Need guidance on current 05
07-06-2016, 08:52 AM
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Ok well my 2K was completely out of the ball park. If I get the Ims retrofit done including clutch and fly wheel along with AOS it's $5500 including tax and 3 oil changes. If I get the LN IMS Solution (permanent), Clutch, Flywheel and AOS done it's $6500 all in again including 3 oil changes.
I have spent a couple of months struggling whether to spend almost $7k on an 11 year old car. I have spent countless hours looking at every other car out there and have come to the realization that I love my little car and will probably keep it for the better part of the rest of my life. So it goes in next week for the fix. I have owned it for 4 years and bought it with only 16K miles so I do know the car well and feel like she is just breaking in.
Thanks for all the advice above. Just thought I would update the thread.
I have spent a couple of months struggling whether to spend almost $7k on an 11 year old car. I have spent countless hours looking at every other car out there and have come to the realization that I love my little car and will probably keep it for the better part of the rest of my life. So it goes in next week for the fix. I have owned it for 4 years and bought it with only 16K miles so I do know the car well and feel like she is just breaking in.
Thanks for all the advice above. Just thought I would update the thread.
07-06-2016, 10:39 AM
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Ok well my 2K was completely out of the ball park. If I get the Ims retrofit done including clutch and fly wheel along with AOS it's $5500 including tax and 3 oil changes. If I get the LN IMS Solution (permanent), Clutch, Flywheel and AOS done it's $6500 all in again including 3 oil changes.
I have spent a couple of months struggling whether to spend almost $7k on an 11 year old car. I have spent countless hours looking at every other car out there and have come to the realization that I love my little car and will probably keep it for the better part of the rest of my life. So it goes in next week for the fix. I have owned it for 4 years and bought it with only 16K miles so I do know the car well and feel like she is just breaking in.
Thanks for all the advice above. Just thought I would update the thread.
I have spent a couple of months struggling whether to spend almost $7k on an 11 year old car. I have spent countless hours looking at every other car out there and have come to the realization that I love my little car and will probably keep it for the better part of the rest of my life. So it goes in next week for the fix. I have owned it for 4 years and bought it with only 16K miles so I do know the car well and feel like she is just breaking in.
Thanks for all the advice above. Just thought I would update the thread.
Who will work on your car? Price sounds a bit high. I recommend Bill Boys who has Possum Hollow in Pheonixville. He rents a building out at Aquilante's place, Pheonix Motorsports. Bill was shop foreman at Don Rosen for many many years and has a great reputation for being honest.... he worked on my Boxster and did some work on my 911. Highly recommended. Tell him I said "hello".
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07-06-2016, 12:20 PM
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Hey Bruce,
I have an appointment next week with specialty cars in Allentown. it is the one authorized LN Engineering shop near us. It does seem high but that price includes the clutch, fly wheel and AOS. If those are not needed then quite a bit of money comes off. I imagine they will say that at 43K miles the clutch and fly wheel will need to be replaced. That's $1500 alone in parts. Do you know if he has done the IMS retrofit?
I have an appointment next week with specialty cars in Allentown. it is the one authorized LN Engineering shop near us. It does seem high but that price includes the clutch, fly wheel and AOS. If those are not needed then quite a bit of money comes off. I imagine they will say that at 43K miles the clutch and fly wheel will need to be replaced. That's $1500 alone in parts. Do you know if he has done the IMS retrofit?
07-06-2016, 12:47 PM
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Price still seems high. Check some of the pricing in this thread. And are you sure you need a new flywheel too?
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...d-install.html
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...d-install.html
07-06-2016, 01:43 PM
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Hey Bruce,
I have an appointment next week with specialty cars in Allentown. it is the one authorized LN Engineering shop near us. It does seem high but that price includes the clutch, fly wheel and AOS. If those are not needed then quite a bit of money comes off. I imagine they will say that at 43K miles the clutch and fly wheel will need to be replaced. That's $1500 alone in parts. Do you know if he has done the IMS retrofit?
I have an appointment next week with specialty cars in Allentown. it is the one authorized LN Engineering shop near us. It does seem high but that price includes the clutch, fly wheel and AOS. If those are not needed then quite a bit of money comes off. I imagine they will say that at 43K miles the clutch and fly wheel will need to be replaced. That's $1500 alone in parts. Do you know if he has done the IMS retrofit?
I got 197K miles on my Boxster S clutch and had a bunch of track weekends on it. Engine blew up so I am not sure how many more miles were on it. If you rev match, you probably don't need a clutch.
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Bruce in Philly
07-06-2016, 02:09 PM
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Breakdown of parts is $1725 for the IMS solution. Dual mass flywheel 798.43 complete clutch assembly $687.55. 3 oil changes @$107 each with joe gibbs racing oil. AOS 130.60. 23.5 hours of labor at $889 which is actually fairly reasonable. Lots of small miscellaneous parts etc. Things like the third oil change may come off as will the $28 magnetic drain plug which I already have etc. Plus tax $365.28. Seems expensive specially for a car this old but they are the only authorized place anywhere near here.
Oh and I do rev match on downshifts. so in a perfect world I skip the Clutch and flywheel but doubt that
Oh and I do rev match on downshifts. so in a perfect world I skip the Clutch and flywheel but doubt that
