After Three years of test driving, researching, looking, and trying to find one that isn't full of challenges and/or over charging, finally found the one that met my criterias and then some.
Found a 2009
Cayman
, 2.9L, Manual, Heated Seats. Silver on Black. Just hit 70k miles.
I wanted as manual as possible.
This thing reminds me of my 1976
911S
that I once had definitely miss that thing, but this fills the void in almost every way. The way the engine sounds. The way the door sounds when it closes. The way the seat and wheel feels. All of it.
I made the purchase on Carvana back in Late February. Car came from Jersey. Definitely has/had rust and lost of parts that have needed replacement because of it. Carvana's Silver Rock warranty was nothing short of Amazing in the first 3 months and /or 4k miles along with having a great indie advisor and mechanic.
I'm the first 5 months:
Brakes pads, rotors and Hi Temp flush
New Spark Plugs
Ceratech Oil Flush & Trans Flush
Liquid moly Fuel System Cleaner
New Windshield and Wipers
Complete AC replacement minus evaporator
Rear Tail light replacements as the originals were stressed crack like crazy
Headlight restoration - looked like someone used 80 grit sand paper and they were yellow badly - back to almost new
LED Headlights and Fog lights, and replaced all interior and license plate bulbs with LED
Ceramic Tint - 70% Windshield, 5% Front, rear, and back windows - Med Taillight Tint
Cayman R and Bilstein B8 struts and springs with replacement of all bushings and components
Replaced all Controls Arms (F&R), Drop Links, Tie Rods, sway bar bushings and more with Meyle HD and Febi
Hood and Trunk Shocks
Complete Stereo - Pioneer CarPlay Double Din, Hertz Millie 5 Amp, Zapco noise filter (damn engine/alt noise, never had this in my life), Custom Focal K2 3 Way Setup, Focal 4 inch rears, and Custom rear fitted 10 inch Rockford Sub, backup Camera, and Dynamat Lite the whole interior and trunk area
Circuit Works XPipe (glad I bought this back in March)
7mm and 15mm wheels spacers
Cayman R Alignment
New Conti 245 front and 275 Rear Extreme contact Sport 02s
Last things to do: Headers, Exhaust, Shift Cables, Sport Steering Wheel and Softronic Tune
WoW! Congratulations. It sounds like you are a happy camper after this major rebuild. Do you mind telling us the costs?
David
Thanks
@David-p
! Yes, much happier.
In regards to the build, what part are you interested it. There's a lot of "build" here. Some an Indy shop did, some that Carvana covered, and some that I did solo.
Happy to chat.
I'm interested in the "Zapco" - where it is connected to the system.. and what it is. I went through hoops with ignition noise on an auxiliary amplifier I added to the system, caused by the big cable from the
alternator
/starter/
battery
-cable junction up to the front. What has 99% fixed it was a $7
alternator
capacitor mounted across that junction to ground. IF I could get rid of the 1% without losing any sound - I'd be interested in it.
And Welcome to
Planet-9, the Friendly Porsche Forum
(as you've possibly figured out..)
@deilenberger
, I could not figure out what was going on here. Thank you for the info and should have realized this after working in Auto Electronics for several years, but too long ago
Expensive, but came across a 911 forum talking about the Zapco ASP-L2T, with instant success, and near zero quality loss. Also, love that it does not need to be powered in. It work 99% of the time. There are times where I am like, where is my sub, and the the next song kicks on and it triggers the filter to work properly and stay working the entirety of the drive.
It's eliminated the noise.
Lovely stuff. I love the Contis you have. I have them on the Daily Civic Si and they're better than the PS 4S in terms of street mannerisms. But the PS 4S, which I have on my
Cayman
is better ever so marginally for limit handling and feel in terms of raw speed and durability
