roadsession

Oil change - btw I bought a new oil filter housing (came with filter) given that it's seen many years of heat cycling I figured bypass valve may be tired





Decided to paint calipers








Changeover to summer tire and wheels

porschemikeandnancy

Your car is way too clean. Time to get another hobby?

Slakker

Looking good! How'd you do the calipers?

Barn996

Nice to get the summer tires and wheels back on especially with a new filter and fresh oil.

alpine003

Your PORSCHE stickers are crooked...

Nice Job!

Dennis C

+1

I installed my summer wheels and tires on Saturday, a few weeks ahead of schedule. It always feels good....

roadsession

tell me about it.
It was so late in the evening by the time I got around to it that I rushed it.
Good from 12 ft away, not so good from up close (((((

roadsession

I used G2 red caliper paint kit I bought from Amazon and brushed it on.
I didn't remove the calipers

ZuffenZeus

You northern guys crack me up with two sets of tires... us southern dudes just keep one set on all year around unless we take it to the track.

Like the Carrera III wheels are they the same as the older Carrera II? that is 18x8 50ET front and 18x10 65ET back?

alpine003

Actually I was kidding but now looking at the pics on my desktop, they sort of do look like it. Anywho, you can always redo it whenever you feel the need to. I usually recommend waiting 24-48 hours and heat cycling the calipers a few times to harden and cure the paint. This way at least, you can always remove the decals if you mess up without the paint coming off with it. Unfortunately, I think your paint is permanently stuck to your decals since you applied them before it cured?

Barn996

How did you find time? Weren't you fishing and cleaning up from a recent snow storm?

Dennis C

Yes and yes! We didn't ski over the weekend because my son had a nasty cold. We'll hit the slopes again on Saturday. There's good snow in the forecast this week.

NYoutftr

Did you need to buy two kits to have enough paint?

Alpine, good thinking on waiting for decal application, I might take that advice.

BTW, I am going to go non-traditional and get the Tangerine- Orange color and also do skid plate and tie downs same color

alpine003

I've used the g2 paint before and even if the can is small, it covers a lot and you should be ok with only 1 can.

Another tip is if you spread it on thin or if you go the Duplicolor/VHT spray route, you'll still be able to see the original PORSCHE logo above the new paint after it has cured. This allows you to get a reference point when applying the new decals. I would locate the raised letters and put masking tape at the bottom
and to the left to set reference markers.

dan_189

I have a set of Carrera III look great at the back but the front need spacers as they dont stick out enough

Car looks great though!