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Today I added the aluminum look gas cap, oil cap and water cap. So silly but I like them.
My faux aluminum coolant and oil caps recently arrived from Suncoast. I already have the gas cap on standby will several other goodies waiting for the car.
I played with ideas for a while. I needed a setup that would not detract from the decor of my garage! I looked at a lot of options, but couldn’t find any that I thought were aesthetic enough. So I decided to mount a self-retractable hose reel at the top of the stairs that lead from my garage to my basement. All you see in the garage is the end of the hose and the wall switch. When I need it, I just pull it out and pop on the inflator. The hose is 75’. When I’m done, I give it a tug to release it, then it retracts back into the wall. I have to admit, it’s pretty darn slick!
And in my other garage, I don’t have anything behind the wall, so I hid the compressor inside a cabinet.
Great garage! I think it looks better than my home office. I am now walking away in shame.
Picked up my C2 cab day after Thanksgiving. Waited a couple days for the Carbonio plate holder to arrive. Installed, inspected and off to ppf/ceramic jail. Got back yesterday. OrderedGT3 side skirts, clear markers, stone guards, frunk lid protector, cargraphic, and frunk liner.
After have 3-5k miles will do M-engineering stage 1 (by then I may decided to go stage2/3 with slip on valveless exhaust and gts turbo).
Picked up my C2 cab day after Thanksgiving. Waited a couple days for the Carbonio plate holder to arrive. Installed, inspected and off to ppf/ceramic jail. Got back yesterday. OrderedGT3 side skirts, clear markers, stone guards, frunk lid protector, cargraphic, and frunk liner.
After have 3-5k miles will do M-engineering stage 1 (by then I may decided to go stage2/3 with slip on valveless exhaust and gts turbo).
Question: Will you also PPF the side skirts and the install them, or install them without PPF? Dif you PPF them, do you do them separately while off the vehicle, or do it as part of body?
The knurled ends are so you can spin them on with your fingers, but I agree, they will scratch if you aren't careful.
If you can't screw these in easily by hand, there are other issues. Also, there is a reason the factory ones are smooth and soft aluminum instead of hard steel.
Question: Will you also PPF the side skirts and the install them, or install them without PPF? Dif you PPF them, do you do them separately while off the vehicle, or do it as part of body?
PPF goes on painted parts and these are unpainted, so no (AFAIK).
PSA on those wheel alignment pins... DO NOT get the ones with the knurled edge. It scratches the hell out of your rim's bolt hole for no good reason. Get one that is smooth. The wheel/tire is heavy enough that even with a smooth edge, it is not sliding off those pins at all. in fact, you will appreciate being able to slide the rim onto the hub and not have that knurling scratch up your rims. I got this one after using one with the knurled edge for a while:
Autel MX808S just so I can turn off the stupid oil change reminder (after changing the oil ofc). Cheapest price I could find was $375, which I think is the cheapest way to reset oil changes.
Autel MX808S just so I can turn off the stupid oil change reminder (after changing the oil ofc). Cheapest price I could find was $375, which I think is the cheapest way to reset oil changes.
You got it! Long term, this sort of nonsense is likely generate "Right to Repair" legislation. In the mean time I have the same Scan Tool. I just have to assume, unfortunately, that it's part of the cost of the car. I would think (hope?) the folks in Porsche's Marketing Department would, over the long haul, have the upper hand with the Sales Department on this one.
Last edited by Bluehighways; 12-09-2023 at 02:32 AM.
You got it! Long term, this sort of nonsense is likely generate "Right to Repair" legislation. In the mean time I have the same Scan Tool. I just have to assume, unfortunately, that it's part of the cost of the car. I would think (hope?) the folks in Porsche's Marketing Department would, over the long haul, have the upper hand with the Sales Department on this one.
It's just ridiculous that after I change my own oil, the dealerships still want $150 to hook up the car to press the oil service done button. The Autel works fine on the 911 and Audi Q5 so it paid for itself in one oil change cycle.
12-08-2023, 03:29 PM
