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  1. Dale_K
    I should have put this in the section about top problems. I think I've got the answer I needed (Novus).
  2. Dale_K
    Thanks for the advice. I guess at $40 it's worth taking a chance. I'll never take the car to a track but the other things could be usefull.
  3. Dale_K
    Thanks very much. Lots of good stuff I needed to know in that link.
  4. Dale_K
    I just bought the car this week and been looking around the site and found a thread with some pictures of the top mechanism. I just went out to the garage and partially opened my top. It looks like there are some problems. The driver's side (sorry this is out of focus) The passenger side is missing one of the straps. My finger is pointing to the spot on the top where it looks like the missing strap used to attach. I don't see anything of a string cord mentioned in another thread. The top goes up and down and seems tight. I haven't driven the car with the top up and the windows down, so I don't know how tight the headliner is in the wind. The top is pretty noisy going over bumps with squeeks and rattles from both sides at the rear. There is also a sound like loose coins behind my head when I go over certain sharp bumps. What does the missing strap on the passenger side do? How would I go about replacing it DIY? (no dealer around here)
  5. Dale_K
    I normally don't join car clubs and don't really have any desire to attend car shows. Mainly what I'm looking for on the web are places with good advice, tech tips, DIY info, etc. I can't access the Tech Q&A section of the PCA website so I don't know how much good stuff there is over there. Is it worth it to join the PCA? Or do sites like this one have just as much tech data. Are there other reasons to join that I'm failing to understand?
  6. Dale_K
    Yesterday I bragged on how good the "PlasticX" product worked on my rear window. It looked fabulous while I was actually buffing the plastic but today I actually drove the car in the sunlight and it's not quite as good as I first thought. The worst area is a horizontal band about 2" high right through the middle of the window. It's where the window bends over on itself when the top is lowered. It's kind of hard to tell which side of the window the scuffs are on - I think they're on the inside. So the PlasticX product is good for basic cleaning and some scratch removal but it's not really the right product or method to deal with more intensive scuffing. Does anybody have a good technique for restoring the rear window? Mine is stucturally excellent so I don't want to go to the expense and hassle of completely replacing it.
  7. Dale_K
    I got the windshield washer working thanks to the tips on this site. It was indeed a disconnected hose behind the fender liner. Kind of glad I took the wheel off. I took it to the tire shop yesterday to get all the tires balanced and they had put the wheels on so tight I would never had been able to undo the bolts with the tool kit.
  8. Dale_K
    I don't anything about the history of the car except for some recent repair receipts. The top looks original to my eyes but I don't actually know. It certainly has enough rattles & squeaks to have been on the car for 100k miles. Yesterday I bought some "PlasticX" at the Walmart and used it on the window. That stuff is a miracle! It doesn't show in the poor picture but the window was terribly faded and scuffed. After about 30 minutes of cleaning it is totally transformed. It still doesn't look quite brand new but it looks like a 2 year old car. I was astonished by how good the PlasticX worked. The recent work tickets show the several repairs to fix oil leaks within the past 5,000 miles. A new rear main seal, new spark plug seals and a cam seal were done. Also a water pump and a 90k service. The bills added up to well over $2,000. It's not leaking at the moment and running excellently. I wish it was a manual transmission but the auto works well and it's cool how it changes its shift logic when the car senses you're driving it more aggressively. I'll spend some time with my high speed buffer and see if I can get the paint looking better. The windshield washer dumps the water under the car instead of coming out the nozzles so I plan to pull the left wheel and fender liner off today and see if I can fix it.
  9. Dale_K
    No wonder I was confused. Thanks.
  10. Dale_K
    Here is a crummy picture of the car and the switch I'm confused about.
  11. Dale_K
    My first Porsche (a 100,000 mile 2000 Boxter S tiptronic) and my first post here. This may be the dumbest question ever but I couldn't find the answer in the owner's manual. There is an unmarked button just to the left of the headlight switch and I'd like to know what it's for. There's a bunch of other stuff I'd like to know besides the mystery button but I'll do some searching and maybe I can find the answers by myself. I'll post a some pics of the car in a couple of days.
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