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I got all new bits and can confirm the dust covers are quite stiff. I got mine from FVD and now wonder if the factory ones are different. I might get one just to check as I'd hate to have to take it out again.
Looks like your bump stop isn't in the boot?
They come separate, but the bump stop needs to be inside the top of the boot to the first detent?
So, the flange on the top of the dust boot flows smoothly into the bump stop - you can see the profile in the broken shot above.
Interested in your observations regardless... as eBay version and OEM version for consequent second replacement L and R respectively:
Yours appear to have that nice OEM satin finish, and not the greasy hard finish I managed to be duped into buying.
Silly me!
Weekend jaunt in the countryside for some errands...
A local shrine, famous for its pre-Covid-19 matsuri with live katana, is a quiet oasis in the forest, and a popular stop for bikers and similar out enjoying the touge.
The twinned cypress trees are over 300 years old.
Leave some coins for your wish to come true.
The matsuri celebrates the ronin who taught the locals to fight with farm implements, and martial arts otaku travel the world over to see the ancient techniques.
Seeing a live sword, participants jumping over them, and bamboo sliced clean through, is full of drama.
The THWACK a katana makes as it slices through thick bamboo with one strike is amazing.
Injuries are known.
Fantastic pics again Kuro. Thanks again for keeping this up.
NP!
This week was Autumn burning and new tires season.
To control winter growth and to prepare the season's rice fields for their next year...
Any excuse for a burning straw smell across the valley, and we're on to it.
Back bass fishing lake.
A little shrine, possibly centuries old.
What I had thought was a Camaro, but the BMW-like grille confuses me now.
Any ideas?
The irony of the 'Blue Chip Store' sign isn't lost.
Pre-war kids' school zone.
Though, some exclusive schools still have their children dressed in these uniforms these days, most are more simple.
Porsche day at the garage.
Tires, navi, backup cameras, exhaust, ODB coding, and suspensions a specialty.
Must fix the C4 smile one day...
Approaching Umi Hotaru on the Tokyo Wan Aqualine for the 9km tunnel run.
Via the Wangan, this then connects to the Yamate Tunnel - the world's longest urban road tunnel - and we're back in Shibuya in about 20 minutes.
While Bugeye are not that rare here, Chinese made scooter are.
The unused, for now, new Olympic Games stadium.
Gray, rainy day in Ginza.
Grabbing friends after work, and spending a few hours over a smoky grille, drinking chuhai, used to be the way.
We'll be back, post Covid-19, one day though...
The Yurakucho lock-ups have always been used as drinking and eating places, with the occasional one used for storage.
With the tracks staying in place, nothing has changed here - unlike many other places in Tokyo, constantly being renewed...
There's something really neat, sitting down to dinner, with the shinkansen thundering past overhead.
Using the Cayman R (rear wing equipped) badge location, for the smaller 981 series Cayman S badge, after an hour or more of measuring and taping a template...
That was stressful!
The S has been badgeless since I took off the misplaced previous reinstalled original.
I liked it without, but the frequent passenger said she preferred it with the model identification.
The Yamanote Line and cool Tokyo building behind - Shizuoka Shinbun Radio Building.
In a bid to show the world Japan was 'modern' in the 1960s, it built an expressway over what could have been a unique al fresco scene.
The rivers are clean these days, and while you can take a bridge tour, there's not much else that happens on the central waterways that still snake through the center of the city.
Cool buildings of Tokyo tour continues - Nakagin Capsule Tower.
Tsukiji Fish Market has now moved, and you can no longer see the real auctions close up - too many tourists fingered the fish it seems.
But, some old restaurants remain, and a pre-dawn sashimi breakfast is still popular.
Continuing to enjoy your ongoing stream of photos very much. Keep hoping for the Denenchofu area to pop up, maybe a quiet Sunday drive-through. Lived there for six years as a child (looong time ago). Our house had a fabulous view over the Tamagawa. All changed now, but still.....signed, an ASIJ old boy.
As I recall, the Denenchofu area was very upscale with big houses (for Tokyo) and a place where the Pro baseball players often live. We wee four years in Akasaka and while there my son graduated from ASIJ. As international schools go, ASIJ is one of the best.
Continuing to enjoy your ongoing stream of photos very much. Keep hoping for the Denenchofu area to pop up, maybe a quiet Sunday drive-through. Lived there for six years as a child (looong time ago). Our house had a fabulous view over the Tamagawa. All changed now, but still.....signed, an ASIJ old boy.
Ha!
Two kids went to ASIJ, and a friend lives in Denenchofu, and another visiting us this weekend from Jiyugaoka.
Pics on the agenda if we ever get over that way...
Originally Posted by TEF
As I recall, the Denenchofu area was very upscale with big houses (for Tokyo) and a place where the Pro baseball players often live. We wee four years in Akasaka and while there my son graduated from ASIJ. As international schools go, ASIJ is one of the best.
ASIJ is indeed a good school, reminded me a lot of Redondo Union HS...
Kuro Neko given the age of your Porsche, have you encountered any issues or problems passing the rigorous government vehicle inspections beginning at the three-year mark? When I lived in Japan I drove an aging Volvo turbo wagon, but it was exempt from these inspections. However, I was told by local nationals working at the Embassy that it was terribly expensive to retain an older vehicle because of this inspection. Given that most Japanese probably drive less than 5K miles a year, it seemed that these inspections were a de facto scheme to prop up the Japanese car industry.
10-26-2020, 09:04 AM
