mr.tourette23

5 hours ago, andygo said:

I did have a peek at the air filters yesterday. They were very dirty, looked more than 11000 miles and 2 years old. They must have been done though as one of the two pull rings you squeeze together  to remove the filter and housing was broken off...

Should have changed them while you were in there, save having you pants pulled down on them later 😊

57 minutes ago, BBB said:

These guys are excellent, based in Liverpool, so not too far for you. The Dutch guy who runs it has a great reputation and gets all sorts of modified and exotic stuff turn up. I used him for my alignment after changing all the suspension and he freed up the track rods for me for free as part of the alignment, even though it took a while there was no extra cost.

https://wabjc.com/

Cheers buddy, I'll have a look into them 👍

Been a long time since I've paid for a 4 wheel alignment but thought I might have the boxster in for one, old place i used to use, a reliable, well regarded family run business has recently changed hands and become one of these pro tyre places so Im feeling a bit reluctant to go there. 

There is a very well regarded place (Tuned UK in Wrexham) within a 10 mile drive that have quoted 80 to 200 depending on any changes made.. bit of a wide ranging estimate I thought. 

Is this the going rate these days or is that a bit top endy? 

Recommendations in North Wales or North West would also be appreciated, don't mind a bit of a drive out for someone good thats reasonably priced 

Cheers 

Looks a treat ..Congratulations 👍

1 hour ago, Dubdubz said:

as I missed the edit as I was checking -  I think you can get a bit of flexi pipe in the top and the bottom

I'll try and take some pics in case its handy.

 

You can, ive hade some flexible wire down 👍

Fitted and coded a new battery with a newly purchased icarsoft v2, not as straightforward as it should have been either but after a bit of googling I got there 👌

1 hour ago, map said:

For clarity I’d like to know how to get this non-multifunction wheel on to a 986 as pictured in @zagamuffin’s post quoted above.

All relevant pointers/links welcome.

Thank you.

map

It looks  like he has bought a later wheel, from a Macan or 718 perhaps, sent it to Royals Steering wheels for a refurb too most likely

Well after mulling this over and coming across a youtube video of steering wheel upgrades, I've just pulled the trigger on this https://www.porschemaster.com/product/porsche-steering-wheel/

Apparently all buttons work on install so no adaptors required, not a Porsche built wheel but all reports are positive re build quality and looking and feeling OE, maybe a  bit of a gamble but Ive had a chat with a few folk that have had them and they all seem super happy. 

I wasn't particularly thrilled at the thought of parting with 1k plus for a used wheel then needing a 300 quid adaptor to have it work properly. It's en route from the States

right now, hopefully install next week and report back. 

Wow.. A thing of beauty, congratulations and enjoy your new motor 👌

1 hour ago, bte123 said:

bit of a drive for me but certainly worth considering, thanks for the info, this had not shown up in any previous google searches I'd done.

He does make plug and play kits that make for a very easy install on the 981 if you are a little bit handy with a screwdriver, the door cards are very easily removable on the 981 making upgrading the speakers very easy

9 hours ago, kharma45 said:

Same. Replaced over winter. I forget exactly what it was that needed doing but was reasonably major whatever had failed. Alarm was faulty as well and fixed at the same time. 

Can you remember what sort of cost it was? Got a big service coming up and this is only going to add to the pain😢

Peter Preston at SCR is your man, he builds custom upgrade speaker kits you can fit yourself or make a trip up to him and he'll do it for you 👌

https://www.scrdistribution.co.uk/

1 hour ago, iborguk said:

Mine had to be replaced.

I've a feeling mines heading that way, big service coming up in April hopefully they'll sort it then, just have to live with it for a while

1 minute ago, iborguk said:

May sound daft but have you tried spinning it in both directions ? 

I'm pretty sure I did but I'll get back in there tomorrow and have another go👍

35 minutes ago, bally4563 said:

Thanks they come to you or do you send them off ?

They come to you buddy 👍

5 minutes ago, iborguk said:

Checked the fuse ? 

Yeah, fuse is fine, it's really odd as the car was fine pre lay up, I fully expected it to start running after spinning the fan 😒

10 minutes ago, bally4563 said:

Ok got that but it isn’t clear to me which company you are in discussions with

Apologies I thought that link took you to the company, it's this one https://superglassrepairs.co.uk/ SGR Chester and North Wales

59 minutes ago, ATM said:

If the car is on or the fan is turned on and you give it a nudge to get it moving then it should start to work or spin on its own.  That's all I have done with mine.  Give it a nudge and off it goes.  Job Jobbed.

Yeah, tried nudging it whilst running, spinning it with engine off, gone for a 50 mile spin in the hope it might spring back to life... nothing 😕. Well I did have a very satisfying first drive out after lay up😊 but slightly miffed about the fan still

Ha, I think. I know exactly what this! Time to free up the fan, Yeah that's still not working, car was fine before laying up over winter so I assumed it was the common fault of a sticky fan. 

Fuses are fine and fan is spinning freely although I don't know quite how easily it's meant to spin, maybe there's still a bit of resistance arguing with a sensor? 

Any further knowledge from the collective? 

Got a reply on the coating, this seems like a good deal and the guy seems very knowledgeable, might give this a shot 👍

The coating we use is called "SuperNano Acrylic Coating" which is what all of the SGR UK and SuperGlass International franchise networks use. It is manufactured in the States by SuperGlass and it cannot be purchased on the open market. It is a silicon-ceramic treatment designed to provide maximum protection to the headlights of vehicles against staining, microbial growth, fading due to UV exposure, acid rain and other airborne pollutants associated with the environment. It restores the surfaces to near original colour and gloss. Its extreme hydrophobic nature exhibits an increased coefficient of friction on the substrate it is applied to, making the coated surface not slippery when wet. We provide a 2yr guarantee against UV degradation.

1 hour ago, Mattman42 said:

Is the crazing in the plastic lens itself or just on the surface of the lens?

I've seen pics of headlights where the crazing is the lens, i wouldn't think any amount of polishing would get that out or prevent it from getting worse?

Could you not polish off the coating yourself and then use a UV coating after? Headlight restoration kits usually come with a protector - perhaps not as permanent as PPF?

I used G3 Pro Scratch Remover with by orbital polisher on my headlights as they were starting to cloud around the edges - removed all of the cloudiness and then applied some UV coating from a T-cut restoration kit. After 5 months there's no sign of any cloudiness returning.

I absolutely could do it myself and I have on previous cars.. but after a lifetime of servicing my own vehicles and doing stuff like this Ive come to the conclusion lately that I dont enjoy it as much as I used too and I really cant be arsed anymore, I think if I had a nice warm double garage to work in Id happily go for it, but it's tiring going in and out of my workshop getting this and that, sitting on the drive or bent over an engine bay and my old aching bones don't appreciate it any more, I've saved enough money over the years to let someone else take care of it these days 😊

Sure

https://www.google.com/search?q=headlight+refurb+near+me&oq=headlight+refurb+near+me&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTEwMzU1ajBqN6gCALACAA&client=tablet-android-samsung-nf-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:rln,rc_ludocids:11153098607400574585,ru_gwp:0%2C7,ru_lqi:ChhoZWFkbGlnaHQgcmVmdXJiIG5lYXIgbWUiA5ABAUi37ZTyhLSAgAhaJBAAEAEYARgCGAMiGGhlYWRsaWdodCByZWZ1cmIgbmVhciBtZZIBGWF1dG9fZ2xhc3NfcmVwYWlyX3NlcnZpY2WaASRDaGREU1VoTk1HOW5TMFZKUTBGblNVTmFNSFkyVUhwUlJSQUI,trex_id:SbIAR&lpg=cid:CgIgAQ%3D%3D

My headlights are starting to show some signs of the coating delaminating on the outer edges, and the drivers side unit has gotten just a couple of very small beginnings of crazing, Ive been thinking about solutions. the replacement service (expensive but very nice) going the polish and ppf route, but there is a local company that do a refurb at a very reasonable price, I asked about 2k clearcoat but its not something they offer but they do protect with a UV coating guaranteed for 2 years.. heres what they have said in an email

12 hours ago, Madlil said:

Steering wheel retrimmed by Royal steering wheels in dark grey alcantara with blue stitching and centre stripe to match yachting blue interior. Fantastic quality workmanship as always from Royals. Pic is a bit dark!

 

Gorgeous. Love me a Royals retrim 👍

6 minutes ago, iborguk said:

Cabrioshield Premium half cover.

Not cheap but very good.

Keeps fox claws and bird cr*p off the roof.

Won’t help re drains , but I’d say that should be a regular check anyway.

Do you use it regularly buddy?would you say it was a worthwhile investment? I always thought alot of the cr*p would have got into the drains whilst it was raining with the water carrying it down.. Not a big deal really as I will keep an eye on them