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So would this be a good place to ask about finding interior restoration sites for a Porsche 914? Might be getting one and tossing in a smaller electric motor to make it into a sweet go-kart and a teaching tool for some of my undergrad students. Then interior is in rough shape, but there is so many resources out there for chassis work, I figure you guys might know good sites for interior/upholstery stuff for an old 1975 914.
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I went to a PCA concours today. The air cooled cars were neat and I didn't really give a poo poo about anything else. Saw a cool guy with a cool 996 and talked to him for a little while. His name was Tim and he had a cute doggo. I'm probably gonna go to more PCA stuff now.
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I just gave my Boxster a bath on Friday but will be doing it again in early June for a Cars and Coffee on the 4th. I might even wax it!
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May 22, 2023 05:22
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Washing the boxster is fun because it takes like 55 seconds.
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May 22, 2023 17:02
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Elite Taco posted:Washing the boxster is fun because it takes like 55 seconds. I uh must be doing it wrong?
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May 23, 2023 05:14
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kensei posted:I uh must be doing it wrong? Same here. Friendly reminder to check all the drains. Put my top halfway down and inspected the drains there and they were pretty gunked up. Did a thorough cleaning and now it pees like a race horse if you dump a bunch of water on it.
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May 24, 2023 18:59
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Same here. Good advice. I kid, but the boxster washes much faster than the e91. That said, I've easily spent 2x more time going back over stuff doing detail stuff!
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May 24, 2023 19:18
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Same here. I've not done this in the last two years I have owned mine so thanks for the idea!
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May 25, 2023 23:09
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Good practice with all cars. Check sunroof drains, any drains along the cowl, intakes for rad, etc. My 996 had a healthy dose of rotting leaves when I got it due to the PO living in a old neighbourhood. Same thing, some drains hardly worked at all.
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May 26, 2023 00:20
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slidebite posted:Good practice with all cars. Check sunroof drains, any drains along the cowl, intakes for rad, etc. Fun one on the first gen cayennes (possibly more, don't know for sure) is that the sunroofs drain into the rockers, which have drain not too far behind the front wheels which often get clogged from crap getting slug up onto them. I didn't realize this until one time I was doing a K turn in my driveway with the windows down and heard the sloshing.
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May 26, 2023 13:54
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Motronic posted:Fun one on the first gen cayennes (possibly more, don't know for sure) is that the sunroofs drain into the rockers, which have drain not too far behind the front wheels which often get clogged from crap getting slug up onto them.  Thank you for the reminder to check the rocker drains.
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May 26, 2023 14:04
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kensei posted:I've not done this in the last two years I have owned mine so thanks for the idea! Just make sure you get 'em all! So far I checked the two big ones with filters that are in the cavity the top goes into, then two smaller ones with drain holes right near them (on the "lip" part), then two more near the battery in the front, and finally one under the fuel lid. I put the top about halfway up to get to the rear ones and it wasn't a difficult operation. If things seem clogged you can run something flexible down there to clean them out, but it was enough in my case to just run some water through and flush them out. Couple of entertaining encounters today. Was at Lidl picking up a lunch salad and as I'm getting into the Boxster a lady in her 70s comes up to me. "You know, you wouldn't believe it looking at me, but I had a Z3 and drove the hell out of that thing. Nice car you've got there." Then went by the tire place to see if I could get the fronts balanced (felt a small shimmy in the steering wheel). Popped the frunk to pull the locking nut key out, then popped the trunk to get something else. Another customer comes up, looking a bit confused. "Where the heck's the ENGINE then?" Anyway, turns out the passenger side wheels were a bit off balance so they fixed that and now it's smooth like butter again.
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May 26, 2023 16:09
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Road trip to Beaune for eating and drinking and wine restock. It's 220km and used 45% charge so not quite enough to do the round trip comfortably. Still, a really nice way to travel. I must get the summer wheels put on. 
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May 28, 2023 10:35
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Am I dumb and there actually IS a realoem.com equivalent for porsche cars? I need to replace the little skid trim in front of my wheels at the bottom of my front bumper.
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May 31, 2023 21:00
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Elite Taco posted:Am I dumb and there actually IS a realoem.com equivalent for porsche cars? https://www.fcpeuro.com/ is good at suggesting cheaper-but-made-in-the-same-factory alternatives.
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Elite Taco posted:Am I dumb and there actually IS a realoem.com equivalent for porsche cars? From the RealOem start page, their link for Porsche parts brings you to https://nemigaparts.com/cat_spares/pet/porsche/ which is pretty decent.
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Jun 1, 2023 21:37
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I AM dumb. Thank you! 
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No worries, I should have mentioned it took me months to realize that was there until some magic search phrase brought me there.
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Love people Just love ‘em Parked outside our house today and sometime in the middle of the afternoon this happens. Hours after I get home from the tire place where we just discovered the pothole I whacked last week bent two rims that now need to be fixed. Great day, just great.  (for the record: I am nice to loving everyone, I don't drive like an idiot, and as far as I know I have no enemies) Clayton Bigsby fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Jun 15, 2023 |
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Jun 15, 2023 18:56
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Love people Goddamn, get that off and neutralized right now. Eggs are vicious to paint. Sorry people suck. 
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Jun 15, 2023 22:01
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that sucks!
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Think I saw some testing mules up at Loveland Pass in Colorado today. Two 911's with the logos pried off the wheels and hood and black tape covering up other identifiers, with Georgia manufacturer plates. Tried to snap a surreptitious pic of one while the dude was messing with a laptop in the car.
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brugroffil posted:Think I saw some testing mules up at Loveland Pass in Colorado today. Two 911's with the logos pried off the wheels and hood and black tape covering up other identifiers, with Georgia manufacturer plates. Tried to snap a surreptitious pic of one while the dude was messing with a laptop in the car. Nice! Whenever I ride my bike up there I try to see if anything interesting is taking a breather there. Don’t think you need to feel super shy about taking pictures: it’s not like you’re trespassing or anything.
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Going to sell my 996. Driving it to get serviced, a few days ago, was the second time I drove it this year. Barely driven it at all since I had the IMS done two years ago. 55k miles. I'm the second owner. All caught up on maintenance. Have full service records. Any idea on price range? I'll probably list it low just to move it.   Wife wants a new car. Probably trade her CX5 for an Audi RS3 after I sell this. That should still be fun to occasionally drive.
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That blue is gorgeous. GLWA.
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Love people My 987 has been spat on, and I've come back to it at the grocery store to discover shopping carts intentionally left behind it. I don't drive or park like an rear end in a top hat either. People are just lovely. Also hello fellow two bent rim buddy. I had a vibration I couldn't track down and discovered at some point before I got the car, it'd gone over a pothole and bent both right rims. The shop that fitted the new tires not long after I got the car just never bothered telling me about it when they were balancing them.
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dema posted:Going to sell my 996. Driving it to get serviced, a few days ago, was the second time I drove it this year. Barely driven it at all since I had the IMS done two years ago. I just sold my 2001 C4 coupe with 71k miles for $35000 including a spare set of wheels and coilovers. The car itself would’ve fetched that without the parts on the auction sites but I had an easy enough local sale that made it worth it.
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I got a big puff of white smoke out of my tailpipe when I went to the grocery an hour ago. I don't recall this happening in the past. Based on my records, the car has not had the AOS replaced - it's at 51k miles. I don't have a problem replacing the part, is this and the hoses all I need? https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_Info/99610702602.htm?pn=996-107-026-02-OEM&SVSVSI=791&DID=19524 If so, looks like ~$4-500 in parts and probably some swearing and stuff in the garage? Elite Taco fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Jun 19, 2023 |
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You can buy OEM parts from cheaper places than Pelican, like Sunset or others. Although that's not crazy expensive either way. Just more for reference  Hoses are not a bad idea and get new hose clamps, assorted sizes. You will likely break/damage some stuff doing it. It's do-able with the motor in the car, I did it, but it is a pain in the rear end. If I did it over again, I'd probably use it as an excuse to learn how to drop the motor. dema posted:Going to sell my 996. Driving it to get serviced, a few days ago, was the second time I drove it this year. Barely driven it at all since I had the IMS done two years ago.
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I did an oil change on my 99 996 last weekend and found some small amber plastic shavings in the oil filter, like 1 per filter vane about 2mm in size. How dire is this? I understand it’s the timing chain pads deteriorating. The car doesn’t have any codes or driveability issues and all the tensioners were replaced 5 years and 16k miles ago. Oil was about a year old with 3500 miles in it. Feels bad man. edit: Car had 0 and 3 degrees cam deviation per bank when I bought it 2 years ago. Searching the porsche forums for this issue yielded everything from "the engine is about to explode" to "it's normal wear and tear, don't worry". Earliest appointments at my local specialists are a few weeks out. Should I park it up or is it OK to drive until then? I will at least have them inspect the filter and read the current cam deviations. willroc7 fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Jun 20, 2023 |
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Bass Ackwards posted:My 987 has been spat on, and I've come back to it at the grocery store to discover shopping carts intentionally left behind it. I don't drive or park like an rear end in a top hat either. Did you get them straightened out? Tire shop here has a guy they send bent wheels to and in most cases they come back as new. I know Porsche is against this but they also want $4k for a new set of these wheels so there might be a little bias there.
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willroc7 posted:I did an oil change on my 99 996 last weekend and found some small amber plastic shavings in the oil filter, like 1 per filter vane about 2mm in size. How dire is this? I understand it’s the timing chain pads deteriorating. The car doesn’t have any codes or driveability issues and all the tensioners were replaced 5 years and 16k miles ago. Oil was about a year old with 3500 miles in it. Feels bad man. That's not great. I've seen a couple but nothing near that. I'm not so sure I'd say that's normal. A couple flecks? Maybe. I'd pull the pan/bottom cover. Clean everything out including the baffle around the pick up tube and keep an eye on it. It's not hard to do. There is a lot of tensioner paddles in there, and who knows, some of it might be from the old original tensioners. Pull it, clean the pan right out and see how your filter looks next oil change. I don't think I would agree with parking it as I don't think there really a reason yet. slidebite fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Jun 21, 2023 |
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Did you get them straightened out? Tire shop here has a guy they send bent wheels to and in most cases they come back as new. I know Porsche is against this but they also want $4k for a new set of these wheels so there might be a little bias there. I decided to give it a go. Cost $80/wheel. Dropped the car off this morning and they pulled the wheels and stripped the tires, then the wheel guy came and picked them up. Got a call 5 hours later that they were done, so picking it up tomorrow. Let's hope it came out ok but it sounds promising.
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I rented a 718 Boxster for a long weekend trip in San Jose. It was a hoot! The 4 cylinder sounds pretty good in sport mode, not sure if that means it has the sports exhaust or what. Ventilated seats were a little weak. PDK behaved exactly like you want, even though I’d prefer a manual of course. Most importantly though, an absolute joy on the mountain roads, with the top down. Wife was a huge fan as well. What are the market trends on used caymans and boxsters generally?
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Russian Bear posted:I rented a 718 Boxster for a long weekend trip in San Jose. It was a hoot! The 4 cylinder sounds pretty good in sport mode, not sure if that means it has the sports exhaust or what. Ventilated seats were a little weak. PDK behaved exactly like you want, even though I’d prefer a manual of course. Most importantly though, an absolute joy on the mountain roads, with the top down. Wife was a huge fan as well. I think all 718's sold in the US will have sport exhaust. They are all an absolute joy to drive. Prices have recovered from Covid insanity to normal expensive used car prices. Every recommendation I hear is to buy Porsche CPO if possible. I bought new.
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Today, started replacing the bad alternator on the '05 Cayenne I just acquired. I had no idea that German engineers were insane enough to water-cool an alternator, but here we are, with a broken plastic hose flange that will cost $52 to replace from a Porsche dealer in Atlanta. It starts. 
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PainterofCrap posted:Today, started replacing the bad alternator on the '05 Cayenne I just acquired. I just dropped $40 on a new fuel cap for mine because the little tether on the old one had broken. indeed.
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I have purchased all the parts for an AOS replacement. No indication its ever been done on my car, so using this as my maiden voyage. I also bought a 996 throttle body and plenum, so I'm interested to get a look into the engine bay to see about that retrofit. After that, on to tuning the motor to use the upgraded part?
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Hello AI I need some advice. I am thinking of buying a 986 Boxster S from a friend for about $5k, very clean but has around 150k miles. It doesn't have any mechanical problems and I'm sure that its been maintained well. I believed that while cheap I'd end up paying the cost as its over 20 years old and has a lot of miles. And its a German car, I'm not familiar with working on Porsches and its a mid-engine. But recently I've learned that the cars aren't that difficult to work on, and can reach 200k without any major problems aside from the IMS bearing. I can afford necessary repairs and want to do as much as I can myself, but would likely be parking it on the street in a major city and don't have a garage to work on it at home. I know the car is likely going to get dinged and scratched, but I would be using it mostly for spirited weekend drives. I don't need to commute so I won't be putting a lot of miles on it either. Is this as foolish a decision as I thought or absolutely worth the price?
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For $5k that's great, but if you have nowhere to work on it things will get expensive quickly. It's all very DIY-abe, and a great car to do that with, but you need someplace to work on it and someplace to store the tools. There's a reason why cars like this are so "affordable" to purchase.
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