DSMblue

Yogii,

Bilstein doesn't make any complete strut assemblies for the 968. They do have the B6 shocks for the rear. I did this conversion last year, and haven't noticed any particular harshness.

Norritt

What would be the path of least resistance to refresh the shocks and struts? Are there options that are more straight forward?

Yogii

I believe that the front Boge shocks are still available, the rear NLA. Or is it the other way around?
Wondering what an OEM front and Billstein rear would handle like? Nothing wrong with a mullet, right?

-Yogii
AKA 968 Novice

regajohn

I just had a water pump and thermostat failure, fortunately I noticed it immediately as the temperature started to rise and had the car flatbed to my independent.

Since he was going to be “in there” he did the timing belt / balance belt, annual oil service, brake flush, and general check over.

just over $3,000 + tax

jsheiry

Keep an eye on it....purchased a coupe in last 6 months where some indy shops did a ton of work on the car to include removing the head on an over heating issue and when I was pulling apart found that you could not spin the low speed fan by hand easily and took much pressure to move. Also see a lot of temp sensors at the radiator (triggers high/low fan operation) fail sooner than water pumps. Not saying that its not good and proper maintenance to replace while your in there doing timing belts but complete failures would usually eat a timing belt in a few minutes. The guys that sell the solid state DME relay also sell a solid state fan relay with diagnostics (buttons to test the low/high speed fan opertation) that help in chasing some of these things. Jeff's Minty is still running around on its original water pump !

regajohn

John,If you were referring to my post, my fan relay/switch was replaced May 2018. The car ran very well, as it usually does, during its annual trip to Porsche Palooza; put on about 600 miles at a “spirited pace.”

‘’Happy New Year!
Ciao … John

PS I hope the OP gets his issue straightened out …

crash813

Hey @Norritt , I also have a new to me 968 that I picked up in Dec. It has 150k and I thought was pretty up to date on maintenance but things you learn later. Anyways, starting to go through all stuff now but I would highly recommend, if you can, learning to turn a wrench or two for some of the easier stuff. If not, at those prices, this is going to be a very expensive experiment. I would of recommended shipping that car down instead of paying those prices. Anyways, I'm also in Austin so feel free to hit me up and we can go into sticker shock together at some of the prices. BTW, have heard great things about TPWS in town. Good Luck!

Larson E. Rapp

Same advice, if you're in Austin, check with TPWSI and see what they say.

(Disclaimer: I haven't lived there for 25 years, but Matt and Sean were the best in town at the time. In fact, I used them when my 968 was under warranty -- they were that helpful, and the dealership was that bad. They sure as heck didn't charge me $3K for timing belts, I remember that much.)

dlearl476

Times have changed. My first two were $800 (2005) and $1200 (2013). Pre-pandemic it was $1800 but my one last fall (because I cheaped out on the one in 2018 and had to redo it after my water pump failed) was close to $5K, but I had some other stuff like front end seal and fan switches replaced.