran the diagnostics program again just to make sure I hadn't buggerd anything up, still no errors so either the reader doesn't work or I've put all the bits back in the right place!

Fitted new rubber lips on the under liner in front of the front wheels..............she's a much better kisser now???

12 hours ago, Sazzy said:

Ooh I've just bought this, job to do on the weekend. How easy was it to use? Did you have to mask up the car? Cheers

12 hours ago, Lonewolfgjp said:

If you spray the protective coating on your are better to mask it up as it can stain.

 I couldn't be bothered and just brushed it on with a clean paint brush. 

Worked a treat and zero mess?

I've done mine twice with AG. First time I sprayed the proofer on and it was a bit messy, second time I brushed it on like @Lonewolfgjp and it was much better. I felt I could work it in to the seams and folds better, got a bit of a drip on the leading edge by the windscreen but I just stuffed a piece of kitchen roll there and it caught any excess ?

Well the rain kept me in the garage today so I decided to take the front bumper off! Cleaned the radiators and pods out. I was really surprised how much muck came out. Gave the pods a good wash out before putting them back on. Made some grills to fit behind the bumper vents like Chris H1AVFC, now match my side vents which I did a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully I won't need to do this again for a good while.

Bumper back on tomorrow ?