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Black 2002 996.2 C2 - Daily Driver
- Thread starter TurboRob
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Robertb said:
Plug and play in the sense you just change the bulbs - no ballasts or any other bits. For the 996.2 headlights I had to trim the plastic retaining adaptor that locates the standard H7 bulb so that the LED assy sits correctly. Just needed a tickle with a file.
00by said:
Yes, I think they suit the use of the car well - i.e. everyday driver. I'm running 36psi in the rear tyres (I think book is 44psi) as I don't spend hours at high speed on glass-smooth motorways. The extra compliance of the lower rear tyre pressure is notable on my B-road commuting, and tyres appear to be wearing evenly across tread at mo.
Quarterly update. At the end of January I bought a new house that had a bigger garage, which means the 996 gets a space inside!
Given the current predicament with covid lockdown this has been a double blessing as I now have somewhere inside to fiddle on the 996.
So a list of a few bits and pieces I want to get done, one of which was removing the rear seats and belts all together. I have never used the rear seats, have no intention of doing so and when I go camping/on roadtrips in the car would prefer the extra/cleaner space to stow stuff.
Just need to get some bungs to tidy up holes where seat mounts went.
Out of interest I weighed what came out:
Seat belt reels and bolts each side 1.2kg, 2.4kg total
Seat bases each side 850g, 1.7kg total
Seat backs each side 4kg (!) each side, 8kg total
So total for ditching rear seats and belts is 12kg.
The rear wiper and arm I removed earlier this year weighs 1.7kg.
Cheers,
Rob
Shalmaneser
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Hey Rob,
Good to see the house move went well! Much garage jealousy over here.
Removing the rear seats makes sense, they really are of very little use!
Good to see the house move went well! Much garage jealousy over here.
Removing the rear seats makes sense, they really are of very little use!
Thanks Adam, I hate moving house but it's done now!
One of the other 'lockdown jobs' I've done is another headlight lens refurb - last year before the trip to Le Mans I did this but without applying a clear topcoat so the cloudy/dull plastic returned again after a few months.
Similar to before, I flatted back the surface of the headlight lenses with 800 > 1200 > 1500 grit, but before polishing applied a few coats of 'heavy duty' polyurethane lacquer from a spray can. Once that had gone off and been left overnight I flatted back the lacquer with 2500 grit before machine polishing with a DA and farecla polishes to a crystal clear finish.
Much better finish and will last this time.
Cheers,Rob
One of the other 'lockdown jobs' I've done is another headlight lens refurb - last year before the trip to Le Mans I did this but without applying a clear topcoat so the cloudy/dull plastic returned again after a few months.
Similar to before, I flatted back the surface of the headlight lenses with 800 > 1200 > 1500 grit, but before polishing applied a few coats of 'heavy duty' polyurethane lacquer from a spray can. Once that had gone off and been left overnight I flatted back the lacquer with 2500 grit before machine polishing with a DA and farecla polishes to a crystal clear finish.
Much better finish and will last this time.
Cheers,Rob
Neither, paint dust from painting garage walls that hadn't quite finished efflorescencing.
Few more bits done over lockdown kept me entertained whilst I couldn't drive the 996:
Aux belt pulley bearings replaced and the pulleys themselves tidied-up with a lick of paint:
Wheel bolts tidied-up:
TG 200-cell cats waiting to go on:
A chinese Durametric cable that I managed to get working on my macbook with a virtual machine running XP:
And a decent/wash polish:
Means we're just waiting for the pubs to reopen now!
Few more bits done over lockdown kept me entertained whilst I couldn't drive the 996:
Aux belt pulley bearings replaced and the pulleys themselves tidied-up with a lick of paint:
Wheel bolts tidied-up:
TG 200-cell cats waiting to go on:
A chinese Durametric cable that I managed to get working on my macbook with a virtual machine running XP:
And a decent/wash polish:
Means we're just waiting for the pubs to reopen now!
Shalmaneser
Montreal
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Looks great! What do you use for your machine polish? My car is covered I swirls and I'd love to do something about it!
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