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  2. boxs2000
    1) raise your spoiler the push out the pins in the center (you most likely will need to buy new ones as they usually are not re usable) remove the wing and leave it up. From the top remove the screws that are along the rim of the bumper 2) Remove bumperettes there are allen bolts at the bottom of each bumperettes, remove license plate, plate holder and license plate lights 3) remove the screws at the bottom of the bumper and in the rear wheel wells (2 on each wheel well) the bumper should pull out be carefull you need to unplug the light receptacle. Sorry no diagram I'm just going off memory so I forgive me if I forget anything!
  3. boxs2000
    The door speakers probably don't sound well because the factory speakers are sub-woofers and it sounds like you put in full range speakers as a result, the signal that is being sent to those speakers by the factory amp is all low frequencies hence the bad sound. If you really want to improve your sound, put the stock door woofers back in, keep the Alpine dash speakers, add in the rear speaker kit and replace the deck/head unit. The source of the crap sound is the head unit and the amplifier just makes it louder! This is what I did to my uncles Boxster, I installed a new Pioneer Avic d3 navigation head unit, kept the factory speakers and amp, added the rear fill speakers and it sounds great! He wanted more bass so I installed an 8" foot well sub with rockford fosgate amp to power the sub only and it sounds awesome. I wish I would have just done that instead of gutting out my whole system and installing a full new system,2 alpine amps, mb quart speakers.
  4. boxs2000
    You must remove the belt. That is the easiest part : ) I had to slightly bent the lip of the opening to create enough room to get the alternator out as you spin it when removing. There is also a tread here that listed the part number for the voltage regulator. I was able to just get the voltage regulator through a MBZ dealer as they use the same one. (Porsche) does not sell it and its a Bosch part much cheaper than buying an alternator.
  5. boxs2000
    As they say," Always bet on Black" ok so that was Wesley Snipes....but I still love Black, yes its hard to keep clean, it shows all scratches, but **** it looks good!
  6. boxs2000
    I used it on my MBZ and they were great. Where did you get them from? I did not know they were available to Porsche. let me know how it works out as I may switch my 986 to that
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    It depends how you install it, you can still use the original radio brackets if you bolt them on to the sides of the new radio. It's a very easy mod to secure it properly. The harder part is fabricating a piece to cover the gap that you will get once you relocate the ac control unit because the hole becomes a little larger than the standard double din by about 1/4" or so.
  8. boxs2000
    Are you asking about the factory amp or aftermarket? As far as the antenna, you will have to buy an adapter for the standard antenna plug to the European style (factory Porsche)
  9. boxs2000
    Are you asking about the factory amp or aftermarket? As far as the antenna, you will have to buy an adapter for the standard antenna plug to the European style (factory Porsche)
  10. boxs2000
    I have installed 2 Pioneer Avic. One was a the N3 (flip up model) the other D3 (double din) in Boxster 986 my99 and 00. Factory amps and speakers were retained and it improved the sound. A wire harness adapter can be used so that the factory plug is not removed or cut. The factory radio can be returned easily. Very easy to do no major rewire only need to add e-brake wire (tap on to factory wire) and reverse wire. Also an antenna adapter is needed due to European cars have a different antenna wire plug, again no cutting just plug and play.
  11. boxs2000
    the speakers on the doors are sub woofers and only emit bass. It can be adjusted via bass control or left right balance.
  12. boxs2000
    Does this also apply to 986s'?
  13. boxs2000
    The Nakamichi is a nice deck, I had one in old daily driver. It was a high up model, but I found their features a little behind. I'm a big ipod fan and I dont think the newer Naks have a module for it. I really like being able to control it and its out of sight so no clutter. Sound wise and features I think the pioneer, eclipse or alpine will blow the Nak away. (no offense nak guys..)
  14. boxs2000
    Installation looks good on the speakers. Keep in mind you have on of the best speakers around, but they are only as good as the source of the signal they are coming from. There are several products out there that can cure your problems such as JL audio's clean sweep. http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_cleansw....php?page_id=92 Personally, I would not spend the money on this item because I really think the factory head unit is not worth it. This would be different if you had the factory navi but otherwise the stock unit is the first to go. I changed mine to the Alpine cda 9885 (less than 300 bucks) and sound was good, then I switched to the Pioneer avic n3 (about 1200 bucks) and the sound was greatly improved. The bass response and the staging was totally improved in my opinion. I'm also running Alpine amps but with MB quart speakers (component) which I believe is far inferior to your dynaudio's. I really think even the cheaper alpine hu will really give you the sound you are expecting from those speakers. As far as bridging the amp what may have happened is when you bridged it, it went down to 2ohms causing your speakers to clip (i presume the dynaudio's are 4ohm) or if remember correctly the dynaudio's has an adjustable passive x over in which he may have had it adjusted incorrectly causing the tweeter to get the wrong signal (low freq.) tripping the safety feature. Either way to use those speakers to its potential (which is probably why you bought them) you need to change head unit.
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    very easy job to do, if you have had previous installation experience. The reason I say this is because I did the same install for a Pioneer avic d3, awesome unit, but to keep price down they do not give you many trim/bezel options. You need to be able to fabricate one or buy a double din mounting kit and put one together. I did it by using some old parts leftover from previous installations. All you need to do is relocated the climate control, buy the oe climate trim piece from the dealer (about 10 bucks) then cut the oe radio slot to make it double din. There is also a good hack for d3 unit where you are able to use the nav and dvd functions on the go, all you need to do is change one of the wires in the harness to a different pin location (check the avic blogs that is where my uncle found it, very usefull hack, no need to pull over to input nav address etc). If you really want factory look, you can spend the bucks to buy the oe trim pieces for the factory navi unit (the double din unit) by buying those trim pieces would make your install easier, but I'm sure they are expensive at the dealer. Also your speed sensor wire is located right in the oe wire harness (brown wire with pink stripe I believe...) that should be all you need to install (if you do the hack I mentioned earlier, otherwise you will need to run a ebrake wire separately(not in oe wire harness) you also do not need to use the reverse wire unless you are hooking up a back up camera and it will not affect nav features)
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    my uncle actually ordered the kit from ebay, it came with about 25-30 leds. We decided not to do it because in order to do it you have to un-solder and re solder the leads. The leads are very small and the circuit board is very small too and you will need a very fine tip along with special solder (solder is about the size of a pen tip) . I have some good experience with soldering, but not at that scale. When I saw it, it did not want to risk ruining the board. I would only recommend it if you have good experience soldering something that small or experience soldering circuit boards. Needless to say the parts were returned.
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    My alternator went out last summer, my car is a 2000 986s and when it went out, I only had about 37,000 miles on it. Many people say that because alot of Porsches are not daily drivers that this actually takes a toll on the charging system as a result the alternator work harder to recharge the system etc.. As far as the alternator, I did the fix that I found in this forum. I save myself over 1000 bucks by doing it myself. The dealer does not sell the voltage regutor, but if you take the old one out you can cross reference it to the same part made by bosch for mercedes, bmw and vw. The part itself cost me about $70. The local MBZ dealer sells it for about $125. The job took me about 4 hours to do.
  18. boxs2000
    Removal and installation is not hard, just time consuming because of limited space and access to bolts. (ihave done it twice once on my 2000 986s and 99 non s 986) just jack the car up. I'm more concern if the exhaust will fit. If I remember correctly the brackets are a little different on the 03 (not sure exactly what the difference is, becuase when I purchased my Dansk sport exhaust, the part numbers were different from an 03-05. I'm sure there is a way to make it work, but i dont think it is a direct bolt on. You may want to double check if fittent is compatible.
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    I have the same aerokit 1 on my 2000 986s and I recently replaced my muffler with the Dansk sport muffler. 1st removing the bumper is not necessary to do the installation. To remove the bumper, if your car has the spoiler in the back, you must go to the fuse panel and connect the power for the wing (that is where the maual switch is located to raise and lower the wing) then you must remove the trunk lining(inside the trunk) to get to the wing motor to reconnect it. Once you do this, the wing is now operational. But again, the time it will take you to remove the bumper will probably take more than if you just be patient and jack the car up and remove the exhaust.
  20. boxs2000
    5397&hl=ball+joint+removal+toolball joint removal tool This was an older post and I was wondering what the opening size of the tool is. There are several tools like this on ebay but I need to know what would be the correct size to fit 986s ball joints. Thanks in advance
  21. boxs2000
    This is total old wifes tale...I have gutted the complete stereo system in my 986s and no effects on my electronics. Keep in mind most stereo system consists of head unit, amp and speakers. None of which is needed to operate a car or its electronics. Now on a different note, a bad install or removal done by someone that does not know what they are doing can cause damage your factory electronics. Like if someone just starts cutting wires that may cause a short or drain too much power and cause fuses to blow. Also it would matter if you had a factory navigation on your stereo that you are removing. Some of the older units may link to you cars speed sensor and other suporting items (alarm etc) If you are not familiar with car electronics I would suggest taking it to a reputable stereo shop
  22. boxs2000
    This site just saved me at least a thousand bucks! :clapping: Porsche sells alternator for about 900 bucks plus installation, you can find it on line for about 3 to 400 bucks, i did it for about 50 bucks from the info that tool pants provided. It really works! I have a 2000 986s 6 spd and it was the perfect match. The only hard part is that Bosch has updated the part number but can easily be cross refrenced. Its site like this with people like you guys that makes motoring fun! So if I ever get to meet Tool Pants I owe you a beer! (ok several beers served by a hot chicks) thank again, and you da man!! :beer:
  23. boxs2000
    Wow that was awesome! I have been shopping for a new alternator and this would be great since most of the time its the voltage regulator is what goes bad. I will try and hope it works for me also. I will be taking on this project in the next week or so and will keep you guys updated.
  24. boxs2000
    My 2000 986s looks like the alternator has gone bad :( . Is there are a guide somewhere on how to replace the alternator on this board? :help: Thanks in advance
  25. boxs2000
    I went with the same kit for my car. The fronts are not hard to do and took about an hour. The rears are more complicated and time consuming about 3-4 hours. If you do not have experience and the tools(jack, stands, air compresor, spring tool clamp etc), I would not recomend doing it yourself. After lowering it you will most definately need an alignment no matter if you removed the ball joints or not. (even if your car drives straight etc)
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