FINALLY found the car for me :)
12-21-2012, 02:01 AM
#61
Nordschleife Master
Thread Starter
Opo
1. Great looking car
2. Great that you are here - follow Ed's advice/previous posts. His wisdom/comments are time/$ savers. Per Ed, I to moved the 7's upfront and bought 8's for the rears. Very happy. If you are stuck on 9's, I wish you better luck than I had. Very scarce, and VERY pricey.
3. The seat mix up sucks but fixable with the wallet.
4. Before you send your rear wheel well guards to be pulled off, you may want to try GooGone. My shrunken plastic door sills pulled away like they were just laying there. No damage to the paint etc.
5. I did the reverse, 1 year ago. I pulled my car from Texas to Cali., 20 yr. prior owner. It must get real hot down there, as he upgraded AC as well.
1. Great looking car
2. Great that you are here - follow Ed's advice/previous posts. His wisdom/comments are time/$ savers. Per Ed, I to moved the 7's upfront and bought 8's for the rears. Very happy. If you are stuck on 9's, I wish you better luck than I had. Very scarce, and VERY pricey.
3. The seat mix up sucks but fixable with the wallet.
4. Before you send your rear wheel well guards to be pulled off, you may want to try GooGone. My shrunken plastic door sills pulled away like they were just laying there. No damage to the paint etc.
5. I did the reverse, 1 year ago. I pulled my car from Texas to Cali., 20 yr. prior owner. It must get real hot down there, as he upgraded AC as well.
I went ahead and order 8's for the rear 
01-10-2013, 08:35 PM
#62
Nordschleife Master
Thread Starter
Finally got the car back, installed the 8's in the rear and 7's in front, remove the trim and there was nothing hidden, don't know why the PO put that trim there, also installed the sport seats and I think the only thing for me to do is upgrade the steering wheel and the car will be just like I wanted it since I bought it
Last edited by Opo; 07-03-2014 at 01:24 AM.
01-12-2013, 10:08 AM
#68
Three Wheelin'
Great looking car. I'm enjoying your thread.
You've got to love the oil level sending unit. If it isn't failing, it's leaking, and it's never particularly reliable. Mine works but the gasket leaks slowly. I tightened down the bolts and went to 20/50 weight oil and it slowed significantly but I can't help but think the design would have been better with more diligent manual oil level checks and one fewer gasket to leak oil on the car.
You've got to love the oil level sending unit. If it isn't failing, it's leaking, and it's never particularly reliable. Mine works but the gasket leaks slowly. I tightened down the bolts and went to 20/50 weight oil and it slowed significantly but I can't help but think the design would have been better with more diligent manual oil level checks and one fewer gasket to leak oil on the car.
Cardinal sin, asking that question...on a par with asking a woman how old she is.
01-12-2013, 10:45 AM
#70
Rennlist Member
Great looking car. I'm enjoying your thread.
You've got to love the oil level sending unit. If it isn't failing, it's leaking, and it's never particularly reliable. Mine works but the gasket leaks slowly. I tightened down the bolts and went to 20/50 weight oil and it slowed significantly but I can't help but think the design would have been better with more diligent manual oil level checks and one fewer gasket to leak oil on the car.
You've got to love the oil level sending unit. If it isn't failing, it's leaking, and it's never particularly reliable. Mine works but the gasket leaks slowly. I tightened down the bolts and went to 20/50 weight oil and it slowed significantly but I can't help but think the design would have been better with more diligent manual oil level checks and one fewer gasket to leak oil on the car.
01-12-2013, 09:43 PM
#71
Three Wheelin'
The point isn't that it is an easy problem to address. The point is that it's a mechanical component that offers a very minor convenience that is not really outweighed by the effort required to keep to keep it functioning correctly.
01-12-2013, 10:12 PM
#73
01-12-2013, 11:28 PM
#74
Rennlist Member
I am likely the first person addressing it in its 23 years of existence however I don't have history for the first ~50,000 miles of its life.
The point isn't that it is an easy problem to address. The point is that it's a mechanical component that offers a very minor convenience that is not really outweighed by the effort required to keep to keep it functioning correctly.
The point isn't that it is an easy problem to address. The point is that it's a mechanical component that offers a very minor convenience that is not really outweighed by the effort required to keep to keep it functioning correctly.
01-12-2013, 11:29 PM
#75
Rennlist Member
So, now you've shown you don't get it, so I'll explain: It has nothing to do with the inanimate object's feelings, that is something personal to the owner, and none of our business.