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The Boxster Gamble - Should I? I did - Progress thread!

Congrats, what a bargain !
Looks amazing for the cash !
Well done :thumb:
 
wilpert said:
so you stand to lose 3.5k max - and thats if the car becomes worth nothing overnight - what is there to think about :dont know:
:agree:
I'd have it at that price all day :thumb:
 
I like the idea of a spoiler button in the dash , the actual spoiler button is in the fuse board cover .. probably wouldn,t take much to rewire it to the dash one .

EDIT ..

It looks like a simple 3 way switch so it gives an earth to each side on the diagram when operated.
 

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Update!

Spent the majority of a long weekend working on this.

I have to say, it's a great honest car and how it got CAT D status is beyond me. Before handing it over to the wife to use on sunny days, I wanted to get the car up to standard and give it a thorough check over to ensure it is safe and I was pretty much left with regret that I told my wife she can use it.

100% a steal and goes to show that Cat D's are not all bad. I'll let the pics do the talking now.

Here's the golden ticket
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eBay twin tailpipe exhaust turnt up, many people warned that it is a bit loud but I thought for the money, I'd try it for myself.

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I can't really see it here, now that I've resized the picture but, it looks like the Porsche P logo has been ground away from the windscreen. Not sure why but I noticed what looked like a smudge and upon closer inspection, you can make out that the Porsche P logo was there..

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I was eager to get the rear bumper off to see if there was any evidence of a bad rear ender, I started with a proper look at the floor from inside the boot and certainly no evidence of a bump could be seen.

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All sealent in good order and all looked original.

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Bumper off and everything straight and proper, even has the original build sticker in place and dirt which looked untouched.. So now I'm just stumped as to how just damaging a rear bumper would cat d the car?! Must be one pricey bodyshop or these rear bumpers are expensive.

Eitherway, result for me!

I can now relax and carry on. I dropped the exhaust, had to cut the bolts off of the exhaust clamp, typical porsche crap, my 997 was the same at 28k miles.

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The broken exhaust mount which knocked a nice amount off the price of the car.

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It turns out the bit which was broken played no part in the exhausts position and I could have just left this in place.

The new bracket hasn't turned up so I gave the underside a clean and then moved on to the brakes.

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Better!

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Caliper time

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Primer, I actually wanted to paint them silver like the 50th anni but the wife likes red calipers, so red it was..

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Ta-tah!

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For a lash up, they've come out perfect! Really happy with them, I would have normally removed and stripped them and had them done properly but this has worked out well and saved me a lot of effort.

Complete! Now just multiply this by 4

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Bolts got some love, I had also bought some original locking bolts as the car didn't have any.

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Wheels got cleaned.

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I have ordered some colour crested centre caps, someone had fitted some horrible black ones on this but upon closer inspection, I noticed that they were gel stickers!

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New mount turned up

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Exhaust got fitted!

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The exhaust sounds great!! I was expecting a loud noise when first starting but it just purred, nothing offensive by any means! It sounds much better than my 997. It is louder than original but it's fine, probably on the limit of being classed as loud. On full chat, it sings and pops and burbles. Really happy with it, the car had no noise before, definetly sounds faster than it is but for how it will be used its good, round town, it's fine. Full chat, it screams.

Small detail, going to replace the plates for plain ones but until then

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Spoiler wasn't going all the way up, removed the unit and couldn't see anything wrong, bolted it back and everything was fine. NICE

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Cupholder was getting stuck so removed stuff to get to it, had a poke around and lubed it up.

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Worked

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I always always always thoroughly clean a car interior, people are dirt bags so I like to make sure I clean everything and give the car a nice new smell.

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Water turned black instantly

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Leather was cleaned and conditioned all over

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Gearknob got a polish, easier to do that rather than paint, just for it to chip off.
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Will do for now, doesn't match the hand brake now so may polish that too.


Removing the engine cover carpets for cleaning led me to inspecting and cleaning the engine.

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k&n filter

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Applied gtechniq permanent trim restorer to the plastics

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Discovered that the full toolkit and jack were still there!

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I have bought a pair of rear lights for the sake of getting a replacement drivers side one, util they arrive, I made a little bodge to disguise the broken area. :bandit:

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And there we have it for now.

After getting up close and personal with the car, everything checks out and is great. New brakes, all bushes look good and healthy, no rust, everything has been very well maintained and it looks like the car has been dry stored and looked after by it's owners, minus the bang.

Probably bits I didn't photo but all areas have been cleaned, cleaned off the roof which needs some renovo and the car was ready for a day out to a country pub sunday and let the wife try it out, she loved it and I was impressed with it.

Just before tucking it away, took some pics.

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Next up, Renovo the roof, new light, spoiler button and a service!

I'd like to replace the rear decklid due to the dent, there is one in this colour for sale on eBay but it's up in Doncaster and he won't post! :(

A method of getting bluetooth or an Aux in would be nice too.. ?
 
Superb! Great job. I love seeing cars restored. It could have very well been bought by someone else and parted out.
Looks like you've got a belter of a car. Like you say, the pics have done the talking.
 
Bravo, Sir! I love threads like this and your photos show what a good job you've done. The Boxster 986 looks like a bargain at the moment - actually you're right that yours is a steal not just a bargain!
 
Apart from the fact that this is a great post, car looks fab and glad that there were no horrors underneath...

Still GREEN WITH ENVY!!!

:)
 
Well done - an amazing bargain. Looks great!

This forum has made me think again about CatD cars, there are several on here that are every bit as good as a non-Cat car.....realise its still something to tread carefully around.....but would previously have dismissed them without a thought.
 
Excellent stuff ........ what a cracking little car ....... well done Sir I applaud your effort and look forward to further updates ........ :)
 
Thanks all! I do love getting hold of a new car and blitzing through my mental list of jobs to get them up to scratch.

This has been an easy one as it was half cared for before hand.

Really happy with it and the wife is loving it in this weather, thankfully she hasn't said that the exhaust is too loud for her which I was slightly worried about, let's see once the novelty wears off.

This has changed my thinking about cat D's, I wasn't told it was a cat d until the last minute once I had been lured in with other info which was a bit naughty of the seller and once I knew, I said no thanks but I just couldn't shake the thought of the car out of my head, so I left a low ball offer and he took it. For a small money car, I wouldn't shun a cat d at this level that's for sure, especially when you get one which had minimal damage as this did, I'm still confused as to how it was cat d rated!

New rear light and coloured centre caps arrived today so I'll at least fit the rear light on later, got a pair for £100! Result :)
 
Woohoo

Just heard back from OPC Guildford and they could confirm that the car is on record with past servicing having been carried out there. He couldn't tell me what or how many over the phone but he did say, pop down with ID and V5 and they will get a service book stamped up and show/print what they can for me.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

:thumbs: Thanks OPC Guildford!
 
Coloured crest centre caps along with new rear lights arrived.

Caps will go on when I can be arsed to remove the wheels again and fitted the light last night, a nice 2 minute job :)

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Hard to spot the broken one with my superior bodge :grin:

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