You too Stanley. Thank you.

Thanks so much Martin. Hope you and your family are well down under. We are finally getting some good rain this past week and when I flew into Phoenix this afternoon it was still raining. I drove back to school with Jack and flew home. Supposed to snow on Tuesday!

@@AZdroptop Ha ha , we have the opposite - hot weather today, 41 degrees C before a cool change later this afternoon!

:) I am currently looking forward to some warmth. It was just 24 in Illinois yesterday.

Thank you Bob, you are too kind. I was pleased that it went well and now that I am back I hope to get the alignment done so I can start enjoying the car again. It will be interesting to see how off the alignment ends up. :) I am excited for the news!!!! Talk to you soon.

Awesome! Glad they found it.

David, I honestly do not remember the size..sorry about that. I took one of the old ones to the hardware store and picked out one that was close. Hope the job goes well for you!

They actually worked great. No issues during the time I still owned the car.

Here is a link to the kit I ordered. It included control arms as well. I was having a low speed clunking sound up front that ended up being the control arms and not the tie rods, but there was was wear on the tie rods so I am glad I did them as well. No steering issues at all. www.fcpeuro.com/products/porsche-suspension-kit-911-boxster-trw-997kit1#description LInk to control arm video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/brqFZNBesrHVXZs.html

Thank you Dave! It is always the little things that are a pain when doing this kind of stuff....most of it is do to me really not knowing what I am doing. Ha ha. I would be a Porsche Mechanic just so I could drive all of the cars. :)

@@AZdroptop Ya Rick, Customer needed 3 pounds of air in left rear tire. Better road test his 2021 GT2 about 20 miles to make sure it handles OK!

Ha ha. That sounds perfect! I have driven the GT3 and hope to drive the GT2 next time! My dream 911 right now is the GT3 touring...

I know Im randomly asking but does any of you know of a way to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid forgot the login password. I would love any tricks you can give me!

@Uriel Jeffrey Instablaster ;)

LOL. Thank you. :) I could have charge 10 times the price if I did that too. :)

Thank you Mike, you are very kind. I do not think that is possible honestly. Pretty much no room for access under there. I suppose it is possible to do this job with out the tie rod tool, but I have no idea how you could do it. I am definitely not an expert, but I just don't see how it could be done. Best of luck and thank you again.

@@AZdroptop Thanks for responding. I have a 2003 carrera coupe and have all of the same parts sitting on my garage shelf that you just replaced, but need to lock down a shop that will align it after I'm done before I start, plus I need to replace shocks/struts on all 4 corners as the car has over 90K and after looking through all of the original owners receipts I cannot find any proof of suspension work. Thanks again, I live just south of Palm Springs, so My summers are going to be similar to yours. As this will be my first summer with this car, looking forward to seeing how it handles the 110 plus summer days plus watching and learning from any summer prep you do to your 996. Be Safe

My pleasure Mike, the job really isn't bad at all other than those darn clamps. :) I really should do shocks and struts myself as I am pretty sure mine are also original. Best of luck with the work and let me know how it goes for you. As far as summer and the 996 goes mine has done great. When I did the IMS, clutch etc. my mechanic put in a new thermostat and it has been smooth so far. The AC is also pretty stellar.

@@AZdroptop Bought this car from original owner in November 2020. Retired Navy Pilot living over in Mission Beach. He used it as a daily driver and had a phone book size folder with every receipt and record from service and maintenance from the day he bought it new from Hoehn Porsche in Carlsbad. Like i had said not a single receipt for any suspension replacement parts. I replaced the IMS, Clutch, pressure plate and air oil separator about the first month after I bought it. This is my Project/ Something to work on while retired car):) Not going to track it, just a nice reliable weekend cruiser with an occasional trip up into the mountains around San Diego. My last project car was a 73 Mercedes 450 SLC so no experience with the Porsche Brand. But so far, Parts are more plentiful and surprisingly less expensive than the old Merc. So any tips or helpful hints you can pass along will be GRATEFULLY accepted. Thanks again for making these videos. Vidoes like your are my visual training guides Cheers

Sounds a lot like the car and records I was lucky enough to find! You got a good one there Mike. Great stuff. These cars even with all the little rattles and imperfections are such wonderful drivers! I am grateful that the videos help out and appreciate your saying so. Enjoy Mike and let me know if you come up with any other questions.

It has been awhile now Mike, but I believe that #4 is not part of the tie rod kit, but part of the rack and piñon. I could be wrong, but I do not remember having to deal with that part specifically. Sorry I can not be more helpful.

@@AZdroptop Thanks! It *is* included in the TRW kit that I ordered; see part "TRW JAR1013KT1" at FCPEuro, for example. I think it just goes over the end of the rack, under the area of the boot where the clamp attaches. I'll have a look at it in the coming week, if the parts arrive on time ...

Oh cool. Mine must have had it as well and I am just not remembering it. My guess is since I didn't mention it in the video it must be pretty straightforward. I generally try to mention anything odd or unusual. Sorry for my confusion and best of luck on the install. It really wasn't bad at all other than the OEM clamps.