brillomaster
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taking inspiration from Road and Race, ordered some fresh clean number plates.
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Fitted spacers, 7mm front 15mm rear. Pushed the front strut tops all the way in while I was there as well.
Lowering springs and another alignment next month.
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53 minutes ago, Mattman42 said:
already sold - did you buy them?
wasnt me! but was tempted, was a bit of a steal for 10" rear porsche wheels!
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quick request from me - please can someone buy these wheels, so i can't! 😂
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386907504192
no affiliation or anything, but i'm really thinking these would go nicely on a 987.1, with a 255/35 front tyre and a 285/35 rear tyre... would be great for trackdays...
but i must stop spending money, already planning spacers and lowering springs, i don't need more stuff!
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I've just bought the ebay ones... should fit this week. No lockers though, just 20 plain bolts for me!
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Took off a front brake heat shield that was rattling around. Other three seem solid enough though. While I was there, noticed two of the wheelbolts had particularly crusty collars, so swapped them with some spares I had from my 986.
Also topped up the coolant and power steering fluid, and checked the brake pad material too. Ready for Snetterton on Wednesday! 👌
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But... considerably rustier. But given its properly tucked up in the bumper, that didnt really concern me... tailpipes still nice and shiny. Fitment was a small worry, but given the state it was in it had clearly been fitted before.
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I quite like 'good things come to those who wait' mantra...
I knew I wanted an exhaust for my 987, but didn't want to pay £800 for a decent ish new one...kept scouring FB marketplace and ebay, and eventually a secondhand toyosports came up for £150. Snapped it up, and got it installed, and it's awesome. No drone at low rpm,howls like a banshee under WOT. and, the money saved against new has paid for three trackdays.
Picked up a secondhand set of toyo r888r tyres for £200 (as opposed to the £900 or so for a new set) so we're quids in there too.
Don't buy cheap, buy smart!
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Watching with interest, you've bought a very similar car to mine, a silver 987.1.
All the best and might well meet up with you on a trackday - there's always the BoXa.net trackday at Donington on 13th May if you're interested...
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reminds me of a jimmy carr joke about rachel riley... if you know, you know...
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well, £150 in petrol could get me from leamington to aberystwyth and back... not a bad way of spending a day i guess...
£150 could pay for my next 15 poker nights... bet my dad would be glad to hear he's funding my gambling habits 😆
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Well, I'm already taking the Wednesday off to go to Snetterton...
Besides, they probably wouldn't want my 987S... got non standard tyres, brakes and exhaust on now, they'd probably want a more standard example...
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Hmm could buy a lot of tasty beers... trackday is a good shout too,a day at Thruxton is only a little more, and I've never been there...
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interesting, i have a 987S, and i'm warwickshire based... and lets be honest, Vicki Butler-Henderson featured heavily in my thoughts when i was a bit younger...
but alas, i should probably be working that monday...
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i got a round integer older on sunday, and my dad transferred me 150 smackeroonies! now that i'm flush with cash, what would anyone suggest i spend it on?
£150 not quite enough for a decent hooker, and i only do decaf coke, so they're out, but always keen for any other suggestions, sensible or otherwise... 🤔
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On 3/11/2024 at 3:54 PM, brillomaster said:
Yeah a quick comparison suggests I can insure my 987S for £280, not the £540 the renewal suggests. Which is pretty decent if you ask me!
woohoo for being old enough for aviva insurance! boxster insured, with protected NCB for just £225. pretty sure thats the cheapest i've ever paid to insure a car.
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surely the switchable option for the 986 is the spyder performance valved u bends, as below:
but for phazed theres probably not a lot of point as the toyosports backbox is already basically an exhaust bypass!
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i never had my 986 seats all the way back (i'm 6' exactly, but apparently short legs), but they 986 seats are definitely a lot higher than the 987 seats, and the steering wheel being able to move up in the 987 has meant i'm massively more comfortable in my 987 than i was in my 986.
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Ooh never noticed this, will have a watch! Hopefully he bought a manual this time...
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Yeah a quick comparison suggests I can insure my 987S for £280, not the £540 the renewal suggests. Which is pretty decent if you ask me!
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Just had my renewal through... was £360 last year, now they want £540.
Ho hum. Let's see what gocompare come back with...
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you mean you've run the car with the toyosports backbox and you've decided to go... even louder?!? 😲
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indeed.... next stop might be some lowering springs!
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track tyres are on! car looks a little weird with such a low profile tyre on the rear (arch gap is massive) but hey ho. i didnt buy it just to look pretty, its all about how it handles on track.
kept the old rear tyres to put back on when i'm done larking around, for three reasons... they're michelin pilot sports, dated 2022, and still have about 6mm of tread. and they're in an unusual porsche size, so cost a fortune new.
binned the fronts, as they were 2017 - will buy new ones when required.
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another vote for Matt at Spires Tuning, think the rate for a standard alignment is £160. will need to make a visit after i get lowering springs fitted in a couple of months...