My new Cayman

[wulfy66]

DoubleSix said:

Looking good! Of course the trick with all the two-tone stuff is knowing when to stop...

Worth sorting out the dodgy 987 handbrake cable whilst fitting the SS kit?

I'm done now with the two-tone stuff, just the GT3 smile grille to fit and that's the aesthetics finished. What is the issue with handbrake cable? Not come across that one yet

[DoubleSix]

Sorry don't know why I typed handbrake/parking brake cable.

It's the gear linkage cable that fails on these... fairly common, but a bit scary if it occurs at speed! Some nice third party upgrade kits out there, might be worth reading up a bit if you are opening her up for the SS kit.

http://www.planet-9.com/987-cayman-boxster-problem...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=940...

[rObArtes]

wulfy66 said:

Fitted the H&R springs on Friday, Now sitting about 35mm lower than stock springs

Hi, how harsh is the ride now you have dropped the springs by 35mm?

[wulfy66]

rObArtes said:

Hi, how harsh is the ride now you have dropped the springs by 35mm?

The strange thing is I actually feel the ride is much smoother now, it is hard to explain but the road leaving the workshop is full of potholes and it seemed much more controlled than the stock springs. I have not had the chance to try the PASM sport mode yet, will report back when I do

[rObArtes]

did you ever get the hand brake & gear gator retired lad ?

[wulfy66]

rObArtes said:

did you ever get the hand brake & gear gator retired lad ?

Lol still on the to do list, will be done once the remap, short shift, GT3 Grill, & tail pipes done

[rObArtes]

tail pipes? just booked mine in for a Carnewal GT exhaust. its a 2.9 gen II, so thinking of the changing the tail pipes also

[wulfy66]

rObArtes said:

tail pipes? just booked mine in for a Carnewal GT exhaust. its a 2.9 gen II, so thinking of the changing the tail pipes also

I had an IPE exhaust fitted but I think it would look better with black tailpipes. IPE do make black ones but it is a £300 extra!!!
I have found a company called Camcoat who will ceramic coat them in black gloss for £40 and they are half a mile away from Chipwizards who are doing the remap on Friday so will kill two birds
The Carnewal is a good choice, they sound great & without the drone

[rObArtes]

yep going over to belgium at easter, so.. two birds with one stone, so to speak. Will have to make mrs rObartes look the other way if i get some twin tail pipes

[wulfy66]

mollytherocker said:

I hate to be a pedant but it will be Porsche Green. It is often referred to as Viper, but that is an old 70s colour, which to be fair is very similar.

Even main dealers do it!

Viper does sound better though!

Hate to break it to you old boy but you are incorrect. I have just been to OPC to see about having some stone chips sorted and the official name of the paint code was RS Viper green

[mollytherocker]

wulfy66 said:

Hate to break it to you old boy but you are incorrect. I have just been to OPC to see about having some stone chips sorted and the official name of the paint code was RS Viper green

Your Cayman might be, but the GT3RS gen 1 is Porsche Green.

[wulfy66]

mollytherocker said:

Your Cayman might be, but the GT3RS gen 1 is Porsche Green.

Lol, who said anything about a GT3RS gen1? anyway I ordered the paint I don't want the whole door painted for one small chip even tho it is driving me mad looking at it so gonna try a tiny bit of paint on a cocktail stick to see if I can hide it enough to live with

[mollytherocker]

wulfy66 said:

Lol, who said anything about a GT3RS gen1? anyway I ordered the paint I don't want the whole door painted for one small chip even tho it is driving me mad looking at it so gonna try a tiny bit of paint on a cocktail stick to see if I can hide it enough to live with

On page one I asked you if it was Porsche Green GT3RS and you said yes!

[wulfy66]

Car was on the rolling road at Chipwizards (based in Ninemeister 9M premises) on Friday, after 3-4 runs it made 320 bhp & 277 ft/lbs torque. (Best was 322 worst 318). Was pretty much what I was expecting

[rObArtes]

should have said you were coming up to warrington Wulfy lad, as i only live a couple of miles away. would have ben good to catch up and get a look at your Cayman

[wulfy66]

rObArtes said:

should have said you were coming up to warrington Wulfy lad, as i only live a couple of miles away. would have ben good to catch up and get a look at your Cayman

Damn, I should have mentioned earlier I was coming up. Will give you a shout next time then

[wulfy66]

anonymous said:

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There was no after figure because when he studied all the data he said it was running absolutely perfect and if he played around with for hours he would struggle to make any improvement at all. Great guy, really knows his stuff and very honest not to take my money as many others would have.

[wulfy66]

The gain over factory power was about right from the exhaust, manifold, TB, plenum & induction mods

[wulfy66]

mrdemon said:

Silver. with a few GT3 bits and grills, a splitter and the performance mods also, remus, remap, GT3 throttle body etc

gen 1 mirrors still look better than any other, nice and sleek

Edited by mrdemon on Friday 22 August 18:44

Finally got round to fitting the GT3 Grill

[rObArtes]

how did you fit that fella?