that a pearl right there!

The Boxster brake rotors are thinner and the caliper design is a step backwards, plus I'm spending $$$ and time to make it survive the track whereas the 964 does it out of the box with its dry sump. One thing the Boxster has in its favour is cost. I have more money in the C4 engine and transmission rebuild than the total Boxster cost.

I'm fast approaching the end of my 'light' refurb. Right now, I'm focused on returning the rear spoiler to as original, except I will modify the controller box to raise the speed at which it deploys.

I sourced a spoiler (Guards Red), plus the mechanism and controllers from a local owner. He had moved to fixed tail.

Previously, I got the mechanism working but it had no spoiler curtain or grille seal and it was a spoiler that someone had cut off the lip that attaches to the curtain. It also developed a crack. So this stage is fit the curtain and grille seal, then repaint the new to me spoiler and modify the controller box.

Having fitted a curtain to another 964 I knew it can be difficult. So I decided to fit the curtain to the new spoiler while it was off the car. Last time, I used a hair dryer to make the curtain groove more flexible. This time I used a plastic spatula to coerce it.

With the curtain fitted, I installed the Guards Red spoiler and fitted the rubber seal beneath the grille wall. The latter is a 993 part and needed a minor cut to clear part of the 964 spoiler.

After testing that everything worked, I researched painting the spoiler. Last time, I gave a spoiler to a panel shop, along with the paint. They still charged a lot and didn't mask the grille properly so I want to go the DIY route this time.

The Gold standard is 2k and I did my usual YouTube research, which suggested 2k spray cans. Unfortunately my paint shop doesn't stock them as they were so expensive they didn't sell. Given this is a relatively small part I decided to go the Lacquer and Clear route. I will also fix gravel damage to my sills.

So the plan is:
1. Plastic undercoat for the sills, followed by primer, lacquer colour (color) coat and then clear.
2. The spoiler will be rubbed down with a Scotchbrite (test shows it works well) then a lacquer colour (color) coat and finally clear.

I have purpose made Scotchbrite auto pads for rubbing down (Red/Brown is for Primer and Yellow is for Colour coats). I also have tack cloths and a plan to make a temporary paint booth out of a gazebo and plastic panels. I hope it works.

BTW I have learned from my last efforts and even though it's not 2k, I will have lung and eye protection while painting.

Transmission oil change to take my mind off the tragedy in NZ yesterday. I had the transmission rebuilt three years ago and filled with Swepco 201. It felt a bit notchy when cold so I decided to change the oil. Nothing special to say except the oil stinks and inevitably I got some on me. The hand pump worked well but took a lot of pumps to get the 3.8 litres in.

Approximately 35 years ago, I worked as an Avionics technician and an interest in reprising that part in my life was reignited by a spare faulty spoiler controller.

Typical to the mindset shown in this thread I went overboard and made a test rig and bought some test gear, but with the help of others I've managed to repair that controller and two others. I have also been resetting the extend speeds higher to reduce wear and tear on the spoiler mechanism.