lofi

13 hours ago, mja986 said:

Still haven’t used the Boxster in a meaningful way, but got a trip to Center Gravity in a couple of weeks and a NC500 trip in June to look forward to. Meanwhile minor fettling carries on, today the wheels were decontaminated, washed, degreased and Gtechnic C5 applied. Carrera Classics, fiddly.

Will be great to hear how the C5 holds up

17 minutes ago, Simo_UK said:

Definitely worth ringing around too.  Portsmouth and Bournemouth quoted different prices for me.  Had it done at Portsmouth for around £1800, inc Chrome tailpipes.  That was a few years back though.  £2600-2900 sounds obscene 

I emailed 5 OPC. Only 2 replied

1 hour ago, GTSMarky said:

My BGTS is PASM..

I wasn’t trying to be clever just pointing out that sport plus is a drivetrain mode not the suspension mode. I entirely get what you’re saying. 

2 minutes ago, GTSMarky said:

Agreed, but the car sounds great in any of the three modes to be fair.  Even in Normal mode if you give it some beans it's awesome.

Sport + on the road is just too hard, like rock hard!  I have only ever used it for Launch Control a few times otherwise on a dry track only.

You can have the throttle and gear map in sport + and the chassis in normal, I’m sure you know that

13 hours ago, JurassicGTS said:

https://autovero.co.uk/vehicle/2014-porsche-boxster-s/

Thoughts on this S, apart from PSE looks a good spec and nice condition.

How much difference is the PSE? How much is it to have PSE retro fitted?

 

I have had two quotes in the last month, one was £2600 the other £2900. As I am not that flush I have brought a second hand exhaust from ebay which I’ll have modified. Won’t be switchable, but hey ho

Do the mounts operate the same on the GTS as on the S with SC? My understanding is the S activates the stuff mounts in sport plus. Is that the same in the GTS or do they activate is say sport suggesting more usage?

10 hours ago, Patt said:

Had both my mounts replaced between 30-40K.  Seems a common issue, just like the brake pedal.

Interesting discussion on the failure rate. Touching wood mine is a 2013 car on 55k and pretty sure they’re original

8 hours ago, daz05 said:

Upgraded the lights to 35w!

Will there be a video?

Sorry if this is clear from the thread and I missed it.  Are we saying the dynamic mounts fail more on GTS cars or are we just saying they fail on all cars with them and there are just more on GTS because it is standard equipment?

Thanks @daz05 that gives me a comparison for the effect of the .14 rear bar. The rear is stood up a bit on mine to keep it a bit mobile with the front a little less aggressive so as not to have it too wayward at the rear. I’d like a it a bit sharper at the front and so rather than change to geo I thought I’d either try the .14 bar or put 5 or 7mm spacers on the front 

That is interesting @daz05.

Having had my rattle fix I have had the geometry set.  Would be good to compare as I am considering front spacers and the .14 rear bar.  My geometry is:

Front

Camber -0°30'

Toe 0°03'

Rear

Camber -1°18

Toe 0°08

9 hours ago, daz05 said:

Nice one Lofi, your parts guy may be able to get 10% off those rates but don't think about the cost upfront it's easy to remove and sell on when you are done. 

Love the look. Other bits ahead of this on the list though

6 minutes ago, Ringmaster999 said:

@lofiis that with the spoiler painted?

No, that's the parts only, quoted by OPC Tonbridge

I thought I would just post up the OPC prices I got, for reference.

98150464301 - £30.19 + VAT

98150464401 - £30.19 + VAT

98150430901 - £460.61 + VAT

Pzero are ok in the warm and dry. They are an appalling tyre in all other conditions.

11 hours ago, Madlil said:

Fitted a Joyeauto Apple CarPlay kit today. Around 3 hours to fit and a brilliant upgrade to the outdated PCM. Highly recommend it  

 

 

 

 

Did you order direct from Joyeauto in China or NMAutomotive? If from China did you get stung for duty?

47 minutes ago, bandit_287 said:

It didn’t make any difference to mine🤷‍♂️

Are we sure this isn't just teaching the ECU the load presented by the air con compressor running? 

10 minutes ago, daz05 said:

Smoothed mine out too, when I was selecting reverse when cold and coming out of the garage i could feel it but after doing this it's nice and smooth again.

Sounds like it must adjust the clutch bite point

What's the difference between factory default and the gearbox prior to the reset?  Does it remove adaptation values like on the tiptronic boxes or something?

Sorry I meant 2012 cars

12 hours ago, Stuart21UK said:

 

my 63 plate (Sep 2013 reg) has a HDD, think its 40gb but I've never used it to store music

assume the maps etc are also stored on it though by default

So where are the maps stored on 2013 cars?

18 hours ago, zagamuffin said:

After 14 only I believe , my 12 ain’t got it 

Didn’t know that. So on my 12 what are the maps and stuff stored on?

4 minutes ago, Patt said:

Can store tunes on it directly.

Ah, for those lack of phone signal moments

14 minutes ago, Driyage said:

well.. a few days ago..

Fitted Joyeauto CarPlay kit, replaced the HDD of the PCM with a SSD whilst I had the PCM Unit out too

Is there an HD in there. Never knew that. What’s it for?

2 minutes ago, Scubaregs said:

Did you use a particular cut, fillet, sirloin etc? 😀

Leg of lamb is about the right shape (mesh) 😂