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Tarek, looks great ! If you do decide to go with the DCT MS wheel I have a triangle airbag normal wheel available that I'll sell you for half their Core charge which will save you a couple hundred dollars and let you keep driving your car while they make the new wheel. When I had them do mine, Ivan was willing to take a round airbag wheel as my core even though he was making me a triangular airbag one - maybe he's willing to do the opposite for you. Anyway, let me know if interested - here's a pic of the wheel I had them do for me and the one I have available.
Thanks pete, i have the round airbag one and waiting for a wheel with yellow ring to match my PCCB's/ alcantara to pop up for sale ...missed one just last month very near me, couldn't make up my mind and the guy sold it
what is the best site to use for hosting pictures on this forum?
Best to upload them right here or the links can expire. Click on the square that looks like a landscape with mountains and a sun, then just browse the device you're using and it will upload them to a window. Once they've shown up there, click the upload button in the top right and it will insert them into the post. Once you have the text and pics the way you want click the submit button. For non-photo attachments, click on the paperclip and follow similar steps - it will stick those at the bottom of your post
Replaced the single row small IMS bearing and the rear main seal today. 2005 Carrera S with 7,300 Miles. Bearing looked fine except it was full of oil - not grease, very smooth with no perceptible notchiness or friction. Installed the upgraded Teflon rear main seal and the LN Engineering “IMS Solution” kit with the oil feed. Thanks to Jonathan Newhall for his expertise and tools! Reinstalling transmission, Spark plugs, engine oil, transmission oil, brake fluid flush and coolant flush next on the list.
Some nice interior refresh here on my 2005 997S Launch Edition-
X97 Shifter & Hand Brake
Painted Center Console in Silver
Porsche Crest Console Lid
Pioneer double din.
Love the look , the console and that part look amazing- Only thing i'd like to add now is a nicer steering wheel. May do DCTMS we will see.
The pioneer double din is of course great functions & really brings you all the modern tech such as carplay etc...However the BOSE system sounded much better with the original PCM, it now just doesn't sound as clean in my opinion- If i had it to do all over again i'd probably try to keep the original PCM and just do some kind of Modulator to listen to my ipod (had Mobridge before on my last 997 & didn't like way it functioned much either)
I have the same Pioneer unit in my 997 and I love the sound over the Bose system. I pulled the entire Bose system out and installed Precision Power P.65C3 3-way speakers in the front doors and a pioneer 4 channel amplifier. I disconnected the rear speakers. For each side I ran the one channel through the 6.5 woofer and the other channel through the crossover feeding the mid woofer and tweeter. I then rebuilt the subwoofer with two Dayton Audio woofers and lined the box with excel 8mm sound proofing material. I am getting a great sound stage (for a small car), the highs are very clear. I am hearing new sounds from familiar songs in my new setup. It took some time for me to balance the system using the Pioneer's time alignment, levels and listening position adjustments, but it was well worth it.
Did you only replace the head unit?
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This morning I updated my ECU's with Softronic's 997.2 DFI Performance Software. The software updated both engine and PDK performance maps. After loading the new software, I went for a 35 mile drive to allow all the updates to properly load and the "brain" to learn them.
Very impressive, I can definitely feel a difference in engine performance and PDK shifting. Throttle response has also been improved; like Sport mode or a Sprint Booster. I had purchased the Softronic software during their 20% off Holiday Sale. It was a very nice Christmas present.
Softronic showed me how to make a backup copy of the original factory maps in case I every need to reload original maps.
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