What Did You Do To Your Porsche 718 Boxster/Cayman Today?
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Zunsport grills came in!
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Today I swapped out the 20" PS4S wheels and tires for the 19" Michelin Alpin winter set. My sweetie insists on taking pics.
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Gotta break that flange free. A little more light helps too.
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How do the guys on TV manage to swap tires so fast? I figure I lost about 93 laps during this pit stop. I blame it on those big tires being so dadgummed heavy. Of course, I would have lost much less time if I hadn't waited until doing this wheel before noticing the Alpins are directional. I had already put both right side tires on the left side..
That cost me a drive-through penalty.
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Gotta break that flange free. A little more light helps too.
Here we go...
How do the guys on TV manage to swap tires so fast? I figure I lost about 93 laps during this pit stop. I blame it on those big tires being so dadgummed heavy. Of course, I would have lost much less time if I hadn't waited until doing this wheel before noticing the Alpins are directional. I had already put both right side tires on the left side..
That cost me a drive-through penalty.
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I figured someone would ask. I used to use it on the trunnions, steering rack, and rear wheel bearings on my GT6 and Spitfire. Also to slick down my hair so it wouldn't get caught in the wheel spokes. But since I no longer have any, um, GT6 or Spitfire it serves another purpose now.
I dab a little grease off the gun with the tip of a screwdriver and smear it lightly on the three wheel mounting flanges. They get pretty grungy. If they get grungy enough it's hard to remove the wheel. I probably should use some sort of anti-seize moly grease but I don't have any and that grease cartridge isn't empty yet.
Swapping wheels in my driveway is an exercise in multi-use. My hydraulic mini-jack which would fit under the GT6 won't fit under the Cayman. So I drive the Cayman up onto the steel base of an old-style mic stand to gain clearance. I slide the shaft of the mic stand over my breaker bar for leverage to loosen the bolts, though the 120 lb-ft torque spec isn't as hard to remove as whatever it was when the place that sold me the tires set them to with their pneumatic impulse nuclear jackhammer. (I think the syntax of that sentence is correct but don't hold me to it and I will not swear to it in court.) All that remains is to lift those 300lb wheels into place and dial 119 lb-ft into the torque wrench.
It is the Porsche offering. Absolutely love it. Car should have left the factory this way!
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Longhorn PCA DE Track Day at Harris Hill Raceway on Saturday. Pic taken after receiving upgrade to Intermediate from novice. There’s no hiding my stupid mistakes now 😬
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I replaced the trim on my steering wheel today.
Never liked plastic silver trim surround on my macan. It got slightly better in the cayman but shiny inserts still bothered me a little. In my opinion it was a little off my dark and cozy interior of leather, alcantara and black brushed aluminum.
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So I went with oem black inserts to make it look less busy.
There is a nice instruction on rennlist on how to remove steering wheel and trim so it went smooth. I ordered oem black trim pieces and new bolt for the wheel (you have to put new one every time the wheel is removed).
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Love the new look big time!
Never liked plastic silver trim surround on my macan. It got slightly better in the cayman but shiny inserts still bothered me a little. In my opinion it was a little off my dark and cozy interior of leather, alcantara and black brushed aluminum.
So I went with oem black inserts to make it look less busy.
There is a nice instruction on rennlist on how to remove steering wheel and trim so it went smooth. I ordered oem black trim pieces and new bolt for the wheel (you have to put new one every time the wheel is removed).
Love the new look big time!
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Same kind of thing here - my car had the silver trim around the wheel but with black inserts. I found a used black trim wheel surround and a set of leather wrapped console pieces to replace all the reflective plastic shiny stuff. The bit that's left on the door panels doesn't bother me and no more sun reflecting. Now if I could find a good solution for the bezel surround on the sport chrono gauge.
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I might be wrong but I think GT4 has a black SC surround ring.
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My custom carbon fiber GT4 wing color matched Sapphire blue with exposed cf winglets came in. probably get it installed in the next few days! from Composite Concepts
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I didn't actually do anything to my 718 today except one special thing. Maybe two things. I thought about it and was thankful for being fortunate enough to own and drive such a wonderful machine. So many people don't have that opportunity. Of course each of us can do only so much to make things better for those less fortunate. Maybe collectively we can. Just thinking about it isn't going to make one iota of difference. But being grateful for my own good fortune may help me be kinder to others.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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Jim:
Nicely said!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, as well as everyone else here on our forum!!
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Installed custom Carbon Fiber GT4 wing from Composite Concepts. Wing color matched Sapphire Blue, winglets exposed carbon fiber and flat PORSCHE logo on top!
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Sapphire Blue and a Wing....Nirvana!!!
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