Eric. M

It's been a while, are pictures still coming? Patiently waiting......

Very nice wheels, are they 18'' or 19" ?

Hi, I plan to upgrade my 2001 Boxster S stock 17" wheels with Carrera Classic 18"s. They are 18X8 et50 front, 18x10 et46 rear. After looking all over the internet, found 5 places shown on the web showing they have them but when I called they all said they don't have them. Now I'm considering 19"s because one of the internet store says they have them in stock. The sizes are 19x8 et57 front, 19x9.5 et46 rear. This store is located in LA, I called them inquiring about the frone offset of 57mm and they said it will fit the car without spacer. I then called another store also located in LA which says a 5mm spacer is needed along with longer lug bolts. Both stores claim themselves as Porsche wheels experts however the information given is conflicted. If anybody has size 19" wheels on theirs 986s, please shed some lights. Also if anybody has the pictures of 19"s on a 986, would you please post them, just want to see how a 19 will look on a 986. Thanks in advance and your help is really appreciated.

Thanks Maurice for your advice. Before I started posting here I have printed out Focke's R+R instructions and have read it 2 times. But no info on removing the liner. Guess pre-MY2000's Boxsters' top didn't include a liner. I'm leaning toward getting Robbins top. The vendor says removal and installation instruction is included. Thanks Chris for your post. May I ask a few questions? Was the liner left on the car all the time? Even when the canvas top is removed? Did you have the rear speakers installed in the storage cubby behind the seats? If yes did you have to remove it? Thanks

The first glass window top is developed back in 2005 by BAS, a british company, later it's also caught on by GAHH and then Robbins. Do a search here and there are pictures of the tops. Still don't know which manufacture make better tops. I Plan to do more research in the future by asking some convertibles top shop for their input. For my area the installation cost is reasonable, it varries between $550-750. However I still want It do it myself, it will be a good project for a cuople of weekends.

Hi, I am a newbie here. first I'd like to say hi to everyone; this site has provided tremendous useful info on Boxsters. I have a 2001 Boxster S. Recently the top has a lot of rattling and squealing noises. Even driving on smooth roads with only minor imperfections I can hear the top shaking and squealing. Seems like the noises are coming from the area where the windows meet the top in aft section and from the left and right outboard areas of the aft bow. I have used rubber seal condtitioner but no help. The only time the top stop making noise is when driving on repaved freeway with black top. I've done a lot of research on the internet and I discover this site and I know I've found the right place. I spend a good amount reading the the posts here regarding the convertible top issues and they are very informational and valuable and I plan to change my original top to one with glass window. After reading the posts on this site, there are 2 manufactures for the glass window convertible top here in the states, they are Robbins and GAHH. Does anyone know what are the differences as far as quality and durability? Types of material? Which one fits better? I have contacted one of the vendor and they recommends Robbins because the cables from GAHH's top has issues of going outboard of the aft bow during opening and closing of the top. Also, besides leaving the top down, does anyone know how to get rid of the squealing noise? It has become intolerable and take the fun out of driving the car. Since I plan to replace the top, is there anything I can do to fix the noise? One last question, when replacing the top, the existing liner is to be reused. I looked at the liner in my car and it appears to be permanently attached to the aft bow, is there a way to remove the liner without causing damage? Sorry for the long post, looking forward to hearing from you experts.