NewNiceMrMe Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Must be Porsche spotting day, because I saw a very rare thing this afternoon - a Porsche 968 Cabriolet. Strange looking thing. I'll rip the camera footage off the SD card tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Dave,Have you slept or seen your family since the car arrived?? How do you get so much done, photograph it and then write it up for us lot in two days??!! Great work however you are doing it! that and host numerous dinner parties... superman lives among us ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 I reckon he's taken holiday to do this. He's a bit of a Porsche Geek you know. I hear his garage door has got a Porsche crest on the inside and LED's around it he dims for mood lighting when he works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Not seen any pictures recently on FB either, do you recon he's grown a beard too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 It's an implant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Dave,Have you slept or seen your family since the car arrived?? How do you get so much done, photograph it and then write it up for us lot in two days??!! Great work however you are doing it! Well, I've had the car a week now and I had the carpets beforehand so could already start dying them. I did most of the work Sunday afternoon and have done a couple of hours late evening a few times this week. The updates are generally sequential and I just update them from via phone with Tapatalk when I'm sat waiting at appointments. They're less "update of the day's work" and more "how much time have I got to post a bit more of what's been done already." Finally, these are pretty straightforward to work on. 8 bolts sees both seats and runners out. 6 for the centre console, etc. Dump valve replacement was a 10-15 minute job for example. Weirdly the HT leads took about an hour though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 I really shouldn't be reading this - all it does is remind me of how much I want a 944 cabrio. The first Porsche I ever went in was a school friends mums Porsche 944 S2 Cab 3.0, beautiful car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Been on the phone to a mate in Scotland and I'm another £160 lighter. He's sending me a load of trim bits and bobs and then when he' down in November he's bringing me a mint set of carpets, rear quarter cards, headlining and trims. The dyed carpets still have a reddish/purple tinge to them and I want some carpet making up to go in place of the rear seats so it needs to match in. I'll finish off the passenger side for now and then it's no real drama to swap over in a months time. However, wheels. Yum yum: [ATTACH]47145[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanG Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Nice! Have you thought of buying a big roll of this: www.megavanmats.com I recently bought some acoustic cloth for a headliner and some of their 4mm to do the rest of the car. It's lightweight, cheap and looks fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Nah! Just carpets in with a token nod to comfort and got a correct headlining on the way. Am making some weight sacrifices such as replacing the glass windows and putting the carpets back in but overall am trying to maintain the "less is more ethos." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 The dyed carpets still have a reddish/purple tinge to them Can you not use some of your Just For Men? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Hahahahahahahaha - no. Tried that once, managed to dye my ears and the bathroom door. I intend to grow old disgracefully. Well, bar all the free Botox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Is 'the bathroom door' a uthanism for something I don't know about ? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 No. Is a uthanism a euphemism I don't know about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 (edited) Well, I'm glad I'm getting a set of proper black carpets as these definitely don't look right in bright light. They are blacker than they appear but the iPhone flash makes them look even more brown. Mounted the seat runners a couple of holes further back than they originally were: [ATTACH]47155[/ATTACH] Driver's seat fitted as low as it'll go so I've got a bit more headroom now for a helmet and to have the headliner fitted in place. Passenger side carpet in too, not glued in this time just clipped in as it'll be coming out again within a month. Now to sort out the snake's nest of wires: My A5 2mm carbon fibre panel arrive within 24 hours, ordered from CarbonMods via eBay, £6 delivered - bargain. Cut it in half, trimmed it down and cut a hole in the middle: Fitted my boost gauge: And couldn't put off replacing the centre console any longer. Two of the redundant switches have been removed from the array and added to the wiring bundle. A couple of switch blanking plates are in the post to me along with a cubby hole to go in the gap under the boost gauge panel: There's loads of room behind there despite how it appears: Ready to rumble (theoretically at least): Decided I'd tackle the passenger side seat refitting, last bits of carpet trim (there's some alarm wiring to tidy up behind it) and sorting the door winder mechanism/replacing the plexiglass with glass all in one go when I've turned the car around in the garage so I'm not working up against a wall. In the meantime I cleaned the driver's side front wing, clay barred an enormous amount of crap off it, gave it a machine polish and treated it to a coat of the good stuff: The reason I started with the driver's wing? So I could replace this love it or hate it classic slice of 80s excess: So, rest of the car to "detail" and the passenger side works to do next plus fit the new lightweight washer system I picked up from Porsche today. Edited October 20, 2012 by eldavo69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Decisions decisions! Narrowed my door card choices down to 2, both bare bones race cards from EMC in Birmingham. The carbon ones are £290 + VAT (£348) and the GRP ones are £190 + VAT (£228) per pair. Carbon ones are fitted to the blue cars, I would go for the RS style red door pull as in the 1st picture but with the manual window winder shown in the 3rd picture. White car has the GRP version painted gloss black. (To really give myself something to think on I could also replace the electric windows and mirrors to end up with something that looked identical to the first picture) Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Driver's side fully machine polished now. Paintwork has come up really nicely considering the unloved state it was in: Need to decide whether to put clear or black stone guards back on. Tempted to go clear behind the front wheel and behind the rear wheel and black in front of the rear wheel like this (held on with tape): [ATTACH]47161[/ATTACH] Only problem is that that area is quite badly stonechipped already and someone has burnt the paint with a polisher in the past so the black would hide that. Still looks more than passable though: [ATTACH]47162[/ATTACH] Black stone guards front and rear of the wheel look a bit much I think: [ATTACH]47163[/ATTACH] So options are none, clear, all black, or black in front of the wheel and clear in the other two spots??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Black in front, clear behind, I'd say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 I think the door pulls look silly. I don't really like the carbon look either, but maybe it's the pictures. Are you going to remove the Turbo graphic off the front too? I hope so! Clear stoneguards, front and back. I don't think the car needs anything chavvy on it - and that's what black stoneguards look like to me. It's a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanG Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) Door cards on my car just visible here, they are vinyl with a bit of foam 3mm, over thin board with RS type plastic handle and a leather door pull, but period for yours would be red nylon... And here, minus the bling fittings is what the card itself looks like... Edited October 23, 2012 by DanG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Yes I realised my timing with regards to Porsches and stickers was a little out. Turbo decal on the wing stays. I know owners who wouldn't be without them and those who wouldn't entertain them - there is no middle ground. I like it, it's very "of the era." Carbon doors look better in the first picture than the second due to reflections, etc. They aren't carbon look but genuine vac-formed CF hence the price hike. RS-style door pulls, again I like them plus they're a damn sight easier to use when wearing gloves. I get my quarterly bonus (for what it's worth these days) paid this week so we'll see on the CF door cards. Doesn't seem much point sticking clear stone guards over crappy paint though - am leaning towards patently's suggestion and then going clear once I've had a few bits of paintwork attended to next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanG Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Full or half cage? Or no cage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Running harnesses without a cage is suicidal, never ever run with either a cage or harnesses, only ever use the two together, both or nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanG Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 My '69 Porsche came from factory with three point harnesses and no cage. The rear parcel shelf is strengthened with plates, which is where the bolts go through. It was ordered with a 'Sports Function' pack, which gave a different oil tank, no A/C and sports seats. So am guessing it was designed for light track work. But no cage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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