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Done installing coilovers for 2 days😂 I've done some DIY stuff on my 86 911 and 74 2002 but mostly bumpers, dashboards and oil changes. First time to DIY the 997 and decided to try the coilovers. 2 shops quoted me $895 and $1000 to install so that is about the amount I saved but the experience was PRICELESS
Took her for the first real ride after installing the Tubi exhaust. Went for about 6 hours up rt97 and all over the Catskills.
Beautiful ride. Hard to find color combo. How do you like the Tubi? Had it on my -09 C4S and loved it. Don't really need the on/off PSE button with the Tubi since it's almost stock quiet up to about $3K rpm. Above that, entirely different.
You mentioned replacing the drain with aluminum and crush washer. If you replace it with aluminum, the torque value is definitely not 37 ft-lbs.
+1 aluminum magnetic oil drain plug is 19 ft. lbs. In fact, since the oil pan is aluminum, I doubt the factory spec for even the original drain plug is 37 ft. lbs. but maybe.
In truth, these were done a few weeks ago, but today is a good day to post these mods:
New Aerokit Front Bumper & Lip
Soul Performance Valved Exhaust, with Carbon Fiber tailpipes
Blackview 900 Front & Rear Dashcam cloud-based system
The car looks fantastic with that aero front end and the black stone guards - well done.
With your camera system, you may want to to defeat the overlay of the speed onto the video recordings (you can probably still display it on the screen) as that could work against you in an accident, which is probably the reason you installed the cameras in the first place.
The Blackview was physically difficult to install, but doable. Any hardwiring into the fuse box is always problematic for my 6'1" frame. 2 days + some cursing + Bourbon + Advil + 2 trips to the Verizon store for a HotSpot device. More Bourbon after that.
Honestly, it wasn't too bad. The App set up and configuration was not easy either. The 4K image resolution from the front cam is excellent and I can watch events around the car from my phone whenever it's parked. There are so many cams available now, it's hard to choose! I'm just a little more relaxed after parking my DD.
I installed my BlackVue 900 a couple months ago and it was not too bad. Figuring where to tie into the fuse panel took the most time as I wanted it to look nice. There are two big players in the dashcam market, BlackVue and Thinkware. Get the high end model of either one and you are good. BlackVue is the only 4K model currently on the market. I can take a picture of how I tied it into the fuse panel if that would be helpful.
With your camera system, you may want to to defeat the overlay of the speed onto the video recordings (you can probably still display it on the screen) as that could work against you in an accident, which is probably the reason you installed the cameras in the first place.
Petza914 is correct. Best to turn it off. You can do that in the settings really easy.
Installed Hawk Performance Ceramic brake pads. Tired of cleaning my wheels every week!
I ditched my OEM pads for Hawk PC, too. It will take a little while to clear all the brake dust out of your drilled rotors. I accelerated the cleaning process by using a pressure washer through the rotor vanes and holes. But, I still get black dust inside the barrels after three weeks. There is less every time I wash the car, so I know it was a good decision and headed in the right direction.
Small thing but ordered key fob protection casing in red resin carbon. Primarily because it looked like candy but so for protection as I just have new key fobs and don't want them worn or buttons come loose again.
08-21-2018, 12:39 PM
