Boxob Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 (Yesterday) undertook an oil service. Messy and I can still smell the used oil. Ordered a wider catch can for next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfirstboxster Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Fitted a reversing camera/sensor and hooked it up to my Xtrons double din , it was a bit involved ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GmanB Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 1 hour ago, myfirstboxster said: Fitted a reversing camera/sensor and hooked it up to my Xtrons double din , it was a bit involved ! Nice work. Would love to see a picture of the camera, sounds odd I know! I was thinking of putting one to the right of the rear registration plate, there seems to be a round part perfect for it on the bumper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfirstboxster Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 37 minutes ago, GmanB said: Nice work. Would love to see a picture of the camera, sounds odd I know! I was thinking of putting one to the right of the rear registration plate, there seems to be a round part perfect for it on the bumper. It was a combined number plate holder/camera/reversing sensor , not very elegant but it works ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefunkygibbon Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, myfirstboxster said: It was a combined number plate holder/camera/reversing sensor , not very elegant but it works ok got a link to the device? photos? how long did it take to fit? did you follow a guide of some kind? Edited July 3, 2019 by thefunkygibbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
map Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 14 hours ago, GmanB said: Nice work. Would love to see a picture of the camera, sounds odd I know! I was thinking of putting one to the right of the rear registration plate, there seems to be a round part perfect for it on the bumper. Is that “round part” the cover for the towing eye socket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim b Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 I replaced my number plate light with one with camera attached, very discreet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxob Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Jim b said: I replaced my number plate light with one with camera attached, very discreet. Neat. Details and link please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim b Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F400896023528 Can't find any evidence in ebay account as it was 12 months ago but the link above looks about right. Mine is a 987 but if you check the part number on original light, they should match up. The original one had vw on it not porsche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim b Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Hold on I may be getting confused, I'm at work at the minute, will check later. This may be for another car I fitted with camara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GmanB Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 8 hours ago, map said: Is that “round part” the cover for the towing eye socket? It could be, is that not viable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim b Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Not sure if the 986 has the same number plate light, but the link looks right for 987 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Lane Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 On 6/19/2019 at 10:01 PM, Terryg said: Just on the off chance (after two previous attempts) if you make any more I will buy one Hi @Terryg I'm happy to make one for you. It's quite time consuming to build and test the way I do it (I tested each stage as I go along, checking circuit board tracks for shorts, inspecting all the solder for dry joints etc, and also the final unit) so the price would be £120 including a tracked/signed for delivery to a UK address. I appreciate that's probably a bit more than people have charged in the past for these, but that includes a Porsche OEM connector (all properly crimped), careful component mounting and wiring. The unit will need power - for this I ran a wire across to the fusebox and used a piggy back connector with a 1A fuse. I can provide images and description of the install but it's all pretty straightforward as it uses the OEM connector to connect to the switch and colour coded wiring so you know which spades to plug into the harness. I've tested that the micro controller works all the way down to about 7 volts and up to 15 volts so should work for all battery/alternator conditions. Let me know if you're interested. If there were a couple of others interested I could probably drop the price a bit as it would likely save me time to build a couple at the same time, source the parts in bulk etc... Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfirstboxster Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 9 hours ago, thefunkygibbon said: got a link to the device? photos? how long did it take to fit? did you follow a guide of some kind? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Number-Plate-Holder-Mount-Reverse-Parking-Sensor-Sensors-Camera-With-Buzzer/352171229183?hash=item51ff0a7fff:g:vuQAAOSwDPRbpM-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryg Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 13 hours ago, Mark Lane said: Hi @Terryg I'm happy to make one for you. It's quite time consuming to build and test the way I do it (I tested each stage as I go along, checking circuit board tracks for shorts, inspecting all the solder for dry joints etc, and also the final unit) so the price would be £120 including a tracked/signed for delivery to a UK address. I appreciate that's probably a bit more than people have charged in the past for these, but that includes a Porsche OEM connector (all properly crimped), careful component mounting and wiring. The unit will need power - for this I ran a wire across to the fusebox and used a piggy back connector with a 1A fuse. I can provide images and description of the install but it's all pretty straightforward as it uses the OEM connector to connect to the switch and colour coded wiring so you know which spades to plug into the harness. I've tested that the micro controller works all the way down to about 7 volts and up to 15 volts so should work for all battery/alternator conditions. Let me know if you're interested. If there were a couple of others interested I could probably drop the price a bit as it would likely save me time to build a couple at the same time, source the parts in bulk etc... Cheers Mark Hi Mark, I have no problem with the price, since then another member has approached me about making one, let me just touch base with them and I will come back to you. One other thing, a previous version from another guy on here worked on some cars and not on others. He claimed that my battery was weak and that is why it didn't work, but two years later the same battery is still on and starts the car easily even after 3 or 4 weeks of non use. He was tapping off the cigarette lighter if that makes any difference. Obviously if I were to pay that much I would need to know it will work on my car. Let me know on the above and I will speak to the other guy who was thinking of doing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Lane Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Hi @Terryg tried so send you a PM but didn't work, so pasting my message here : Thanks for your message. That's odd that previous units only worked on some cars. I opted not to use the cigarette lighter power for a few reasons : 1. On my car (MY02) it's live all the time which would mean that the unit is powered round the clock. I've measured the current draw when idle at about 20mA so it would probably take forever to drain a battery but it didn't seem good practice to install something which was draining the battery with the car turned off (even if it was tiny) 2. I had a strict "no wiring butchery/fully reversible" policy so that I could go back to stock any time. There isn't really a simple way to get power off the back of the cigarette lighter connector without either splicing the wiring loom (which I hate) or trying to make up some sort of connecting wires with spade connectors which I didn't like the idea of. I do know that the behaviour of the cigarette lighter socket is different on different years of car - on some they are live all the time, and on some they come on only with the ignition (and then also go off when the starter is engaged). I also understand that some stay on after the ignition is switched off and then go off after a period of time. Perhaps that accounts for the differences between cars? I took my power off of fuse B6 which is responsible for "Direction indicator lights, power windows, convertible top" so that made sense to keep all the convertible top power provided from the same place - i.e. when the convertible top mech is "live" so is the 1 touch unit. Let me know what you decide, absolutely no problem if you prefer to go with a different unit. All the best Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryg Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 8 minutes ago, Mark Lane said: Hi @Terryg tried so send you a PM but didn't work, so pasting my message here : Thanks for your message. That's odd that previous units only worked on some cars. I opted not to use the cigarette lighter power for a few reasons : 1. On my car (MY02) it's live all the time which would mean that the unit is powered round the clock. I've measured the current draw when idle at about 20mA so it would probably take forever to drain a battery but it didn't seem good practice to install something which was draining the battery with the car turned off (even if it was tiny) 2. I had a strict "no wiring butchery/fully reversible" policy so that I could go back to stock any time. There isn't really a simple way to get power off the back of the cigarette lighter connector without either splicing the wiring loom (which I hate) or trying to make up some sort of connecting wires with spade connectors which I didn't like the idea of. I do know that the behaviour of the cigarette lighter socket is different on different years of car - on some they are live all the time, and on some they come on only with the ignition (and then also go off when the starter is engaged). I also understand that some stay on after the ignition is switched off and then go off after a period of time. Perhaps that accounts for the differences between cars? I took my power off of fuse B6 which is responsible for "Direction indicator lights, power windows, convertible top" so that made sense to keep all the convertible top power provided from the same place - i.e. when the convertible top mech is "live" so is the 1 touch unit. Let me know what you decide, absolutely no problem if you prefer to go with a different unit. All the best Mark Thanks Mark, I am totally inept on electrics but I get all of what you are saying,> The previous one I had was made up of load of spades as you said, the first unit I got these fell off as I tried to fit it, he sent me another one that was better made (only one spade fell off), I totally agree that this is not desirable.. Since I rarely use the top with the engine off I never really understood the underpowered battery reasoning but hey ho. Will get back to you, thanks. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patt Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 15 hours ago, Jim b said: Not sure if the 986 has the same number plate light, but the link looks right for 987 The 986 uses a 993 part ! If I remember I 'll take a spare 986 light to the Blackbushe meet and see if it fits a 987. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefunkygibbon Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 14 hours ago, myfirstboxster said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Number-Plate-Holder-Mount-Reverse-Parking-Sensor-Sensors-Camera-With-Buzzer/352171229183?hash=item51ff0a7fff:g:vuQAAOSwDPRbpM-D cool. what are you using to view the reverse camera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed80 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Waiting for it to return from some work being done at Cotswold. Ordered a few things to make it a happy little Boxster: new key heads to replace the perished rubber buttons, new 997 shifter, new frunk struts, and a new fuel filler cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim b Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 4 hours ago, Patt said: The 986 uses a 993 part ! If I remember I 'll take a spare 986 light to the Blackbushe meet and see if it fits a 987. Here's a picture of my number plate light and one of the camera in situ. The light flicks out so no need to remove screws. http://imgur.com/a/b0kwD2l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hario Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 AOS swap via elbow deep in the engine bay via the OSR wheel arch lol ffs. And the centre silencer rattle cure.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfirstboxster Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, thefunkygibbon said: cool. what are you using to view the reverse camera? An Xtrons double din head unit Edited July 4, 2019 by myfirstboxster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfirstboxster Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 the head unit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazzy Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Service and mot didn't expect the results but there you go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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