Westcoaster

To me it looks like the lip was originally clear coated after manufacture, now the clear coat has been etched by some kind of contaminant.

Try a fine cut paint polish in an inconspicuous place and see if it improves, if it does then you have to decide if that process will meet with you expectations or... you may have to strip and refinsh the lip.

I change oil and filter every year at 5-6000 miles. Works out to dealer service on even years on home service on odd years.

Ditto for me, in fact the dealer said that they recommended that the oil be changed every year, or approximatly 1/2 the recommended interval that Porsche specified.

I always replace the filter and aluminum ring on the filler plug at oil change time.

Sounds like fun, did you ever get a reply on doing this?

If you are only replacing the rear tires, I would recommend that you match up to the front, in other words if you are still running Conti Sport II up front you should out back too (IMHO).

Take a look over on boxa.net There are a number of forum members that have successfully fitted these e bay kits to 987 models without any bulb warning isues. Best to go on a personal reccomendation than try your luck with another supplier.

I would sure like to know more about this kit, the ebay auction did not provide much information. I have a different kit that has performed perfectly for nearly 2 years now... except I do get the bulb warning message.

I see in you signature that you have a LHD car? From North America?

Al

Thanks to all for the advice, yeah and even to juniinc for reminding me to search the site :D

I was looking at the Goodyear F1's a bit back, they had great reviews but never seen any reviews from a Boxster owner.

:cheers:

Not sure but I thought there was a review by a Boxster owners on the Tire Rack website under the Goodyear F1 section...

I recently bought a set of 18" wheels for my Boxster, if they didn't already have the Potenza's I would have bought the F1 Assymetric summer tire.

I can tell you that the Bridgestones are a bit noisey when I compare them to the Michelin PS-2's

Sorry but are you saying that you refuel while the engine is running??

AKA "the NASCAR method!" :D

West, was there any offset difference between the boxster 18" and the Cayman 18"s?

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Both styles of 18" wheels (Boxster S and Cayman S) have the same offset: 57mm front and 43mm rear

On my DDs, I have had these types of resin repairs done with great success.

Do you or others have a recommendation for a "brand" of this service? I just bought a used 997 and had my first windshield chip in thirty years a week after I got it. It's very small and in the passenger side, so a repair is the way I want to go. Thanks! Bob

Most windshield replacement shops should offer this service, some even do the repair for free (mine did) as they want you to remember the service and come to then when the windshield needs replacment. The shop I called that chraged for this service wanted $85 to repair one chip.

im sorry im just very confused...the reason i bought the rims is because i got them 4 brand new tires and 4 caymen oem porsche rims all together for 400$ and i couldnt let that deal pass by...so what are my option to lower the front ?

Amazing price, the next time I need a set of wheels and tires I am going to call you! At $400 sounds like they were stolen! :clapping:

Are you positive they are OEM wheels and not the Italian replica's?, a stock Porsche wheel up in the great white north is $1000 each!

Anyway, the set you bought has the OEM tires sizes for the 987/987c(F 235-40, R 265-40), the 986 according to the TSB's was different, the front was 225-40 and the rear 265-35...

As suggested, you should run the correct sizes for the car, the differences in the look will not be noticable IMHO

If you plan to keep the 16" wheels, then you can purchase just the wheel sensors and have both sets of wheels/tires able to be monitored by the TPMS system. The Tire Rack sells compatible sensors, I don't know what the dealer cost would be but that is another option.

In your post you said "OEM wheels and tires", if you are ordering them you would be able to specify the TPMS option as well.

Thank you all who made suggestions on how best to handle my ticket. Today was the court date on my ticket and just heard back from the attorney I hired in Monroe, the ticket was handled "administratively" and was reduced to operating with faulty equipment. Because of the speed involved I had to pay a higher fine but all totaled it came to $321 to make this go away without any points on my license and insurance.

Now, about that radar detector, anybody have any suggestions, or experience to share?

:thankyou:

Wow i am surprised....sounds like all they wanted was the money.

Yeah, I agree all they wanted was the revenue. I talked to an officer a couple months ago who said that he was instructed to start writing more tickets for stop signs or any violations he could since the price of gas had forced people to slow down and drive less so the revenue from speeding had dropped off a lot.

It's all about the money.

That is interesting, sort of a 'legal bribe', they accept the money and the ticket goes away...

Maybe they should just do away with the points and insurance report for speeding where no accident is involved and just present the driver with a monetary ticket, it would cost less for them to process.

IMHO, none.

Clean dry rubber.

I am close to agreeing, and that is why I recommended Meguiars Endurance earlier.

You can apply just a small amount and that is what the tire looks like, clean, black and dry but like it is still brand new... 2 years later.

With this I also won my class in a club Concours this spring.

So are you saying that even after it blew you continued to drive on that tire!?

Either way you are lucky the tire didn't shread and cause you to loos control of the car.

Amazing picture, and amazing what a nail can do!

I like Meguiars Gold Class: "Endurance", resists dirt and can be adjusted to the amount of shine that you prefer, and as the name implies, lasts a long time!

A potential Client called me yesterday with an IMS failure on his 3.2 engine- the car only has 15K miles on it since new. He caught the bearing failure early, at a regular oil service.

The IMS is a serious issue- so serious that we have made our own grossly oversized unit from billet chromoly 4340 steel. Here is the unit compared to a "Stock" early unit. see here

http://986forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9625

The best way to avoid an IMS failure is to do more frequent oil services (every 7K) and then drain the oil thats removed through a strainer looking for foreign object debris in the oil followed up by becoming a member of our oil monitoring service.

Other than than that just drive the **** car!

Wow, that new piece looks like it would be up to the task!

A couple of questions, I am curious how this piece compares to the 'upgraded' pieces that Porsche is appearently using on the 2006+ M96 engines?

Second, could you describe the unit in the picture, does it bolt onto the engne via the 3 flanges, are those bearings extending out behind, which part actually fails?

Thanks!

Looks nice! The Colour combo is distinctive.

Where, may I ask, did you purchase the stainless steel lug bolts?

I was wondering the same thing. I bought mine from eBay and from the picture they look identical to yours, so I have a question...

I find that the torque up differently then the stock bolts, the stock bolts reach the point where the torque wrench clicks to indicated the correct amount of torque has been reached, they do it in a very definitive way (no question; that is as tight as the wrench will go).

I found that the stainless bolts, then to continue a slow turn as you get close to the specified torque, almost as if they are distorting under load. If I had to describe the feeling, it is as if the threads are shearing, just as they would when you were about to strip a bolt.

Did you notice this phenomena?

:welcome:

I think you wanted 987.631.033.01 & 987.631.034.01.

Loren is right (of course) , those part numbers listed above are what are on the boxes that contained the correct clear side markers that I purchased from the dealer for my 2006.

Definitely yes, all MY 06 have the latest update on the shaft, without issues till now. Fingers crossed.

Thanks!

That is great news, I was worried that a ticking bomb was waiting to ruin my engine... is there anywhere that I can read the Porsche information on this engine update?

As i thought, it ends up with a shaft replacement. Their solution looks like the latest Porsche up date ( new and factory rebuild M 96 >06 ), thanks for the info.

So does a 2.7 M96 in a 2006 Boxster have the appropriate updates to avoid such a failure?

Another thing to remember about the beveled holes is that this beveling will soon dissappear as the rotor wears.

As for the holes being necessary or not or possibly just cosmetic, I would go with the belief that Porsche would not put them there is the adversly affected braking...

Thanks for the replies, I drove around a bit yesterday and all the while I could see the repair, it is noticiable/annoying but it was the first day.

I think that I will drive it a bit longer before I decide, I really hate the thought of all of the problems that could arise during a windshield replacement, but if the star crack expands or the repair continues to drive me nuts I'll check into the replacement.

AFAIK I have full replacement insurance for the first 3 years ( 1 year to go) so at least any repair will be all OEM Porsche.

Bruise, a small moon shaped damage... could be called a bullseye?

I took it to a shop that repairs such damages, turns out there was 2 hits about 1/4" apart, one resulted in the bruise, the other a small star. They applied the resin and cured it, the bruise is almost invisible but the star is still quite visible. They explained that the star is the most difficult to repair as the crack is very tight and most times the resin will not flow into the tightest portion near the outer ends of the star.

The windshield tech said since the damage is directly in the field of vision insurance would cover it if I decided to make a claim, but that I would have to pay the deductable.

This past weekend I took a direct hit by a stone to the windshield which left a dime sized bruise directly in the drivers vision. :censored:

I know there are some methods to slow (or possibly stop) the spread of spider cracks, but this mark is annoying to say the least, very distracting as it is right in the middle of your vision as you look directly ahead.

Are the windshields in a cabriolet replaced sooner because of such damage because they form such an integral part of the safety structure of the car? What are Porsche's recommendation on windshield damage?

Thanks

When the engine on my RX-7 was replaced by insurance the net effect was that buyers were 'happy about it' but willing to pay no more then car would have been worth based on it's overall condition and mileage...

I think that it is pychological, some people will look at it positively but others will wonder why it needed to be replaced so soon and worry that it could happen again while they own the car.