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Carbon fiber wrapped the Joe Toth splitter and switched to 15mm rear spacers. I had 10mm but needed a little more flush.. 19x10 +25 effective with 275-35 and 2.1 neg camber rear.
the front splitter wrap is Vvivid gloss CF. It’s by far the hardest material I’ve worked with.. kinda stiff and really needs to be heated up
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The Cayman’s engine is really nice to see when it’s clean. And not too difficult to clean and detail. But, the open bottom and side intakes seem to suck in dust like a vacuum. Pull the cover after one week and it’s covered on dust again. Of course, your local environment plays into that (I speak from a Texas Panhandle perspective).
Recently purchased this CR. Had a day to put it on stands and look underneath, clean the suspension/brake/wheels and change the oil while I was at it. First attempt resulted in stripping the oil drain plug. It was on TIGHT. Luckily a spline extractor got it out... Installed the LN filter adapter and magnetic drain plug and 8 quarts of oil.
Replaced my hatch struts - they fit the textbook definition of parts that should be replaced by time and not "distance".
My March 2010 build car had one strut from the 344th day of '09 and the other from the 24th day of '10. They're the focus in the below pic.
I replaced my front trunk struts in July. Like them, I could immediately tell the difference with new struts as the hatch now opens in a more positive way.
I saw that the hatch bumpers had split with age, so I will be adding them to my list.
I also plan on replacing my cabin filter today before I wash it. I will spare you the pics!
Recently purchased this CR. Had a day to put it on stands and look underneath, clean the suspension/brake/wheels and change the oil while I was at it. First attempt resulted in stripping the oil drain plug. It was on TIGHT. Luckily a spline extractor got it out... Installed the LN filter adapter and magnetic drain plug and 8 quarts of oil.
Took my 987 to the Appalachian Adventure weekend in Blowing Rock, NC. (Thank you to the organizers from the App PCA region for putting this great event on). Concours. My car is behind the 944.
Very, very special visit to Chip Perry's 'car barn'. Chip is the ex-CEO of Autotrader.com & TrueCar.
My Meteor Grey Boxster, visiting some local scenery.
Took my 987 to the Appalachian Adventure weekend in Blowing Rock, NC. (Thank you to the organizers from the App PCA region for putting this great event on). Concours. My car is behind the 944.
Very, very special visit to Chip Perry's 'car barn'. Chip is the ex-CEO of Autotrader.com & TrueCar.
My Meteor Grey Boxster, visiting some local scenery.
don't sweat the drain plug... i did it too and when i took it to the local porsche garage they didn't bat an eye when i told them. they said, "happens all the time...". it's easy to get the hex wrench in a little bit crooked and that's all it takes.
My new splash guards arrived last week. So I took the opportunity (while installing) to do a deeper cleaning of wheel wells, and the back sides of my rims (all 4). Lots of grime and brake dust - especially on the front wheels!! Looks brand new, complete with the new guards..
Oh, and I snagged a set of colored wheel center caps recently, and I think it looks WAY better than the mono-chrome.
Converted my "anthracite" wheels to silver (ie, I cleaned them). I've never cleaned (or really had to clean) wheels before, so I thought I'd be prepared and such with the proper tools and cleaner. Unfortunately, the cleaner I used was not as good as it could be. A friend recommended Wolfgang next time, as it cleans with a rinse. The stuff I used was well regarded, but required a LOT more physical effort to get the wheels clean. I hope to try the Wolfgang next time, but for now it's certainly a lot better than it was. I was going to wax the wheels, but they didn't come fully clean, so I have more work to do if I want to go that route... I don't know if I have the interest to deal with that in the future...
Picked up car from shop after new clutch / flywheel and a number of other maintenance items. Clutch disk still had a fair amount of life left at 101k miles. It was a broken spline that created the failure mode. Guess it just fatigued after so many shift cycles.
While were were there... fresh IMS bearing (mine is serviceable type)... fresh stock shift cables (one broke upon disassembly)... water pump... alignment... etc.
Picked up car from shop after new clutch / flywheel and a number of other maintenance items. Clutch disk still had a fair amount of life left at 101k miles. It was a broken spline that created the failure mode. Guess it just fatigued after so many shift cycles.
While were were there... fresh IMS bearing (mine is serviceable type)... fresh stock shift cables (one broke upon disassembly)... water pump... alignment... etc.
09-09-2021, 03:43 PM
