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side vents -- painting to match body color
lithium1330 replied to jefla's topic in 987-1 Series (Boxster, Boxster S)
I have a speed yellow and like the yellow/black contrast. So, I went with black side vents. Also planning to paint the side mirror housing in black this winter. -
Not sure if this is too late, but a couple weeks back I installed the Alpine DPR-RDS1 with my '08 S with Bose. It uses FM modulator (via the antenna plug, not OTA). Because CDR-24 supports RDS, the album, artist and song name are also displayed (scrolling) on the radio and the information LCD. I noticed RDS didn't work with an older ipod (w/ 20G mcirodrive) and simply says ATTACHED. RDS does works with newer ipods. The unit also charges early ipods/iphones, with the exception of the 3GS. The audio is excellent, there is no feedback/echo as it completely overpowers anything in the one of the 4 preset frequencies. Where I live, 88.7 is used at night by one of the radio stations (with strong, stereo signal). The Alpine unit completely over-powers the OTA station. You cannot hear the other station when you pause the ipod or switching between songs - even if you have the radio turned up loud. I really like it. I use the iPod to control the ... well, the ipod. If you simply need something for trips or, in my case, when the SO is in the car and wants to listen to his/her songs, I would go with the Alpine unit. The Alpine unit ($99 on Amazon w/ free S&H), antenna adapter ($15 on ebay). Here is a short video clip of the old ipod working with the Bose. Ignore the audio quality - my camera is like 6 yrs old. Alpine DPR-RDS1 with older an iPod
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if you don't plan to drive it often (less than once a month), you may want to consider a indoor car cover. Also, leave the doors, hood & trunk cracked open (latched, but you can't just pull open), so the rubber seals aren't compressed the entire time during storage. You may also want to consider cover the tailpipe opening with tin foil or something, so rodents won't make homes in your exhaust. If you do this, leave a note on the seat or dash to remind yourself to pull them off when you go start the car. I think you mentioned battery maintainer. I've never used fuel stabilizer.. just keep a full tank of gas in the car - don't know about those fuel additives. I think that's all I have to add to others comments. I lived in Western NY years ago and we get 6 - 7 months of winter. The above is pretty much what I did when I put a car in winter storage.