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Old 05-17-2016, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by José Ferreira
Meridian looks great, it's Nice to have a car that changes colors. I know, i've got one just like yours.

Mine is in The hospital.



What a minor Oil drop does. As The motor is down I changed a lot of things that appear not right. A little noise in The exaust, and is changed. I'm at €8.000 already, and counting. But it will be like new.
Hope to see it back together soon! I didn't notice, but in my pics above it captures some of the color changing nature of the car. I had the engine out of mine a couple of months ago doing some refreshing, running like a champ! Have you made any modifcations?
Old 05-17-2016, 04:09 PM
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Bypassed my clutch safety switch. (Another new switch did not cure it ... eff it ... fixed for good now!)

Superglued the central locking button into the horseshoe (Tabs just would not lock it solid)

Washed her and put her to bed for the night.
Old 05-17-2016, 04:39 PM
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Removed the safety film on my windshield I put on the car a couple of years ago.

Looks like that saved me 1 or 2 windshields due to rock impacts.

Installing a new safety film in the next few days.

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Old 05-17-2016, 08:26 PM
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Apparently I had my headlights refinished by the PDR guy.

Clearly that's not a job I'd be good at - he was pointing stuff out I could barely see even when it was shown to me...
Old 05-18-2016, 06:06 PM
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Completed 1 Year of ownership!
Old 05-19-2016, 12:23 PM
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I removed the CD storage drawers that were below the radio head unit, and replaced them with another cubby (like the one below), so there are now two cubbies stacked on top of each other. I drilled a hole in the top cubby and routed the aux cable that's hooked up to my CDR 220 through the hole, and now I plug in my phone to the aux jack and leave it in the cubby while I drive. Very easy way to handle to the aux input, and also cleans up the look of the center stack.
Old 05-19-2016, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by T10Chris
Hope to see it back together soon! I didn't notice, but in my pics above it captures some of the color changing nature of the car. I had the engine out of mine a couple of months ago doing some refreshing, running like a champ! Have you made any modifcations?
Thank you. It will be ready tomorrow, can't wait.
And no, my mind is set to "keep it stock, keep it stock" for now. )
Old 05-19-2016, 12:55 PM
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Just bought Cobb AP with custom tune from SamboTT By Design for the HK turbo
Old 05-19-2016, 01:02 PM
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an unmodded 996 turbo is akin to a celibate supermodel.
Old 05-19-2016, 03:13 PM
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Had mine towed to the dealer when a coolant hose shredded itself at 1AM and dumped all the coolant on the highway.
Old 05-20-2016, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Last930
Had mine towed to the dealer when a coolant hose shredded itself at 1AM and dumped all the coolant on the highway.
Fitting let lose on you? Been there, no fun.
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Originally Posted by tturbotom
Fitting let lose on you? Been there, no fun.
Fitting stayed attached; the back part of the hose split a section about 6 inches long. It's the damnest thing - I've never seen a hose on any car I owned fail like that. $800 later......it's back on the road.
Old 05-20-2016, 06:20 PM
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Busy day...

Got it back from detailing, headlight refinishing, paintless dent removal (fixing the side after the blowout and some other small stuff) and servicing. Not cheap but man it looks good now.

Also got my refinished stock wheels put on it - so I have a set of 997TT with rear spacers and bolts F/S now.

Oh yes and I added a UMW tune. That pepped it up a bit.
Old 05-21-2016, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Last930
Fitting stayed attached; the back part of the hose split a section about 6 inches long. It's the damnest thing - I've never seen a hose on any car I owned fail like that. $800 later......it's back on the road.
My buddy had the EXACT same thing happen on Monday as we were driving in the canyon by my house. Our tech said there are two hoses that get a lot of engine heat so he swapped out both. I think my friend paid about $650.




Something like this I bet
Old 05-21-2016, 02:50 PM
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Finished today...new water pump, thermostat, rear rotors and pads, new brake fluid, new plugs, new coils, new Rennline engine mounts - used blue street/track inserts. The new QuickJack lift made this some reasonably easy work.

Make sure to pull on your boost hoses after replacing the clips. I didn't and promptly blew a hose off during the test drive 😂


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