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I love the look of the side ones! How did you make them?
Thanks. Honestly a lot of work and money. Ordered the full oem grill assembly from dealership then got a cheap plastic welder from Amazon and removed the fins. Filled opening with jb weld, sanded smooth, painted, then cut and installed grills from customcargrills.com...
Thanks. Honestly a lot of work and money. Ordered the full oem grill assembly from dealership then got a cheap plastic welder from Amazon and removed the fins. Filled opening with jb weld, sanded smooth, painted, then cut and installed grills from customcargrills.com...
It sounds wait out of my league. I really love that you replaced the beams in favor of a full grill!
Made new covers for the cushions in my 991’s sport bucket seats. Tartan-ish fabric, attached to the cushions with velcro like the original covers so easily exchanged again and with the original cushions I also still have the seat heating.
@Rich_Jenkins
I’m gonna give this a try but isn’t it true that moisture levels in the lines can be very different than what’s in the reservoir? But for $10, why not?!
Last edited by Tier1Terrier; 03-14-2021 at 10:05 PM.
@Rich_Jenkins
I’m gonna give this a try but isn’t it true that moisture levels in the lines can be very different than what’s in the reservoir? But for $10, why not?!
Yeah, agreed. The tool only sees the capacitance (I assume it's capacitance based; I'm an EE but not a metrology guy) of the fluid at the MC, not at the calipers. I suppose you could argue the MC cap is vented (it's vented to allow equalization for pad wear on 991's, right? Or no?) so exposure opportunity to atmospheric humidity is higher there than at the wheel, but IDK.
Anyway, $10 for a gross evaluation of the brake fluid seemed reasonable, if it worked. My car is a '17 CPO, bought June '19, and from the service records, the dealer did the brake change that year, so it was going on about 2 years old. After this gizmo arrived, I tested it and got about 4% on the LED readouts. So that kinda made sense. When I got it back last week from the dealer, the fluid tested at <1%. So in my case, I observed a positive correlation between the readings and the actual service performed, which led me to conclude it was a good tool...
Yeah, agreed. The tool only sees the capacitance (I assume it's capacitance based; I'm an EE but not a metrology guy) of the fluid at the MC, not at the calipers. I suppose you could argue the MC cap is vented (it's vented to allow equalization for pad wear on 991's, right? Or no?) so exposure opportunity to atmospheric humidity is higher there than at the wheel, but IDK.
Anyway, $10 for a gross evaluation of the brake fluid seemed reasonable, if it worked. My car is a '17 CPO, bought June '19, and from the service records, the dealer did the brake change that year, so it was going on about 2 years old. After this gizmo arrived, I tested it and got about 4% on the LED readouts. So that kinda made sense. When I got it back last week from the dealer, the fluid tested at <1%. So in my case, I observed a positive correlation between the readings and the actual service performed, which led me to conclude it was a good tool...
Agree with you completely. Mine is a 2017 and just past it’s 4th year of service. I don’t believe the brakes were ever flushed (but i don’t know for sure). ’m contemplating doing as DIY. I’ve only had the car about 6 months and the brakes seem fine. No mushiness & very responsive. Also, the car only has about 7500 miles. So it will be interesting to see what kind of moisture reading I get. I’ll be sure to evaluate the readings before and after at both the reservoir and from the calipers after I eventually flush them to check for consistency (or lack thereof). In any event, thanks for posting about this great little cheap tool. Looking forward to trying it out and learning a bit more.
03-14-2021, 10:24 AM
- wore it out!