My new Cayman - Page 5 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

After 4 years of admiring this motor I now actually own it and loving every minute of it!

Fabulous fella! Is that Porsche Green aka GT3RS colour?

Thanks! Yes, I believe it is called Viper Green. I know it's a bit of a marmite colour but I love it and had a very positive response at the caring with cars show last week mollytherocker said: Fabulous fella! Is that Porsche Green aka GT3RS colour?

Congratulations!! Looks so much better than the bland silver etc. Really like it.

I hate to be a pedant but it will be Porsche Green. It is often referred to as Viper, but that is an old 70s colour, which to be fair is very similar. Even main dealers do it! Viper does sound better though!

Thanks, I was only going by what OPC told me it was. mollytherocker said: I hate to be a pedant but it will be Porsche Green. It is often referred to as Viper, but that is an old 70s colour, which to be fair is very similar. Even main dealers do it! Viper does sound better though!

Quick update with my Cayman, A few aesthetic changes, rear badge changed to a black one, picked up 2 new side grilles today (black) and mirrors will follow next month. Also bought a new steering wheel and had it re trimmed in alcantara with green stitching (the original carbon fibre wheel got insanely hot in the sun and also not good with sweaty palms on track). Also lashed out on 4 new Michelin Super Sports A few performance mods next week, bought this exhaust Then an IPD & 82mm TB and also a short shifter to follow

Lovely looking car, congratulations. Mods look great to, keep up the good work. ;-))

Lovely looking car! Bet you're glad to see the back of that comedy steering wheel.

FarQue said: Lovely looking car! Bet you're glad to see the back of that comedy steering wheel. Yes it had to go (although I will keep it just in case the next owner wants to return the car to how it left the factory). Am tempted to get the handbrake and gear shift gaitor done to match now

Lovely looking car, mate. Did you buy it from an OPC? I notice it has Gen 2 alloys on it...did the previous buyer pop them on or did you?

FrankCayman said: Lovely looking car, mate. Did you buy it from an OPC? I notice it has Gen 2 alloys on it...did the previous buyer pop them on or did you? Cheers matey!, no I bought it from a friend (he bought it from OPC Bristol), Had the wheels on from new but it is a late 2009 model so I guess they threw the gen 2 wheels on it with the special paint order??

looks great ! can i ask how much it cost and how long to have the steering wheel retrimmed?

rObArtes said: looks great ! can i ask how much it cost and how long to have the steering wheel retrimmed? Original quote for napa leather was £120 but then I changed to alcantara and added green stitching and the matching 12 o'clock ring and the total bill was £140 and took a week to do. They also offer a replacement wheel service if your car is a daily driver. Been quoted £50 to get the handbrake and gearshift gaitor done in matching trim

I remember when I bought my brand new gen 2 Cayman ...one of the first back in 2009...the recession was just kicking in. You could get a cracking deal on the Cayman S Sport (same colour as yours plus orange ones too I think). Yours will look just the same once you've painted the mirrors and vents black. Great to see you doing some mods....one of the luxuries of being out of Porsche warranty! Cheers

wulfy66 said: picked up 2 new side grilles today (black) Can I ask where you purchased these and the cost please?

Trev450 said: Can I ask where you purchased these and the cost please? The grilles were just under £70 for the pair from OPC Bristol and come in primed form (I have a friend in the industry who is spraying for me)

wulfy66 said: Trev450 said: Can I ask where you purchased these and the cost please? The grilles were just under £70 for the pair from OPC Bristol and come in primed form (I have a friend in the industry who is spraying for me) That's not too bad. Thanks.

did that to my old 2005 Cayman :-) looks loads better for it. Of course Porsche then pinched my idea and made the S sport and black packs.

mrdemon said: did that to my old 2005 Cayman :-) looks loads better for it. Of course Porsche then pinched my idea and made the S sport and black packs. Cool, how difficult is it to take the mirror covers off?

I remember seeing alot of the US chaps on plant-9 would paint the surrounds of the front fogs of their Gen 1's black. They looks so much nicer...makes the front grills look nice and big...rather like a 996 C4S/Turbo. What colour was your Gen 1 Cayman, Mr D?

wulfy66 said: Original quote for napa leather was £120 but then I changed to alcantara and added green stitching and the matching 12 o'clock ring and the total bill was £140 and took a week to do. They also offer a replacement wheel service if your car is a daily driver. Been quoted £50 to get the handbrake and gearshift gaitor done in matching trim can you give details of the company you used fella?

rObArtes said: can you give details of the company you used fella? Company was Royal Steering wheels, ask for Jack and mention me if you want to. www.royalsteeringwheels.com

wulfy66 said: Company was Royal Steering wheels, ask for Jack and mention me if you want to. www.royalsteeringwheels.com cheers fella, do like the look of it, has it been padded out? how do you think it wear ?

FrankCayman said: I remember seeing alot of the US chaps on plant-9 would paint the surrounds of the front fogs of their Gen 1's black. They looks so much nicer...makes the front grills look nice and big...rather like a 996 C4S/Turbo. What colour was your Gen 1 Cayman, Mr D? Silver. with a few GT3 bits and grills, a splitter and the performance mods also, remus, remap, GT3 throttle body etc gen 1 mirrors still look better than any other, nice and sleek Edited by mrdemon on Friday 22 August 18:44

mrdemon said: Silver. with a few GT3 bits and grills, a splitter and the performance mods also, remus, remap, GT3 throttle body etc gen 1 mirrors still look better than any other, nice and sleek Edited by mrdemon on Friday 22 August 18:44 Cracking looking car! What front bumper is that?

stock with a GT3 vent dremel in and a 3rd party splitter

mrdemon said: stock with a GT3 vent dremel in and a 3rd party splitter Seriously like the idea of that grill but not sure I would be brave enough with the dremel tho

rObArtes said: cheers fella, do like the look of it, has it been padded out? how do you think it wear ? Yes made slightly thicker and added the thumb grips. Seems very good quality so think it will wear well. I kept the original and bought another wheel off eBay for £80 which was re trimmed

mrdemon said: Silver. with a few GT3 bits and grills, a splitter and the performance mods also, remus, remap, GT3 throttle body etc gen 1 mirrors still look better than any other, nice and sleek Edited by mrdemon on Friday 22 August 18:44 You've done a neat job on that. Agree re the mirrors. The Gen 2 mirrors are huge!

wulfy66 said: Yes made slightly thicker and added the thumb grips. Seems very good quality so think it will wear well. I kept the original and bought another wheel off eBay for £80 which was re trimmed yep does look good, did you fit it yourself? i don't have a MF steering wheel, if i bought one of the bay, would it be plug&play?

rObArtes said: yep does look good, did you fit it yourself? i don't have a MF steering wheel, if i bought one of the bay, would it be plug&play? Yes very easy to fit, just need to disconnect battery 15mins beforehand (airbag reasons) then pop the air bag off and remove the wheel with a M12 spline tool (if yours is a 987 that is) like this ; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M12-SPLINE-BIT-12-Point-...

Just had the IPE (Innotech) valvetronic exhaust fitted, here is a quick clip of the car being started up in the off position, then in the open mode half way through http://youtu.be/drCLMxxBdUw

sounds good, who supplied it and how much?

That sounds very nice indeed!

Wow....love it!

Gio G said: That sounds very nice indeed! I bought it from a guy on here who was an agent for IPE and this was his new demonstrator that has never been fitted. I got it for a grand but I believe they are about 2k retail. I have looked at getting the matching manifolds but they are astronomical at £2.5k The Indy that fitted it said that it is by far the best sounding exhaust they have heard on a box/cay

The "black" treatment continues, just received the side vents back from the paint shop. Here's the before and after shots;

Mirrors now done

That looks the business! Wonder what a green lip on the wheels would look like. And blacked out fog surrounds. It's good fun spending other people's money...!

Lox said: That looks the business! Wonder what a green lip on the wheels would look like. And blacked out fog surrounds. It's good fun spending other people's money...! Was only thinking that the other day! Hmmmmmmmmmm

Needs the blacked out fog surrounds like on my old car to balance it. I also did my rear spoiler black. Then Porsche made a "black pack" option

mrdemon said: Needs the blacked out fog surrounds like on my old car to balance it. I also did my rear spoiler black. Then Porsche made a "black pack" option Are the fog surrounds easy to get off?

wulfy66 said: Are the fog surrounds easy to get off? They just pull off, but you need to warm them up with a hair dryer first to avoid breaking the retaining clips.

mrdemon said: Needs the blacked out fog surrounds like on my old car to balance it. I also did my rear spoiler black. Then Porsche made a "black pack" option Surprised you went for tinted windows though....would ou do that to your R?

mrdemon said: Silver. with a few GT3 bits and grills, a splitter and the performance mods also, remus, remap, GT3 throttle body etc gen 1 mirrors still look better than any other, nice and sleek Edited by mrdemon on Friday 22 August 18:44 Looking at your photo I've just noticed the front part of the Cayman stripe on the front bumper is missing on mine Bet you can't just buy that part on its own either Also just found this on the Bay which seems reasonable http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=...

Congrats car looks great.

omegaSMP300 said: Congrats car looks great. Thanks!

Just purchased the next phase of mods, IPE (Innotech) manifolds with 200 cell cats to complete the full exhaust system, a set of Goodridge braided hoses + Brembo race fluid, and an OEM short shift

Very nice thread. What sort of power hike is expected from the whole exhaust package? And, I wonder, do switchable PSE's increase power or just the noise?

aelord said: do switchable PSE's increase power or just the noise? Just a noise increase.

wulfy66 said: Original quote for napa leather was £120 but then I changed to alcantara and added green stitching and the matching 12 o'clock ring and the total bill was £140 and took a week to do. They also offer a replacement wheel service if your car is a daily driver. Been quoted £50 to get the handbrake and gearshift gaitor done in matching trim Steering wheel looks great and quite fancy upgrading my S that I've just acquired. What company did it for you? Thanks

Andyp CS said: Steering wheel looks great and quite fancy upgrading my S that I've just acquired. What company did it for you? Thanks The company is called Royal Steering Wheels, they were superb to deal with http://royalsteeringwheels.com

aelord said: Very nice thread. What sort of power hike is expected from the whole exhaust package? And, I wonder, do switchable PSE's increase power or just the noise? If I'm honest I am not really sure what the full exhaust will give as my choice was mainly for build quality and sound. If I had to have a guess I would say around 20bhp. I will shortly be having it remapped to make the most of all the mods and plan to use Chipwizards who use a rolling road so should have a better idea of horse power gains.

Booked in to Chipwizards in March for Wayne to work his magic on the mapping

Fitted the H&R springs on Friday, Now sitting about 35mm lower than stock springs

Looking good. Did you paint the side grills yourself, and if so, what were they like to get off?

Trev450 said: Looking good. Did you paint the side grills yourself, and if so, what were they like to get off? I have a friend who is a salesman for DuPont who served his time a sprayer (and a very good one) who painted the side vents. They are quite fiddly to get off without breaking the tangs off but there is a great how to clip on utube that shows exactly where the clips are positioned and how to get them off

Looking good! Of course the trick with all the two-tone stuff is knowing when to stop... Worth sorting out the dodgy 987 handbrake cable whilst fitting the SS kit?

wulfy66 said: Trev450 said: Looking good. Did you paint the side grills yourself, and if so, what were they like to get off? I have a friend who is a salesman for DuPont who served his time a sprayer (and a very good one) who painted the side vents. They are quite fiddly to get off without breaking the tangs off but there is a great how to clip on utube that shows exactly where the clips are positioned and how to get them off Thanks, I'll check it out.

rObArtes said: how did you fit that fella? Bought the kit from Design911 which comes with a template, mesh & all the fixings. Simply fix the template in place, drill and then jigsaw out.

Dude, you f king jigsawed your Porsche!

I keep looking at having one of these put on my R....

Very brave fella, take it the cars a keeper? can i ask how much the kit was? Its a great enhancement to your car. Not sure it would have the same effect to a Black car. So whats next??

Looks really good. I don't think I would have the nerve to do that myself though!

rObArtes said: Very brave fella, take it the cars a keeper? can i ask how much the kit was? Its a great enhancement to your car. Not sure it would have the same effect to a Black car. So whats next?? Thanks the grill with fixings was £85, template £56 and mesh £41 or you could buy the grill only off ebay for about £56 and bond it in. Still got the short shifter and the braided brake lines & GT3 brake ducts sat in the garage waiting to be fitted.

Just had my exhaust tips back, have been ceramic coated in black to continue with my blacking theme

wulfy66 said: Just had my exhaust tips back, have been ceramic coated in black to continue with my blacking theme Love them... Who did them may I ask?

Dan911 said: Love them... Who did them may I ask? A Company called Camcoat in Warrington, they are really helpful and do a lot of exhaust coatings. Cost me £40 + shipping

I also painted the silver surround trim in high temp black (from Halfrauds)

All looking good fella you need to post some good all round photo's once all the bits have been fitted.

I also painted the silver surround trim in high temp black (from Halfrauds)

anonymous said: [redacted] That's it now I'm done with the black stuff............although that spoiler.........;)

anonymous said: [redacted] Nah, what about a black velvet suede wrap. The height of fashion and good taste.

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wulfy66 said: That looks great

Its got a tache!

needs the fog light bits in black like my gen 1 the GT3 grill was only £29 back in the day. looking great . soon look and go like my old car ;-)

wulfy66 said: Seriously like the idea of that grill but not sure I would be brave enough with the dremel tho lol how a few months change, no dermal get the jigsaw out :-O , scary job :-)

How about black headlight surrounds?

Looks great buddy... really good looking mods. I cannot wait to hopefully get mine next week, would like to do some similar things, espcially the GT3 grill...

Beanoir said: How about black headlight surrounds? I found some carbon fibre ones for sale several months ago and did consider buying and painting

Yidwann said: Looks great buddy... really good looking mods. I cannot wait to hopefully get mine next week, would like to do some similar things, espcially the GT3 grill... Thanks matey! Good luck with yours if you use Facebook have a look at the Porsche Cayman S Club page, there's quite a lot who have recently done the grill mod

PorscheGT4 said: lol how a few months change, no dermal get the jigsaw out :-O , scary job :-) Lol, bloody typical I had a B&Q leaflet in the post this morning with an offer on for Dremels & also the Bosch all rounder. The jigsaw was a bit scary especially as I was using the wrong blade for plastic so it bounced around a bit.

I reckon a set of these LED sidelights and grill guards would suit yours.

Trev450 said: I reckon a set of these LED sidelights and grill guards would suit yours. I do like those! Have you got them wired as DRLs or on the fog light switch?

wulfy66 said: Trev450 said: I reckon a set of these LED sidelights and grill guards would suit yours. I do like those! Have you got them wired as DRLs or on the fog light switch? I've wired them to the side light connection. You can hard wire them as DRL's but I didn't want to break into the loom.

wulfy66 said: I do like those! Have you got them wired as DRLs or on the fog light switch? They look very aftermarket imho. I fitted a neat grill kit that sat behind the horizontal fins and looked very subtle/OEM.

DoubleSix said: wulfy66 said: I do like those! Have you got them wired as DRLs or on the fog light switch? They look very aftermarket imho. I fitted a neat grill kit that sat behind the horizontal fins and looked very subtle/OEM. Just as well we are all different then!

Trev450 said: DoubleSix said: wulfy66 said: I do like those! Have you got them wired as DRLs or on the fog light switch? They look very aftermarket imho. I fitted a neat grill kit that sat behind the horizontal fins and looked very subtle/OEM. Just as well we are all different then! Yes. No offence intended, just my opinion, hence use of 'imho' to indicate I'm offering an opinion.

Trev450 said: I've wired them to the side light connection. You can hard wire them as DRL's but I didn't want to break into the loom. You don't need to break into the loom, inserting a simple diode in the light switch does the trick. This now makes me want to get some of those LED spars now http://www.boxa.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=6353...

DoubleSix said: Trev450 said: DoubleSix said: wulfy66 said: I do like those! Have you got them wired as DRLs or on the fog light switch? They look very aftermarket imho. I fitted a neat grill kit that sat behind the horizontal fins and looked very subtle/OEM. Just as well we are all different then! Yes. No offence intended, just my opinion, hence use of 'imho' to indicate I'm offering an opinion. None taken.

And I would disagree, I think they look quite neat... And not a cheap bolt on afterthought!

DoubleSix said: They look very aftermarket imho. I fitted a neat grill kit that sat behind the horizontal fins and looked very subtle/OEM. Where did you get the grille kit from. Could you post a picture please?

VladD said: DoubleSix said: They look very aftermarket imho. I fitted a neat grill kit that sat behind the horizontal fins and looked very subtle/OEM. Where did you get the grille kit from. Could you post a picture please? There was a chap on Planet9 (J_Copeland) who was fabricating a nice little kit, don't know if he is still about or not... http://www.planet-9.com/987-cayman-boxster-modific... Edited by DoubleSix on Friday 27th March 13:22

Damn. It appears Mr Copeland passed away... RIP But his product lives on http://www.porschemesh.com/cayman.html I have no affiliation. Just a Porsche fan.

DoubleSix said: Damn. It appears Mr Copeland passed away... RIP But his product lives on http://www.porschemesh.com/cayman.html I have no affiliation. Just a Porsche fan. Looks good. Thanks.

Finally got round to fitting the OEM short shifter that I bought last summer. Quite time consuming removing the centre console but very rewarding to have done it myself and saved a lot by not having to pay someone's labour rate. Very happy with the feel of the shift now - how it should be

Fitted the Goodridge hoses (green of course), Brembo race fluid & GT3 brake ducts

wulfy66 said: Here's your cars younger brother ! The car had 5000m on 2 weeks ago when purchased , now 6200m . Nice 500m round trip to Cadwell Park this weekend .

your a busy fella is the car a keeper?

rObArtes said: your a busy fella is the car a keeper? Yes this one's a keeper

GT3cs said: Here's your cars younger brother ! The car had 5000m on 2 weeks ago when purchased , now 6200m . Nice 500m round trip to Cadwell Park this weekend . Looks great matey!

wulfy66 said: Just had my exhaust tips back, have been ceramic coated in black to continue with my blacking theme hi andy, i've just bought some twin tips to replace my single oval. just wondering if you fitted your twin pipes yourself ? if yes, how hard were they to fit?

rObArtes said: hi andy, i've just bought some twin tips to replace my single oval. just wondering if you fitted your twin pipes yourself ? if yes, how hard were they to fit? Hiya buddy, They were very easy as mine is an aftermarket exhaust and the tips are just separate straight pipes that clamp on with a single bolt.I guess if yours is a factory exhaust then it will be a "T" connection so you may need to loosen one of the boxes to get it clear.

forgot fella you fitted a full system. I got hold a 2nd pair of tips for £65, so will what condition they are in, then either I'll have the polished or similar to yours.

That looks superb... Enjoy!

rObArtes said: forgot fella you fitted a full system. I got hold a 2nd pair of tips for £65, so will what condition they are in, then either I'll have the polished or similar to yours. From where... I want new tips.

got them off eBay, they're in great condition. just had my carnewal gt exhaust fitted so new tips should set it off. will post some photos when fitted