JTBoxster

12 minutes ago, Menoporsche said:

What's the mileage on it now? People here say it settles down a bit after 1-2000 miles.

It didn't have many miles on it prior to us going on holiday with the car over the last coupe of weeks down to Southern Germany/Austria so its probably got 1500 + miles on it now and maybe just maybe is a little quieter.

Am wondering if the very tall 7th gear of the PDK is accentuating the problem..

Currently a bit unsure about my new Designtek 🙁 It seems to have a very loud "boominess"/resonance at around 2500 rpm which coincidently is around 70/75 mph on the motorway and a bit less when cruising on an A road (even on the quiet setting). Bit slower or accelerating through it and it goes (or indeed travelling faster as I did on the Autobahn last week) but neither of those are always possible (or wise). 

Has anyone else found this to be the case ? Somewhat concerned that I have ruined the driving enjoyment of the car....

Has anyone ever switched back to a standard exhaust for the same or similar reason ? Seems a waste of money but not very happy with it at the moment.

Just got back from the workshop with the Designtek fitted. First impressions very pleased - had a quick blast across the Downs and the "quiet" setting certainly has a deeper note than stock and no sense of boominess. when cruising so far. "Noisy" sounds fantastic as the revs rise and pretty good on the way back down again ! 

I am getting some Rennline ones fitted next week so will let you know ! 

36 minutes ago, Topbox said:

Agree.

They also make a heart sickening clunk when you fix them back in position as well as when you pop them out. 

Yikes ! 

Thanks all - must say removing the headlights sounds a bit daunting - how is that done ? Perhaps as we are going in the middle of June when should not really need the lights at all I should just wing it and leave them as is ! 

27 minutes ago, Menoporsche said:

PDSL is a 987.2. I think you might have a setting in the OBC?

Many thanks - I have never to date accessed the OBC so sounds like I need to find out how...

Hi all,

Does anyone know if you have to adjust PDSL headlights in any way in order for them to be legal for use in Europe (ie when driving on the right) ? Of course "normal" headlights need the plastic stick on beam adjusters and LED's don't seem to need anything from what I can tell - but PDSL's ???

Sounds good to me - need to get my car's roof done too. I have a spray on treatment sat waiting in the garage but seems a bit of a faff. This sounds much more straightforward and potentially more effective ?

17 minutes ago, John T said:

I've just had a Design Tek fit to my 987 S BE. It has three position switchable valve by remote key fob, road, track and 'LOUD'. The noise on 'Loud' is very addictive and sounds bloody fantastic when you 'givitsum' 😜 but sensible in road mode. Stainless Steel, highly recommended 😉 Design911 do them.

That's good to know as I am planning to get a Designtek exhaust fitted in a few weeks time. Sounds like it will be money well spent..

This was something I was weighing up before the parts became essentially unavailable. Will be interested to hear what you make of it ! 

As others has said - absolutely no reason for it to be a money pit of its been properly looked after. The 987.2's are fantastic cars - absolutely love mine !  

Welcome - great looking car ! I may be a tad biased, but I think the 987.2 is a bit of a gem...

Thanks all - sounds like I need to investigate a switchable spyder/ designtek/ topgear exhaust and see how that compares before taking any sort of a plunge on this ! 

Swindon OPC have recently quoted me £3000.00 (RPM slightly less) for my 987.2. Seems they don't have all the parts available for 987.2's at least at present. That quote was a couple of hundred more than  when I enquired a year or so ago.

Hence I am pondering the Milltek option instead...

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience of these either Non-resonated or Resonated in terms of noise/any drone etc etc as I am contemplating getting one fitted and I would appreciate any experiences good or bad with them please ? 

Thanks chaps and sorry for the rather brief nature of the question as was in panic mode at the time ! In the end I just plugged it in without either "special" mode and a few hours later the car fired up just fine. The cigarette holder socket method worked a treat too which is good to know. 

I have an almost flat battery and am attaching my CTEK - do I use Recod or AGM mode ?

Welcome - very nice car and spec !

Boxsters are the very definition of a "fun car" - a wise choice..

On 6/16/2021 at 9:04 PM, Hexamu said:

Definitely money well spent from my point of view

Yep sure is ! Had it fitted yesterday and what a great difference it makes - put a real grin on my face !

Lovely looking car, welcome to the fold ! 

Perhaps- still in the honeymoon phase myself, only had the car a few weeks but loving it so far. It replaced a 944 Turbo which I had for thirteen years so will be going some to match that but you never know ! Its my fun toy rather than a daily and fits that bill pretty much perfectly so far...

Mine is booked in at Swindon OPC in a coupe of weeks for this - quoted £1,056. 

Reading OPC quoted £1,227 so worth checking the different OPC's if any others are in reasonable range. 

Personally feel it will be well worth it...