What did you do to your Porsche today ???

[StevepGT3]

1 hour ago, 9r said:

Nice work Steve, been thinking I probably need to do that as well. Was pulling them apart straightforward or a few tricks involved? That grease certainly gets everywhere doesn’t it.

Not tricky at all,only 4 parts per nut, just time consuming and messy,I do it every time I get Tyres  or take the wheels off for some other reason, it really needs doing as the paste dries out and goes awol

[Dreamr]

What do you do when you’re not doing anything?? Clean the inside of your wheels of course!
Lotsa brake dust and dirt inside so took ‘em off and - well, see the result. Product says to apply, leave then pressure wash off. I ended up giving them a brush as well.
The finer detail cleaning was done with a rag as I didn't have a smaller brush handy.

[Shedpest]

OZ Racing HLT's  powdercoated in Dulux Ironstone , rubbered RE71RS' and fitted up.

Make a good change from the originals.

[P-Kay]

You'll enjoy the Bridgestones and nice look with the darker wheel colour. Almost looks angrier

[BRU]

33 minutes ago, Shedpest said:

OZ Racing HLT's  powdercoated in Dulux Ironstone , rubbered RE71RS' and fitted up.

Make a good change from the originals.

Looks great 👌🏼 

[Shedpest]

1 hour ago, P-Kay said:

You'll enjoy the Bridgestones and nice look with the darker wheel colour. Almost looks angrier

Agree, I put some on the OEM 19's  and was really impressed, seem to be on song straight away unlike the Cup 2's that need a bit of a warm up.

[TwoHeadsTas]

27 minutes ago, P-Kay said:

You'll enjoy the Bridgestones and nice look with the darker wheel colour. Almost looks angrier

Any reason for going to the Bridgestones rather than staying with the Dunlop ZIII's???

And at least you haven't gone to black 🙂 

[P-Kay]

42 minutes ago, TwoHeadsTas said:

Any reason for going to the Bridgestones rather than staying with the Dunlop ZIII's???

I suspect this question is for @Shedpest

FWIW The tread pattern is almost identical - well to my untrained eye

 

[Shedpest]

 @TwoHeadsTas I have a friend that works for BS and had been sending me all the press release jargon on the RE71 RS's  so that and discount incentive it was a no-brainer to give them a go.

Yet to punt them on the track but first impressions on some spirited hills fangs are very confident inspiring. 

Note that the  71RS's  are unavailable in a 305-19'  so a pair of the "old" 71R's were sourced for the rears on the stocky rims, the Oz rims are 18' and running 71 RS' on all corners.

[P-Kay]

13 hours ago, Dreamr said:

Product says to apply

What is the product you used?

 

[TwoHeadsTas]

1 hour ago, Shedpest said:

 @TwoHeadsTas I have a friend that works for BS and had been sending me all the press release jargon on the RE71 RS's  so that and discount incentive it was a no-brainer to give them a go.

Yet to punt them on the track but first impressions on some spirited hills fangs are very confident inspiring. 

Note that the  71RS's  are unavailable in a 305-19'  so a pair of the "old" 71R's were sourced for the rears on the stocky rims, the Oz rims are 18' and running 71 RS' on all corners.

Ah OK, I was thinking the tyre on the rim lying on the floor looked like a ZIII, but the tread pattern of the 71RS does look similar.  Obviously RE71RS is Bridgestone's equivalent to the ZIII.  At least the RE71RS looks to be available in more Porsche friendly sizes, so you could fit out an older GT3 with proper sizes no problems.

Good having friends in the right position to help out with tyres, I was in a similar position with the ZIIIs as a friend / former client is our local Dunlop motorsport dealer 🙂

 

22 minutes ago, P-Kay said:

What is the product you used?

 

I'll interrupt on this, as it looks to be the Meguiars All Wheel Cleaner which does that fancy colour change.  I found I went through that really quickly, think I got 2 sets of wheels out a spray bottle, and I don't think you can buy in 5L containers either.  I've switched to Autoglym Specialist Wheel Cleaner which you can buy in 5L containers, and last really well (last time I got Supercheap to order me one in, and I use a refillable spray bottle) .  I find it works really well with a bit of agitation with a brush, but I normally don't use a pressure cleaner, instead using a normal hose for most car washing.  However, must be just about due for another wheels off thorough clean, so will use a pressure cleaner then.  

Sorry, highjack over...

 

[Dreamr]

1 hour ago, P-Kay said:

What is the product you used?

 

Good guess, but no cigar @TwoHeadsTas. 😅

I used “Wheely Clean” by Bowden’s Own. I bought a small bottle (500ml) just to try it. Gotta say it worked really well.

[Stepo]

On 26/09/2020 at 18:36, Dreamr said:

Completed a small but practical mod that I've been meaning to do for a while after finding the how to on the net.

In short, I've placed a rear spoiler switch on the dash and piggy backed the wiring from the stupid switch in the footwell. They both work as intended and is easily reversible. I've used a rear spoiler switch from a 996TT so it looks factory and lights up like the rest of the switches. Now I don't need to fumble around my feet to put the spoiler up. Put it in the bottom spare so it's away from the PSM and don't accidentally hit that.

Ordered the switch from PCW and it arrived from Germany in about 3 weeks. Needed some wire and bits ... All up about $80. Well spent me thinks! .. 

Hey @Dreamr , did you use the instructions from 6speedonline as a guide?

I understand there are two switch part numbers, gloss finish series 1 (99661315610A02 - left side switch) and matt finish series 2 (99661315610A05 - right side switch).  Is your switch matt finish and do you recall if your code ended in A05?

[BRU]

Installed Fister II’s on my 993 C2. My ears are happy 🎶 

[Niko]

1 minute ago, BRU said:

Installed Fister II’s on my 993 C2. My ears are happy 🎶 

great systems, congratulations.

[Dreamr]

2 hours ago, Stepo said:

Hey @Dreamr , did you use the instructions from 6speedonline as a guide?

I understand there are two switch part numbers, gloss finish series 1 (99661315610A02 - left side switch) and matt finish series 2 (99661315610A05 - right side switch).  Is your switch matt finish and do you recall if your code ended in A05?

Hey @Stepo.

Yep, used the instructions on 6speedonline. Really easy and didn’t take too long to do.
As for my switch ... it’s definitely a matte finish. Can’t remember the A05 but it sounds familiar. It is a right side switch as you can see. I found the part number I needed on the net after searching the different finishes and positioning.

[michel]

[Mttel]

 Wheel spacers, 23 mm front and 18mm rear, before and after shots.

[Lucky Phil]

Cleaned the car and then decided to clean the inside of the rims.  Took longer than I thought with all the tar and break residue but looks fantastic now.  

[Dreamr]

42 minutes ago, Lucky Phil said:

Cleaned the car and then decided to clean the inside of the rims.  Took longer than I thought with all the tar and break residue but looks fantastic now.  

I did mine during the week and posted some photos on the previous page .. very satisfying when finished! ... 😀

[CapnHyaku]

10 minutes ago, Dreamr said:

I did mine during the week and posted some photos on the previous page .. very satisfying when finished! ... 😀

I'm about to take mine off and have them repaired (corrosion and a bad bog job gone wrong), can't wait to see them looking like new.

[CapnHyaku]

Took off the bum to get to cleaning and fixing various bits.

Dirty, dirty.  So very dirty.

 

[cyberpunky]

Been a while since I updated what I have done but today I got new laptop hooked up to my VEMS ecu so can get her on dyno when I replace my turbo

Some other changes I've done are custom sub box, with new front stage amp. The amp is really special to me as it came about when the head engineer of Alpine Japan visited out store. I spent some time discussing amps with him and this amp was the direct result of that conversation. The idea was for it to be dual mono for ultimate stereo separation, which helps with imaging and staging, as zero cross talk between left and right channels, for it to have lots of headroom for transient response, and to do it with full range signal and very low distortion etc. It certainly exceeded my expectations.

 

Many Alpine fans and experts have never heard of it(MSV-1050) as it was only sold in Australia and Japan and no other markets. I couldn't afford one when it came out in the 90s, so was stoked to get my hands one recently. It is arguably the finest amp they ever made

 

 

[cyberpunky]

I also custom made some pods for some ribbon supertweeters I have been running for a while now. The red probably won't stay as I think I'll resray them a matt black

[LeeM]

 With my renewed enthusiasm for my car and finally dumping the idea of a 996, I thought I'd get the car up on jack stands for a look at the suspension that had an incessant knock. As I'd thought it was my swaybar rubbers had persihed, I found they looked reasonably good(ish), so I was baffled what the noise was (some of you may recall the last 'knock' I had which turned out to be some bolts I hadn't refitted to the swaybar!). 

 It took about 4 seconds to find the culprit when I noticed the top of the shock was nickel plated and shiny, yet the other one was silver 🤔 One top shock mount nut missing and the bolt just sitting there, and the other two barely hanging on by a thread or two in the captive nuts, and about 30mm of vertical play shock to body! Errr...😳 Fitted some new bolts and nyloc nut hoping that fixed the knocking noise.

 As you may probably know, me fitting the front backdate indicator bezels wasn't done that well by me, so I scraped off the visible silicone, sanded off the paint and other crap, then rebogged and sanded flush. Lots better now, so I'll get that painted one day. 

 I'm going to eventually have my cool old Stratos seats recovered in houndstooth, so I fitted one of a pair of new Autobarn sport seats with much jiggery/pokery/drilling holes etc which kindly were donated by @3legs (thanks again mate).

 It was a late finish last night, so I decided to head out for a drive today to test it all out, which showed I'd actually fixed the incessant suspension knock (funny about that!). The seat was nowhere near where I need it to be, as I'd just fitted it straight to the floor bolsters without raising the front of it by 30mm like my old seats, so it sits too flat and is a weird driving position, so being a tall bloke, I have to lean the seat back like a Leb gangster in a Monaro. At first, it was a very firm ride, yet on the way home it got a little more comfortable, so I imagine they'll take a while before they compress more to make it a nicer ride. 

 I've been pretty slack with the maintenance on my car, as I'd just lost any enthusiasm for doing that or even driving it and cars in general, not to mention my shed resembling an oven during summer, yet with cooler weather coming, I'll probably be in the shed a bit more to fix a few things and tart it up a bit, probably starting with blasting the Ronal rims and some new tyres that are badly needed. I scored some great 3 piece Fuchs replica rims from @Cam Arnott, yet sadly after a LOT of trial and error with fitment, they're just too wide for my car and suit a Turbo or wider bodied car. I looked at getting some new barrels, but by the time I buy them, have them drilled and assembled etc, its just too cost prohibitive for me, so I'll have to look for something else in the future