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  1. 4 hours ago, alank said:

    For anyone thinking of changing their wheel on their 981 ( cant think why, love the sport wheel ) their is a usefull short video on Youtube by an Ausie called Peter Fritz. he did it in literally 10 mins, no adaptor or anything used , sorry havn't attached link

    Replica wheel and a replica airbag! Good luck with that.

  2. On 3/19/2024 at 10:10 PM, Robin_GTS said:

    I've had a similar dilemma with steering wheels - I have had this one in my garage for over a year now which is freshly retrimmed professionally which I have been debating on fitting to my 981 GTS (I also have the airbag) but just can't justify spending £500 on an adapter to make the buttons and mode toggle work.

     

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    The adapter was designed for the generation of wheel before this one. I'm not certain if it will work with the adapter anyway. Do you know?

  3. No weight sensor here that was specific for the US market.

    The risk is the airbag striking the child in the face and pushing their neck back. Best to have the seat right back and as high as it can go you would want the child's head to be as high as possible.

    Entirely up to you but it might be worth taking him out when he's a little bigger.

     

     

  4. 6 hours ago, Nobbie said:

    Might take a look at this in the new year, sport design wheel, 20” wheels, PDLS, nice colour. Is parktronic some sort of camera system for parking? Not PSE, but can look at a retrofit. Plenty of life left at only 45k and two owners, so would be easy enough to resell if I wanted to go back to a 986. Not sure on the interior, probably have to see that in the flesh. Any thoughts?

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    https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202311224202615?sort=mileage&advertising-location=at_cars&aggregatedTrim=981&make=PORSCHE&maximum-mileage=60000&minimum-mileage=40000&model=Boxster&postcode=sk94bg&radius=1500&year-to=2020&fromsra

    Just get one with PSE you don't want to compromise on this.

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  5. 3 minutes ago, Menoporsche said:

    IIRC PSE retrofit on the 987.2 was the most expensive of any we’d seen, and PSEs are on back order for months now, so consider Spyder for switchable or Carnewal if you don’t need switching. 
     

    Those engine mounts are now sounding more hassle than they are worth.  

    Transmission mounts, and note a very high proportion of owners will still have their original mounts. I think the older ones are 💪🏼.

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  6. I would push you towards an S if you have the budget- no downside, xenon's as standard, typically better specified and  you still need to rev it out. It will keep you satisfied for longer.

    Pdk or manual is up to you, no bad choice but pdk has shorter gearing than the manual which kind of defeats the purpose (especially on the 2.7). Manual arguably safer for long term reliability but failure on either is not a common issue. Plenty of spare pdk boxes these days if the worst happens.

    I don't see the logic in 2012 Vs 2015 with high mileage.  There is nothing wrong with a well maintained early car that hasn't seen much salt on the road. They all.take the miles well regardless.

    I agree with you on the GTS but if you are happy to go for a higher mileage car I would suggest the best bang for buck might be on miley GTS if you can find one. The market doesn't like them and perhaps a bargain to be had.

    Spec is up to you but what I like most in mine is the PSE, heated seats, extended leather, pasm / x73, 20" wheels and sports seat plus. Don't worry too much about the pcm as now we can upgrade them anyway but if you are not that way inclined avoid the CDR units. Check it has Bluetooth and usb port also.

    Sport Chrono is a bit unnecessary imho, I never use it.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  7. The market is all out of sorts, recently sold our daily driver and the asking prices Vs trade values are miles apart.  You still see the high asking prices but everything has slowed down so you are literally getting buttons from the trade. Fortunately because the asking prices in the dealers are still quite high here are some private buyers happy to pay reasonable levels for good examples but there are fewer around than before. Seems to me like the trade has to take a reality check on what it's asking for old stock.

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  8. 1 hour ago, Jakeb said:

    Thanks - yes I wasn't too bothered about the camera but as it has one I thought I would at least put a plug on it to protect the connectors and then I got wondering if it was possible.

    Any tips on what would need coding in the gateway would be helpful. I don't actually have PIWIS so will have to get someone to code it for me.

     

    Thanks

    Coder will know just needs turning on in list.

  9. Nice project ! I think you've just about worked it out. I personally don't like reverse cameras so I've never done it but this is what I know.

    Yes connect to canbus wires which will link into the can gateway.

    2 is negative.

    This likely also needs coding in the gateway module.

     

  10. 1 hour ago, Jakeb said:

    They have only had 8-10 years to change them :)

    Well to be fair to them they stopped making the 981 nearly 8 yrs ago 😁

    Ps - I have PS4S on mine and won't change back, but Pirelli bashing is overdone, largely around the N0 version and it's low temp wet performance which it was never really designed for, great summer tyre when warmed up a little bit sharper feeling than the PS4S.

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