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I have a 1998 boxster and have replace the stereo with an aftermarket one. What I'm trying to do is get the illumination of the buttons working on my aftermarket unit by finding the appropriate wire on my boxster. I want when I switch the headlights on for the head unit to illuminate in the same way that all the other buttons (eg cigarette lighter, top toggle, windows buttons) light up. I have attached some circuit diagrams if people can translate for me which wire to use. I was going to tap into the cigarette lighter light but don't understand how the circuit works? Is it a closed loop? Do I have to ground it? Which wire cause the illumination? All your help is much appreciated, Sam
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Hi everyone, I have a very annoying problem. When my left hand side door glass is all the way down and I slam the door (not to hard, just to close it) there's a glass rattling noise. This rattling happens when the convertible top is up or down. This rattling doesn't happen the glass is all the way up, no noisy rattle. This rattle doesn't happen I slam the shut the right hand side side door with the glass down! If anyone one can help, perhaps with instructions and/or photos on how to get rid of the noise I would greatly appreciate it! Regards, Sam
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HELP Rain water leaks into cabin from side window seal
samlad replied to samlad's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
Yes please Maurice, if you can provide me with the details I'll give that a go as well. The more I knock out the better. I'm keen on getting this resolved ASAP as I'd love the carpet back and so does my wife :lol: Thanks, Sam Sam: I agree with PK and with Beelzy that since it's happening on both sides, and only started after the dealer worked on it, that it's too much of a coincidence to be something other than related to the recent "alignment" of the top. One possibility is that, since they replaced one of the front pushrods, the left pushrod is now longer (or shorter) than the right pushrod. It is a tricky proposition to adjust the pushrods to the correct length because they don't react on the top frame assembly in a purely linear fashion. If you are 100% sure that the issue is NOT the alignment of the top, you can try adjusting the vertical distance that the windows travel, so that the windows pass the "sheet of paper" test. You can actually adjust that travel without having to remove the door panels, by turning the torx screw on each of the forward and rear legs of each window regulator through the access holes at the bottom horizontal surface of the door. I did a write up with photos on that particular adjustment, but can't locate it right now in my old posts. If you want to go that route, let me know and I'll look for it some more. Regards, Maurice. -
HELP Rain water leaks into cabin from side window seal
samlad replied to samlad's topic in 986 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
Ok, used your ammo pk2 and took it back the third time for the roof realignment, making it tight as hell (requires 2 hands to latch the top on now) BUT, still getting leaks from those spots :( LOL ... funny thing is Beelzy, the top guy IS working on it! Lucky me there is a lot of rain her so I get to test it all the time <_< I've also been inspired to get this car WATERTIGHT so I've taken out all the carpet and with a microscope making sure there is nothing else wet going on! Does everyone have this much luck with water and Boxsters? Cause I'm sure that even the Mercury Capri keeps dryer then a Boxster! :unsure: -
Hi everyone hope you can help me otherwise my car is going to stay a spa! Porsche service recently replaced the LHS rear foam driptray and red knob arm under the soft top (as well as realigning the top after wards). Since then the top has started leaking a large amount from both sides of the car when being washed and in the rain (with the water pooling in the foot wells). Sitting in the car during recent rains I watched water pour/leak through the channel joins in the attached photo (sorry my camera is hopeless so I stitched a few photos together of others and have yellow arrows pointing to the joints). Porsche realigned the top again but that did NOTHING to stop the leak. Has anyone else experienced this? Or can anyone help/advice what to do to fix it? Please help! Sam
