Be very careful with the trim piece that runs from the door up to the convertible top. The replacement piece is over $1400 US… Canada it’s over $2000 for a piece of rubber. I asked Porsche to explain, it’s “meh” We don’t care what you think

So I went with the Function First kit, which includes a couple of extra parts of this, but is also quite a lot more expensive - however, it eliminated *all* the play, it's like a rifle bolt. I've taken some videos which I'll get round to uploading at some point! PS: That bird turd is very distracting.

Bore score is mainly due to bad injector washing the oil off the cylinder wall. Sample the oil, fuel in the oil is the 1st indicator. Run fuel injector cleaner often on DI cars.

had the same issue - there is a plate in there, that you can take out - then it works..

Just pay the extra for a full numeric kit

Fitted the same shifter & had the same issue, i just ground a few millimetres off the ends of the shafts, fit perfectly after that.

maybe wash you window

Interesting video ,thanks

I’d love a video on fixing the B pillar trim. It’s a fing $1400 us to replace it. I’d rather sell the car. Why do these German manufacturers do this stupidity ?

Will I heavily urge you to remove this ASAP. I bought a similar short shifter, had the exact same issue with the play. No matter what you do IT WILL come back. Ultimately this left me stranded at the side of the road, the play in the shifter led to it not selecting gears properly and it ripped one of the cables off of the gearbox, leaving the car stuck in reverse. Buy the Porsche short shift kit directly from them, it costs about £350 and it replaces the entire housing.

Hmm, I stand unconvinced. For me, the side to side play is really the part of the issue I'd hope to fix. Seems like a good value though! As always, super helpful video, cheers mate

Damn that's an insanely good deal. Bet that would be like 30k at Porsche. Can't even get someone to install my coilovers for $2k 😅

Hey, knobhead: begin with reading the instructions properly. The 2000 and 3000 grit foam pads are clearly (pun intended) explained to be wet paper abrasive, so you fucked up from the getgo.

Just got 987.2 Boxster S. All my friends told me to get 981, which is going for not that much more, but I prefer the older car, mainly the steering and raw feeling. The only thing with Boxters/Caymans is that they don't get much street cred, even though mine cost the same as 997.1 or 996, but hey, it drives like a dream and I'm enjoying it.

The channel now has 987 subscribers, seems fitting!

Very great job man! It could be so great to fix a camera on the pedalbox to film your footwork to watch your skills please! :D

Gives me a migraine! Think about your audience. I was at this event too, but this is painful to watch.

Nice!

2:38, I hope the door did not close all the way, as that would be disheartening seeing such a door gap.

looks absolutely awesome. where do i find out event like this and how can i participate?

that hissing or weird sound when slowing down is true. mine does that same. i always wonder if this is louder or as loud as valved exhausts or carnewel exhaust.... :/

How long did it take in total to fit the new cables? Shifter cables snapped on my 987.2 Cayman S. My local Porsche specialist are charging me almost £1,300.00 to fit the new Porsche cables (new lever and bracket as well).

Interesting day out by the looks of it. Would have been nice to meet some of the Tribal members.

Great video great day had by all.

Hey Will - Didn’t realise you were shooting another video, thought you were having a day off ! Thank you for all your support and glad you enjoy what we are doing. ❤

Porsche friend! I enjoyed that, after seeing this I've found them on IG and found some good meets I can tag onto, so thanks!

I have a dilemma …… 15k for an 06 cobalt blue Boxster 987.1 with 39k or a black 06 cayman 987.1 with 61k for 18k ………………… !!! It could be a heads or tails job !!

That 300sl Roadster is around £1.2m worth of car. Quite the find.

Enjoyed that ...thanks

Thanks for another great video, have you been to Cotswolds lavender in your car.? I took mine there, my wife loved it and good photo opportunities with my Porsche

The two options are you either do your own maintenance and servicing or keep a £2000 slush fund. I sold my 987.2 Cayman due to extremely high running costs and replaced it with the more reliable 981 Cayman, yet I have a small slush fund for any unforeseen problems.

If you’ve put £20,000 already into your car together with the actual amount you paid for it you could have bought a far newer version of the Boxster surely? I’ve just got rid of my 987, loved it but the car became a money pit unfortunately, as they all will because of their age and the state of British roads! You obviously like your car, so good luck with it👍

Just got rid of my 987, the bills just caught up with it and the failure of the coolant pipes was the last straw. It’s the longest time I’ve ever kept a car because I liked it, but eventually they become a money pit. And they all eventually suffer the same issues.

Just got rid of my 987, bills eventually caught up with it! The coolant pipes were the last straw, so it had to go.

Own a 987.1 2006 Boxster S myself. Good to see you doing the fix yourself. Anyone with these cars I would say you need to do the fix and maintenance yourself to save a fortune. They are expensive to run as it is.

how about showing us what is actually broken in the original cable?

Is it manual or automatic ir both?

Gutsy effort Will! I'm leaving that one for my mechanic. Keep the vids coming.

Nothing new with the “awesome” Porsche quality..

You're the man Will, really enjoying the DIY stuff. I got a 987.1 Boxster S just like yours a few months ago, and part of what enables me to afford it is DIY'ing most repairs, as a young bloke :) much respect to you for taking the extra time to document this stuff, it's really helpful for me! Oli from Canada, QC

Because I have a separate daily driver and decent sized driveway - I would have done the work on my own and invested the labor costs into my tool collection. Here I would have sourced the parts on my own and bought the following tools: quick jack to lift the car, an engine jack / holder to pull the engine and transmission out Once the engine was out I would go to town updating old pipes and seals this would take a bunch of time but I think its worth it for these cars, considering these items are why the values have dropped in these cars making them affordable (987.1) Also next time I want to lift the car up and do suspension work, itll be much easier / cheaper with my new jacks

I have an 06 base 2.7L Boxster with 165,000 miles. Apparently this is the sweet spot for the IMS and bore score. I believe all Boxster S models have the issue, and the 05 base model had the ims issue. The 07 and 08 I think have more bore score related issues (can someone comment the facts) These cars sell cheap BECAUSE of the issue. Mine has a lot of suspension issues and wear. I kinda want to fix everything but feels like im dumping money into something with too high mileage.

Hartech are in business because Porsches are driven hard, often from cold. Unlike many hard core sports cars, they’re also driven to high mileages. So I suspect while there may have been some bad batches of cylinder block liners, or cases of fuel contamination which affected many 528 BMWs pre 2000 destroying the cylinder liners (too high sulphur content apparently), but really it’s not really an issue when so many Porsche 987/997s do well over 100,000 miles without needing a rebuild (the vast majority in fact). Also most air cooled engines need a rebuild at 100,000 miles and they don’t suffer from bore score.

Spot on mate, just had my trans cables break so don't put that off

How is the steering different between the Hydraulic and electric?

Why dit you take the headlights out of the car ????? Simpel to do

I have a 911 and also previously had a 986 S and let me tell you i miss the boxster! What a Car! The boxsters are so much fun. Im hoping to get another Boxster S in the future