Davey P

New battery fitted today 

8 minutes ago, bally4563 said:

If I knew how I would, attempted many times to no avail!,,

I will just have to use my imagination then......... 

9 hours ago, bally4563 said:

removed BoxsterS badge, and applied a gloss black PORSCHE which i think on Cosmos black looks quite tasteful and sophisticated.

Photos mate, where are the photos...? 

6 minutes ago, MIkeyv60 said:

Ooh i think your correct .they should to the valve . Oh no all this time mine have been wrong or am i lucky  the locking bolt is also by the valve😳

Ha ha, nice one.  I did think I was right about the valve, but didn't want to point it out as I'm a newbie around here and didn't want to sound like a know-it-all 

I hate to see locking wheel nuts, I think it must be a slight OCD thing, they always spoil the symmetry of the alloys, and just look cr@p to me.

24 minutes ago, MIkeyv60 said:

Arent they supposed to point towards the locking wheel bolt? Even more of a fail 😂 Missing a locking wheel bolt on pic 4 too 🙄

Mine hasn't got locking wheel nuts, so the new ones will be pointing towards the tyre valves instead... 

Just out of interest, is there a special technique or tool for removing the centre caps without scratching them?

8 hours ago, Stuart21UK said:

I was just wondering if he wanted me to change the tone of the cetnre cap on pic 3 to match the others too....it's a slippery slope

it starts with odd centre caps, mis-aligned crests and before you know it your the guy on the forum we all pity

Oh no, I've just ordered a set of centre caps, please don't let me turn into THAT guy........ 

Cleaned out the drain tubes for the first time using my new super duper trombone cleaner thingy, and it worked a treat.  Right hand one seemed to be completely blocked, and the left hand one was also blocked but not as badly.  Very satisfying to see the end brush of the cleaner appearing out of the tube under the car, does that make me sound a bit sad? Don't care if it does, obviously   Also fitted the hood seals properly in place by lowering the roof halfway, then tucking both sides in a bit at a time as the roof closed.  I did that in about 4 stages, stopping the roof every few inches, until it was tucked in behind the window frame.  A bit fiddly, but good enough until I get round to fixing it properly with some new elastic.

After that I decided to test the drains by washing the car with Autoglym shampoo (any excuse! ) and gave it a proper visual once over checking for scratches etc.  Actually the car is in pretty good shape, just a few faint scratches and stone chips here and there, but absolutely nothing to worry about and all completely acceptable on a 12 year old car.  Same with the alloys, just a bit of the usual paint peeling in places, but again not too bad at all and no major damage or scuffs to worry about.

Received a pair of new tailored mats this morning, just a cheap set from ebay, so I wasn't expecting much. To be honest I was pleasantly surprised. They're a good fit, and have tidied up the footwells nicely. Made from fairly thin carpet, as you might expect for less than 12 quid, but they look the part and should do a good job of protecting the original carpets.

I had to laugh though, I hoovered the carpets before I put the mats in, then got the Autoglym vinyl and rubber care spray out to clean up the sill covers... and door seals... and dashboard... and the rest of the interior plastics... then thought I might as well hoover the boot... and treat the boot seal... and then hoovered the frunk... and cleaned up all the plastic covers... and topped up the screen wash...  Blimey, I only went out to fit two mats 

23 hours ago, EVO Chris said:

Fitted the stripe to the bonnet, looks good.

I voted no to the stripe previously, but actually now it's fitted I reckon it looks pretty good, nice one mate  

I think it helps that the application looks to be high quality, with the areas around the badge in particular being very precise.  I'd imagine it would have been easy to get that bit wrong, and balls it up, but credit where credit is due, it looks to be a top job.

5 hours ago, Liberty said:

Just got to wish @Davey P a fabulous day. Yeah I remembered your  big day🤫🤫

Cheers mate, that's really nice of you, and yes it has been a bloody brilliant day!  

I'll start a new thread in the Member's Rides section, to save clogging this one up with my ramblings 

3 minutes ago, EVO Chris said:

what do we think??? With or without???

Sorry matey, it's a no from me, your car looks awesome without it IMHO 

6 minutes ago, EVO Chris said:

LOL, I cant help fiddling with the bloody thing hence playing with stripes etc

I was only kidding mate, it's your car so you can do whatever you like with it, obviously 

1 minute ago, EVO Chris said:

Will take some tonight, I will also ask some opinions about a stripe I am thinking of fitting...…….I'll be back..

Cheers mate, looking forward to seeing a few pics.

Oh, and I can give you the correct answer about fitting a stripe.  Don't do it, these cars are perfect as they are, and don't need anything adding.  You're welcome 

14 minutes ago, Wolfbagger said:

I currently have an unused trombone cleaner at home that has neither cleaned a trombone or boxster drain holes...…….

1 hour ago, EVO Chris said:

Run a Meguairs Clay bar over the whole car and then machine polished the body work. soooo smooth now.

Photos man, where are the photos....? 

11 hours ago, Menoporsche said:

^^ 30 ads for used cleaners appear in the For Sale forum ^^

Make that 31 now mate... 

1 hour ago, Remodot said:

I used a staple gun, much easier and after a year or roof up and down no problems. 

This is the method I planned to use, so it's good to know it works OK    The elastic I bought was a lot wider than the one shown on the YouTube video I watched, so I will report back when I've done it and let you all know how it goes. 

My trombone snake brush has also arrived, so I'll look forward to using that to clear out the drains ASAP.

Three... days... to wait... 

I'm picking up my new (to me) Boxster on Wednesday, so I'm starting slow and feeling my way around on here at the moment.  Today I bought... a 1m length of heavy duty elastic, ready to sort out the known hood problem that was pointed out to me by an eagle-eyed member within minutes of me posting a photo on here.  Only cost 2 quid from Hobbycraft, in case anyone is interested