Bravestarr Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Hi Folks, My 987.1 was in for it's annual service yesterday. Damage was new front discs and pads, coil packs all round, new condensers and a couple of tie rods at the front. Driving home last night it was a car transformed. Steering was super smooth and direct, the aircon works but most impressively the pick up was absolutely transformed. The throttle needed a much lighter touch. At first I thought that there was an issue with the sport button. It felt like it as on but the button was not illuminated. Then when I tried the sport button the smile factor went up even more. The brakes are great too. I'd never been too keen on them before, the power was always there but they needed a hefty prompt to work. The pedal is now much firmer and they need a fraction of the force that I'd been putting in before. I hated spending all of the cash but the result has been worth it. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detail1 Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Excellent and always good when you actually notice a difference for the money spent. Need to do my coil packs and plugs next month, hoping for similar results now. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bally4563 Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 6 hours ago, Bravestarr said: Hi Folks, My 987.1 was in for it's annual service yesterday. Damage was new front discs and pads, coil packs all round, new condensers and a couple of tie rods at the front. Driving home last night it was a car transformed. Steering was super smooth and direct, the aircon works but most impressively the pick up was absolutely transformed. The throttle needed a much lighter touch. At first I thought that there was an issue with the sport button. It felt like it as on but the button was not illuminated. Then when I tried the sport button the smile factor went up even more. The brakes are great too. I'd never been too keen on them before, the power was always there but they needed a hefty prompt to work. The pedal is now much firmer and they need a fraction of the force that I'd been putting in before. I hated spending all of the cash but the result has been worth it. Kevin Sounds like a grand result, possibly just a shame you could not do that work yourself,would have saved a lot... or was it you can and time restraints needed for daily drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyp Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 I’m with you on the coil packs. Just had mine done and the acceleration is now super smooth and instant - you often don’t realise how these things degrade so slowly over time until you replace the parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravestarr Posted October 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 12 hours ago, bally4563 said: Sounds like a grand result, possibly just a shame you could not do that work yourself,would have saved a lot... or was it you can and time restraints needed for daily drive? My skills with a spanner started and ended with meccano. I usually get there in the end but I manage to find every pitfall along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arl30 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 How much are the coil packs to replace? Had the plugs done last month but still under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detail1 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Got Bosch plugs and Beru coil packs in my basket with ECP at £280, thats obviously fitting myself. FWIW, Was told by a reliable source to avoid NGK plugs, dont work well with Porsche's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardjjs Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Did you get the brake fluid replaced Always worth doing when you replace the Discs and pads as the cars is sans wheels and its a 1/4 hour job. No doubt they would charge you full price!! Coil Packs will make a bug difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 6 hours ago, detail1 said: Got Bosch plugs and Beru coil packs in my basket with ECP at £280, thats obviously fitting myself. FWIW, Was told by a reliable source to avoid NGK plugs, dont work well with Porsche's. Try carpartsforless - same items come to £208 once you use their current 17% discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arl30 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Hi thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detail1 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Jonners said: Try carpartsforless - same items come to £208 once you use their current 17% discount. Thanks for the heads-up, about a week or so ago they were dearer, suppose the discounts keeping changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob™ Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Booked in to have coil packs and a few other jobs done next week - looking forward to seeing such a difference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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