Boeing 717

That's great, are you happy with it? What bulb?

Chuck Z

Finishing the install today so I haven't had it out at night.

Here's the bulb: https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ink/3929/8565/

Chuck Z

Well, there was no way to take the original connection apart so I had to cut it off. I cut it so that if someone wanted to reattach it they could.

Speedvagen

Man, those look awesome! How hard was it to do the install? Would love any tutorials so I can try doing it on mine.

Chuck Z

Thanks. Have yet to try them after dark so we'll see.

Pretty straight forward process:

1. Get the bulbs and an H4 female harness (readily available on Amazon)
2. Take the headlight assembly apart to get at the original bulb and remove it.
3. Cut wires on the stock original three prong connection as pictured above. Make a not as to their orientation so you can match the correct wires from the H4 adapter harness.
4. Prepare the wires from the original connector and the female H4 connector to be connected using pinch/heat shrink connectors or, soldered if you prefer. Be sure to put a piece of shrink tubing long enough to cover your connection on the wires prior to making the permanent connection. I put a larger piece of shrink over all three wires as an added measure but, it's really not necessary. I tend to over do things. :-)
5. Once connected and tested, secure the wires so they don't get caught on anything and reassemble everything.

Pictures above are pretty much the entire process. Pretty simple and pretty straightforward. Good luck.

jsheiry

I got my wifes bumper back from the paint shop and now applying the rubber molding. Interesting process, using the 3M black adhesive glue, a little more rubbery than I thought, dries quick seems to do the job.
Hope to be taking the car to the inspection station tomorrow after being in my garage for nearly 4 years!

Anyone have a set of the Euro turn signals for sale? I have a set of the 993 clears on it but dont like all the gaps. They are about $106 each at Sonnen for the Euro models, only come in amber.

biosurfer1

I had my motor mounts changed out. I knew they were shot and put off changing them for a while. Just didn't feel like doing it myself so took the opportunity to have a road trip.
2 things:
1. If yours needs to be changed, don't wait. It's a crazy difference and makes the car so much quiet, smooth and enjoyable to drive.
2. Anyone near Reno, Reno Rennsport is a great shop from my experience. Very reasonable price, done right and they pointed out a couple things they saw wrong (some I knew, others I didn't). No pressure to do the work, just wanted me to be aware. If I were closer, a lot of things I'm too lazy to do myself would be done by them.

jsheiry

Got the bumper on, cleaned up and put 200 miles on her over the weekend. Felt good, the too-do list is getting shorter. Need to change the fuel pump, its fairly loud and dont want to leave my wife stranded somewhere. Must admit to enjoying the tiptronic for bombing around to the winery. 1-50 mph nothing like the 6 spd. Above 50 still fairly nimble and downshifts quickly as desired.

Boeing 717

That's great. I can't wait to do this!

Boeing 717

Looks good!!

odurandina

my v8 motor mounts have disintegrated.

if i'd done them, i'd have attempted a lot more rubber.

don't know if there'd been sufficient room though.

quite flawed nevertheless.

also.... some interior upgrades underway.

Jymmybob

Took off the very pretty but oversized 18s for a set of more period 17" 993 Targa speedlines I picked up cheap. Mostly I needed the 18s to go back on my beater 996 and I didn't want the beaten to death OEM Cup Is that came with it. The 968 keeps getting mechanically better but every time I take it out for more than a few hours it gets hit, the latest one caving in the arch over the front passenger wheel that you can slightly make out in the second picture. Paintless dent removal is up next after a wash since it's so dusty from being in storage lately. I think I need some mild spacers with these wheels too.

Before:


After:

Boeing 717

Nice wheels!!

LM964

All done a couple of weeks ago. Handling completely transformed. Kept M030 front sway bar as is, as the original issue of the front 'tramlining' when pushed was totally my fault for putting 964 Cup 2's on the car with an offset of an extra 13mm. Big lesson for me there - don't move away from the offsets Porsche intended as the front handling dynamics only get worse.

Adjustbale Konis all round. Front set to full hard minus one 360 turn back for fast road sprint. Only three fulls turns seperates the opposite settings - simples. Now with orginal CS Cup wheels and Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetrics, solid confident handling and amazing grip. Took an extended 2-hour trip back home around fast twisty B roads and grinning all the way.

If, with the adjustable Konis, this is what the original factory CS with M030 set up was (minus the bigger brakes), then I am much more than happy and impressed. Cannot recommend enough the Konis, as orginally intended.

Boeing 717

Do you have a link to the dampers that you purchased?