Porsche Cayman 987.2 Manual 2.9
Discussion
This thread is giving me major regret in selling my cayman, but it was the 987.1 S and most of my ownership was worrying about the imploding engine. A friend had the base engine Boxster of the same year and we both had carnewal exhausts fitted, I couldn't believe how much better the base engine sounded, I assume the same for the 2.9.
I hope you continue to enjoy your car and keep us updated!
I hope you continue to enjoy your car and keep us updated!
vdoubleewe said:
I must say I absolutely love what you've done with your Cayman, especially with those R wheels, it's perfect.
At the weekend I picked up an 09 2.9 in silver and you've pretty much done everything I would like to do with mine with the exception of painting the centre console.
I don't want to go completely after the R look, but since the soft touch paint is flaking off in mine I figure why not; Do love the painted console in the R, gives the interior a really sporty look, especially in silver.
First things first though, I have to change the stereo for something modern.
Hope you don't mind me asking but which stereo surround panel is it that you used, is it connects2, incartek or something else? it's a very good match and the fit looks great. I had an mx5 mk3 once and the aftermarket panel I picked up was dreadful, don't want to make that mistake again.
All the best!
Sorry for the late reply, only just seen it! Welcome to PH At the weekend I picked up an 09 2.9 in silver and you've pretty much done everything I would like to do with mine with the exception of painting the centre console.
I don't want to go completely after the R look, but since the soft touch paint is flaking off in mine I figure why not; Do love the painted console in the R, gives the interior a really sporty look, especially in silver.
First things first though, I have to change the stereo for something modern.
Hope you don't mind me asking but which stereo surround panel is it that you used, is it connects2, incartek or something else? it's a very good match and the fit looks great. I had an mx5 mk3 once and the aftermarket panel I picked up was dreadful, don't want to make that mistake again.
All the best!
Many thanks for the kind words, the car is going great and I'll update the thread shortly.The centre console is a connects2 CT23PO04 and comes with all the parts necessary bits. As you say, it matches and fits perfectly so well worth the money. Link here
AndrewGP said:
Sorry for the late reply, only just seen it! Welcome to PH Many thanks for the kind words, the car is going great and I'll update the thread shortly.
The centre console is a connects2 CT23PO04 and comes with all the parts necessary bits. As you say, it matches and fits perfectly so well worth the money. Link here
Good, I'm pleased it's running well. Mine is on 100k and still seems pretty strong. Many thanks for the kind words, the car is going great and I'll update the thread shortly.The centre console is a connects2 CT23PO04 and comes with all the parts necessary bits. As you say, it matches and fits perfectly so well worth the money. Link here
Thank you for the link, very much appreciated.
I'm going to remove the stereo this weekend and the centre console to send for paint; I'm basically adding some black to the outside and bringing some silver to the interior.
Quite like these as well, seem to add a little something:
https://kistudios.com/blog/porsche-headlight-trim-...
Cheers!
AndrewGP said:
Back from the bodyshop, all painted! I use Motorama near Royal Wootton Bassett and would highly recommend them, they're very well priced, quick to complete work and do an excellent job.
Hi Andrew, do you remember roughly what these cost to have painted? I'm looking to get mine done and would like a reasonable point of comparison when shopping around local bodyshops. I assume there's a clearcoat layer on there too? Thanks! dmcspeedy said:
AndrewGP said:
Back from the bodyshop, all painted! I use Motorama near Royal Wootton Bassett and would highly recommend them, they're very well priced, quick to complete work and do an excellent job.
Hi Andrew, do you remember roughly what these cost to have painted? I'm looking to get mine done and would like a reasonable point of comparison when shopping around local bodyshops. I assume there's a clearcoat layer on there too? Thanks! So, update on the Cayman after a fantastic summer of driving.
The car has been great, no issues whatsoever and it continues to be a joy to drive and own. I never get bored of the noise it makes or the way it handles, it may not be the quickest car in the world but as a daily it's perfect and makes rapid progress when pushed. That said, I've not actually done many miles in it and I think I'll be under 3k miles for the year which is criminal really! Still averaging 28mpg which is fine although it did manage 37mpg on a run down to Gatwick.
First job back in the middle of summer was to adjust the frunk height. It was nagging at me that it was couple mm too low compared to the bumper so I broke out the spanners and set to. Super simple to do, just peel back the frunk liner, loosen the two bolts and adjust the retaining bracket as required. Amazing how much muck had accumulated in the gaps though!
Much better
Next up was the little clear stickers that stop the paint rubbing off from the frame of the tailgate and door sill near the rear window. They'd yellowed badly and looked s
te. New ones are cheap enough from the OPC and the quality is good.
Again, super easy to deal with, I just sprayed a little water/washing up liquid mix on and scraped them off with a plastic trim removal tool, then prepared the surface with some isopropyl alcohol, before sticking the new ones in place.
Finally for this year, the 19" Spyders with the Cup 2s came off today and have been replaced with 18" Boxster SII wheels running much more sensible tyres for the cold weather. I took the opportunity to remove all the arch trim, rake out all the mud, stones and other crap and give the whole thing a good clean. It's amazing for a car that isn't driven very often just how much ste gets caked in the nooks and crannies!
At the same time, the wheel nuts got a lick of Hammerite silver paint as they'd deteriorated quite badly this year and the corrosion was very obvious. Very pleased with how they came out.
Plans for the winter a refurb of the Spyder wheels as they're looking a little tired. Unfortunately, Oxfordshire's roads aren't in great condition and they've stone chipped in a few places. I'll get some new centre caps at the same time.
So with a good wash, a quick going over with the claybar and a coat of wax, she's ready for the winter. In truth, I won't use the car in the worst of the weather and certainly not if there's salt been put down, but I'm pleased the car is getting used and I still love driving it.
The car has been great, no issues whatsoever and it continues to be a joy to drive and own. I never get bored of the noise it makes or the way it handles, it may not be the quickest car in the world but as a daily it's perfect and makes rapid progress when pushed. That said, I've not actually done many miles in it and I think I'll be under 3k miles for the year which is criminal really! Still averaging 28mpg which is fine although it did manage 37mpg on a run down to Gatwick.
First job back in the middle of summer was to adjust the frunk height. It was nagging at me that it was couple mm too low compared to the bumper so I broke out the spanners and set to. Super simple to do, just peel back the frunk liner, loosen the two bolts and adjust the retaining bracket as required. Amazing how much muck had accumulated in the gaps though!
Much better
Next up was the little clear stickers that stop the paint rubbing off from the frame of the tailgate and door sill near the rear window. They'd yellowed badly and looked s
te. New ones are cheap enough from the OPC and the quality is good.Again, super easy to deal with, I just sprayed a little water/washing up liquid mix on and scraped them off with a plastic trim removal tool, then prepared the surface with some isopropyl alcohol, before sticking the new ones in place.
Finally for this year, the 19" Spyders with the Cup 2s came off today and have been replaced with 18" Boxster SII wheels running much more sensible tyres for the cold weather. I took the opportunity to remove all the arch trim, rake out all the mud, stones and other crap and give the whole thing a good clean. It's amazing for a car that isn't driven very often just how much s
te gets caked in the nooks and crannies! At the same time, the wheel nuts got a lick of Hammerite silver paint as they'd deteriorated quite badly this year and the corrosion was very obvious. Very pleased with how they came out.
Plans for the winter a refurb of the Spyder wheels as they're looking a little tired. Unfortunately, Oxfordshire's roads aren't in great condition and they've stone chipped in a few places. I'll get some new centre caps at the same time.
So with a good wash, a quick going over with the claybar and a coat of wax, she's ready for the winter. In truth, I won't use the car in the worst of the weather and certainly not if there's salt been put down, but I'm pleased the car is getting used and I still love driving it.
AndrewGP said:
Hi, sorry for the late reply, only just seen your post. I think from memory it was £50 for both to be painted and yes, he matched the Porsche colour and also did the clearcoat layer too. He is very cheap though, so I wouldn't be surprised if you're quoted more than that.
No worries! I got them done last week, now just have to fit them. It looks easy enough from watching a couple of YouTube videos, anything to watch out for?dmcspeedy said:
No worries! I got them done last week, now just have to fit them. It looks easy enough from watching a couple of YouTube videos, anything to watch out for?
It's pretty straight forward to be honest, you just need the little plastic rivets from the OPC, part number 999 591 71240. I think it took 2 mins per side to clip back in 
CrouchingWayne said:
Great update, thanks for sharing!
Do you have the part numbers for the paint protectors? Mine are similarly yellowed and it would be great to tidy it up.
Thank you for the kind words! According to the invoice they're part numbers 996 537 23700 and 987 512 81901 Do you have the part numbers for the paint protectors? Mine are similarly yellowed and it would be great to tidy it up.
Now that winter's almost done, I took the opportunity to do a minor refresh on the front end of the car. It's due a service in a few weeks so I wanted to get these done before then. It's not really been driven that much over the winter, but was MOT'd with no advisories back in January and I had the chance to have a good poke underneath. The ACF 50 has done a great job and it's all looking very clean, dry and fresh.
Not looking so clean and fresh were the headlights which had yellowed and had become slightly hazy. Driving home in the dark the other night confirmed they needed doing so after a little research I settled on the Meguiars Two Stage Headlight Kit. This has a UV coating as well as the polish and pads so should keep them looking good for longer. Unfortunately I forgot to take 'before' pictures but just imagine them looking a bit crap
Getting the headlights out is literally a 30 second job (BMW could learn a thing or two here), just peel back the front boot carpet, remove the bung and insert the supplied tool rotating it 180 degrees. In the past on other cars I've always left them in situ, but I'd heard stories about frying the frunk lock module with the static electricity generated when polishing, so it made sense to remove them. Also no chance of scratching the paint.
The headlight is then pushed up and out of it's housing tray, the electrical connections separate and out it comes. Amazing! Unfortunately, it revealed the headlamp housings were pretty minging inside so these were cleaned up. Whilst I was in there, I had a peek at the inner wings which are absolutely pristine.
Then the lights were given a good polish with the DA and sprayed with the UV protector.
Super happy how they turned out, they literally look brand new for about 90 minutes work. Next on the list was the front boot struts. I think one had been broken for a while and as when the second one let go, the boot lid came down and gave me a good smack on the head
The boot struts are easy to find and are only £40. I'm not sure if they're OEM but they're made by Stabilus and were identical to the old ones :
Fitting involves levering the old ones out by releasing the spring clip with a flat head screw driver. I then cleaned up the ball joint, put a small blob of grease in the hole and snapped on the new ones. No more getting ttted on the back of the head now
Finally, the black wiper cover was looking a bit faded so it was removed, cleaned and treated with some Forever Black Trim Restorer. Getting this out is a case of removing the washer jet hoses and retaining clips, taking off the wipers and undoing two nuts near each wing. Super easy and quick.
This was given a good clean and then two coats of the Forever Black put on...
Everything was given a good hoover to get the spiders webs out and leaves out, the drains checked to see they weren't blocked and then everything wiped and cleaned. It's amazing the amount of crap that gets under there but it came up looking really good! Next event is it's Intermediate Service and to swap it on to the summer wheels and tyres.
Not looking so clean and fresh were the headlights which had yellowed and had become slightly hazy. Driving home in the dark the other night confirmed they needed doing so after a little research I settled on the Meguiars Two Stage Headlight Kit. This has a UV coating as well as the polish and pads so should keep them looking good for longer. Unfortunately I forgot to take 'before' pictures but just imagine them looking a bit crap
Getting the headlights out is literally a 30 second job (BMW could learn a thing or two here), just peel back the front boot carpet, remove the bung and insert the supplied tool rotating it 180 degrees. In the past on other cars I've always left them in situ, but I'd heard stories about frying the frunk lock module with the static electricity generated when polishing, so it made sense to remove them. Also no chance of scratching the paint.
The headlight is then pushed up and out of it's housing tray, the electrical connections separate and out it comes. Amazing! Unfortunately, it revealed the headlamp housings were pretty minging inside so these were cleaned up. Whilst I was in there, I had a peek at the inner wings which are absolutely pristine.
Then the lights were given a good polish with the DA and sprayed with the UV protector.
Super happy how they turned out, they literally look brand new for about 90 minutes work. Next on the list was the front boot struts. I think one had been broken for a while and as when the second one let go, the boot lid came down and gave me a good smack on the head
The boot struts are easy to find and are only £40. I'm not sure if they're OEM but they're made by Stabilus and were identical to the old ones :
Fitting involves levering the old ones out by releasing the spring clip with a flat head screw driver. I then cleaned up the ball joint, put a small blob of grease in the hole and snapped on the new ones. No more getting t
tted on the back of the head now Finally, the black wiper cover was looking a bit faded so it was removed, cleaned and treated with some Forever Black Trim Restorer. Getting this out is a case of removing the washer jet hoses and retaining clips, taking off the wipers and undoing two nuts near each wing. Super easy and quick.
This was given a good clean and then two coats of the Forever Black put on...
Everything was given a good hoover to get the spiders webs out and leaves out, the drains checked to see they weren't blocked and then everything wiped and cleaned. It's amazing the amount of crap that gets under there but it came up looking really good! Next event is it's Intermediate Service and to swap it on to the summer wheels and tyres.
Very minor update on the Cayman, it passed it's MOT a week ago with no advisories and once again I had the opportunity to have a good look underneath with no issues to report. It's been flawless the last year and a real pleasure to own.
However, due to a job change in the near future, it's going up for sale this week as I'll be swapping it for another Porsche with PDK due to the commute. If anyone is interested in the Cayman, just drop me a PM.
However, due to a job change in the near future, it's going up for sale this week as I'll be swapping it for another Porsche with PDK due to the commute. If anyone is interested in the Cayman, just drop me a PM.
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