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Boxster Project: Windshield Maintenance

June 30, 2024 // 0 Comments

The only time we think about the wipers on the Boxster is when it rains, but that’s always too late to do anything about the streaking, squeaking, and stuttering. Of [...]

Boxster Project: Headlight Restoration

May 26, 2024 // 0 Comments

Some time back we had noticed a slight yellowing around the Litronic headlights of the Porsche Boxster. Not wanting to chance scratching the lens, we thought we could take [...]

Boxster Project: Lid Liner Install

May 19, 2024 // 0 Comments

Most of our Boxster DIY projects are repairs, but some are cosmetic, and a few are protective. This project is the “protective” kind, and it took us more time to [...]

Weego Jump Starter: DIY Repair

November 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

Jump starter power packs have come a looong way since we first looked at the Clore JNC Air way back when. The newer power packs are small, highly portable, and extremely [...]

Boxster Project: Litronics headlight repair

October 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

Recently, we noticed that the Xenon headlight on the driver side of our 23 year old Boxster was not “igniting”. It would flash when we turned the switch, but the [...]

Headlight Restoration: Cerakote

September 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

A long time ago, we did a headlight restoration DIY project using Meguiar’s Headlight Restoration Kit and things turned out reasonably well. So when another car [...]

Boxster Project: Steering Wheel Cover

May 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

After 23 years and 210K+ miles, the leather on the Boxster’s steering wheel needed a “refresh.” A future project will be to color-treat the leather itself, [...]

Boxster Project: Strut Brace Install

April 22, 2023 // 0 Comments

Last Fall, the 2000 Boxster, after more than 200,000 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND) miles, finally had its suspension completely over-hauled—springs, shocks, axles, the works. The [...]

Boxster Project: Dash Speakers Repair

March 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

We replaced the left OEM speaker on the dash of the 2000 Porsche Boxster a while back, so when the right speaker started having the same audio issues and we knew that, rather [...]

Boxster Project: Find the leak!

February 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

Every winter we swap in snow tires on the Boxster, because we can (and do) drive the Boxster all year round, and Boston winter’s definitely require snow tires. As it [...]
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