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  1. Westcoaster
    Way to go GearDriven, very nice ride! You won't be sorry for choosing the 987. As for the windstop, I have it on mine and think it works well, but as suggested try to take a ride with someone who has one and judge for yourself. In fact there wasn't one on my 986 so I added it and found it quieted things down in that car.
  2. Westcoaster
    If you contribute to the forum you can gain access to the TSB's that have the information you seek... 19" wheels will fit if they have the correct offsets: Front: 235/35 ZR 19 (87Y) 8 J x 19, RO 57 Rear: 265/35 ZR 19 (94Y) 9.5 J x 19, RO 46 From what you have written, those wheels are from a 'wide body' car, the Carrera. Having said this somebody may chime in and say they have done it with the wheels you quoted... But It is easier IMHO to stick with what is specified by Porsche, no 'gotcha's!"
  3. Westcoaster
    Yes, nice photo, BTW what colour is that, Macadamia?
  4. Westcoaster
    I heard back from Orange Electronics, this system will only read the included sensors, not the OEM Porsche units.
  5. Westcoaster
    Dealer, why take the risk of uncertainty? My logic in suggesting a Porsche dealer is to have the factory's representative give the car a clean bill of health. You want to have the peace of mind that if anything comes up after you buy the car there would be no question that it should/would be covered. I could hear it now, you arrive back at the dealer after a few months of ownership with a problem, they say 'if you had brought it to us first then we could have advised you on that problem but since you didn't...' I would go further and have them back up their inspection in writing to the effect that there a no issues present to preclude normal warranty coverage. The perfect scenario is a car bought from the dealer and blessed with a CPO, this ensures that they have certified it as ready to go and completely eligible for all warranty coverage, the additional 2 years of coverage wouldn't be a bad thing either. As for the paint, a bodyshop is the best source for that kind of inspection and I beleive that any problems with body/paint resulting from repairs after delivery wouldn't be covered by the warranty anyway. The dealer doing the PPI should be able to inspect the car for previous accident damage.
  6. Westcoaster
    I agree, when spending this kind of money a PPI from a Porsche dealer would be a prudent move, I'd also ask them to advise you of anything they find that would not be covered under warranty or would void the factory warranty(over revs), this way you know what will be covered (or not) and what you will have to absorb. Decided on the 987 huh, I think it is a wise decision. Al
  7. Westcoaster
    Here is the concours prep document I spoke of, pages 27,28 talk about the engine but the entire document is an excellant read! http://zone8.pca.org/Articles/concours101.pdf BTW, I have cleaned the engine on my car a couple of times, usually I vacuum first then either a light list mist of water or a damp cloth to allow me to clean all visible surfaces (at 22,000 km it wasn't too dirty), then the appropriate surface treatment for the various parts of the engine and bay.
  8. Westcoaster
    Hey there and welcome, Careful cleaning with regular soap is fine, as usual with any engine electrical components should be protected from water, no hi-pressure sprays and nothing caustic. For the most part a dusting is really all that is needed, search on concours prep and you will find the information and recommendations you need.
  9. Westcoaster
    Timbo, you've got me (regarding alignment) since both discs exhibit the same problem! When you say "so common on Boxster's" I wonder how often it is seen over here, I live in Victoria which has a similar climate to England and haven't see that before on the dozen or so brake jobs that I have done (not that I have done many Boxsters). It is interesting that the pictures that Tool Pants posted all came from the UK!? Did the Brembo site mention that certain cars were prone to this or that certain environmental condition were at play?
  10. Westcoaster
    Thanks for the vote of confidence RFM! Disc brake systems are designed to allow all contact surfaces to come together with even pressure, the pads should contact the rotors evenly across their entire surface. To have this system work correctly the calipers and the piston(s) have to move freely as brake pressure is applied and they clamp onto the rotor and self align to the friction surfaces. My comment about alignment was in reference to this. timbo: you said that the pad was I would have expected that there would either be friction material missing to correspond to the area of the rotor that appears untouched or that the backing plate for the pad was not flat against it's mount. As for moisture IMHO, a few minutes of brake use should eliminate all traces of moisture from the pads. I still beleive that uneven wear like that is the sign that either the system was re-assembled incorrectly, something is broken (jammed or seized, either a piston or slide) or the brake pad is defective and the material is breaking away.
  11. Westcoaster
    Interesting, both pad surfaces should be the same, full contact. In this case there would appear to be 'something' out of alignment.
  12. Westcoaster
    So from the picture, the left rotor, it would appear that the pad was only making partial contact with the rotor? What did the pad look like?
  13. Westcoaster
    Yes I agree that everything that goes into building a car cost the buyer something... however that being said, I think that the ability to monitor the tire pressure from within the cabin is a positive thing. As for checking the tire pressure the old fashion way, the system is supposed to be fairly accurate (+/- 1 psi), most hand held digital gauges are a bit better maybe +/- 1/2 psi so for most of us it would be at least a good way to monitor things and prompt you to keep the pressure correctly set. On the OEM system (and likely the aftermarket) alarms can be set which would alert you to dropping pressure before it become dangerous, a good thing. The choce of tire should not be affected by this option, but I have read where wheel selection could be as the sensor stem needs to be compatible with the hole in the wheel. This could affect wheel selection, but with the growing popularity of TPMS the situation should soon not be a problem. thanks for the feedback!
  14. Westcoaster
    Will these read the OEM Porsche sensor?
  15. Westcoaster
    Are there any 'aftermarket' sensor kits that can read the Porsche OEM sensors? In other words if install a set of wheels that have the OEM sensors already in place, are there any of the aftermarket kits that can read them? Thanks!
  16. Westcoaster
    Wouldn't this be a standard feature now, like anti-lock brakes? You wouldn't actually buy it... at least separately.
  17. Westcoaster
    Warning messages about 'dipped lamps' (burnt out bulbs) seemed to appear with the introduction of the 987. I get those messages on my 2006. BTW, just a suggestion, add the year of your Boxster your signature, a lot of questions are model dependant and this would save a bunch of time. :)
  18. Westcoaster
    Guess what, this is EXACTLY what I did yesterday. I didn't think I'd ever get an answer here and finally got a decent picture of both bulb bases. Didn't look like they would fit the same connectors so I ordered the CQ Lights 5000K complete kit. Thanks for the advice anyway, sounds like the best idea. (especially since that's what I decided ;) ) Tah......Your new kit should come with capacitors in the line......I bought the same kit and it was missing the capacitors...they provided replacement harnesses at a later date. Note the problem that I'm having with the kit (see this entire thread).......perfect lighting, but usually my oil and batt idiot lights come on when the HIDs are turned on. Let me know how yours turns out. Bob Bob, no problems with warning lights on my 2006. BTW, what capacitors? My kit looks exactly like the pictures on the CQ Light website; bulb, ballast, ignighter... no capacitor. What are they supposed to do?
  19. Westcoaster
    A base Boxster at 240-245HP should hold it's own against the 237HP of a S2000, only 20lbs separate the two in weight and the Boxster's have a definite torque advantage...
  20. Westcoaster
    I have a 987 with 17" wheels, the color is a usual silver, but I see from the picture below that silver is definitely different. When I looked at the center cap price in the look-up, the name was "GT Silver"? So are there different OEM colors out there? Thanks
  21. Westcoaster
    Can this be done, I don't recall RCA outputs from the CDR23 deck, would it be possible to use 'hi-level' speker utputs or will this mess with the OEM deck? Thanks for feedback and any horror stories! :D
  22. Westcoaster
    Yeah we missed by a year, it became standard due to federal legislation for 2007 models IIRC.
  23. Westcoaster
    Curious, did you read post #3 above? It is in my manual...
  24. Westcoaster
    You left out the all important year of your car but... my 2006 manual has the process outlined, and since you are contributing member you could download that manual and look at pages 203-206 and that should get you started.
  25. Westcoaster
    Just about 2 years in a base 2006 987, happy? oh yeah but if the prices were the same or even close I would have bought the S. Why? All things just mentioned, engine, trans, HP, bigger brakers, stiffer suspension, S on the trunk, bigger EGO!... opps did I say that!? Seriously, depends on what YOU like and want, read the reviews, the base car is just as fun as the S but gives some things away at the limits of handling and acceleration so if you are not a 10/10'ths kind of driver then you won't miss the differences. Hey Steven with a nick name of "GearDriven", I am thinking that performance might be a consideration? B) Al
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