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was8v said:
Have you removed the plastic spats ahead of the rear wheels, popped the plugs out and had a poke around?
Yeah I've had a good poke around and removed the various spats, liners, and covers during the course of doing various bits and bobs. My car only had 60K when I bought it and appears to have lived a fairly sheltered life in London. I would guess that the previous owners spent more time polishing it than driving it... something which I have done my best to reverse! Edited by was8v on Wednesday 7th August 16:30
On the topic of spats, I have a brand new offside rear spat lip thing for a 996 (the rubber bit which attaches to the plastic spat) that is free to a good home. I was sent it by mistake and the vendor didn't want/need it back
skinny said:
I had seen some of these types of pictures before so i took a brave pill last summer and removed all the arch liners. Fortunately all were spotless and solid so just gave them a clean from the dusty mud and went on my way!
Not bad for a 20 year old car on 118k miles
Is it an easy enough job?Not bad for a 20 year old car on 118k miles
Like you, sort of feel it's worth doing, even if it is a bit daunting.
Yep very easy. Wheels off then just undo the little plastic nuts (10mm). The only potentially difficult bit is that the threaded studs that the nuts go onto tend to lose their thread over time so the nuts can be difficult to remove and even harder to put back.
But once off, the liners just pull out. From memory they don't clip under the car or require anything else like undertrays to come off
But once off, the liners just pull out. From memory they don't clip under the car or require anything else like undertrays to come off
LordHaveMurci said:
Is it an easy enough job?
Like you, sort of feel it's worth doing, even if it is a bit daunting.
There won't be any surprises behind the arch liners as it's been protected by the arch liner. Like you, sort of feel it's worth doing, even if it is a bit daunting.
It's the lower sill cover spats, that catch all the muck from the arch liner and hold it on the metal work that you need to take off.
They are held on with tapping screws and speed nuts. Most of mine had rusted heads and needed drilling out and new speed nuts.
Easy enough to do.
Also posted on the 997 prices thread
3.6
C2
£16000
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...
3.6
C2
£16000
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...
ATM said:
Also posted on the 997 prices thread
3.6
C2
£16000
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...
Just read the ad ‘bought a dog’ thought the owner was being very honest about an issue with the car for a minute!3.6
C2
£16000
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...
jakesmith said:
ATM said:
Also posted on the 997 prices thread
3.6
C2
£16000
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...
Just read the ad ‘bought a dog’ thought the owner was being very honest about an issue with the car for a minute!3.6
C2
£16000
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...
Sad to say my Poverty Porsche ownership has ended for now!
Owned for nearly 4 years, featured on the PH front page, only did about 20k. It was actually relatively painless to own, never ‘broke down’. Only one MOT fail or advisory in that time (brake pipes, easily fixed).
I would re-iterate what I have told a number of people on here - the money and time I invested into a thorough suspension overhaul was absolutely worth it. Once done, EVERY rubber component in the suspension was new, Koni dampers, standard springs for a sensible ride height, top mounts, bump stops, droplinks, every arm and linkage etc. There was absolutely nothing particularly wrong with the car beforehand. But it drove spectacularly well afterward.
If you have a ‘keeper’, do it. Buy the parts piecemeal from where ever is cheapest and has offers on, it cost me around half of what a specialist quoted. Then install the lot in one go. Easily DIYable on the drive, and then just get an alignment.
They are not perfect, and there are some aspects of the Boxster that are beaten by obvious rivals, but I really did like it
However its now gone and replaced, advertised and then sold in less than 24 hours!
(I do now have a nice spare set of original early amber lights stashed in the loft, ready for them to be worth a fortune in ten years time
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Owned for nearly 4 years, featured on the PH front page, only did about 20k. It was actually relatively painless to own, never ‘broke down’. Only one MOT fail or advisory in that time (brake pipes, easily fixed).
I would re-iterate what I have told a number of people on here - the money and time I invested into a thorough suspension overhaul was absolutely worth it. Once done, EVERY rubber component in the suspension was new, Koni dampers, standard springs for a sensible ride height, top mounts, bump stops, droplinks, every arm and linkage etc. There was absolutely nothing particularly wrong with the car beforehand. But it drove spectacularly well afterward.
If you have a ‘keeper’, do it. Buy the parts piecemeal from where ever is cheapest and has offers on, it cost me around half of what a specialist quoted. Then install the lot in one go. Easily DIYable on the drive, and then just get an alignment.
They are not perfect, and there are some aspects of the Boxster that are beaten by obvious rivals, but I really did like it
However its now gone and replaced, advertised and then sold in less than 24 hours!
(I do now have a nice spare set of original early amber lights stashed in the loft, ready for them to be worth a fortune in ten years time
)Bullet-Proof_Biscuit said:
You should have sold it to me 6 months ago! 
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