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| This is stupid.... dghii - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 2:42:34 pm |
I'd been conenplating ordering a clear third brake light for my silver 2000S to compliment the clear side markers that are currently on my car when...
...I notice that my car does not have clear side markers!
I purchased and installed the clear markers back in 2008 (had to go back and look in my records) from Suncoast. I thought I was loosing my mind and wondered if I ever installed the clears. After checking my purchase records, I looked in my storage bin and confirmed that my ambers are still in the bin.
At some point, someone has swapped my clear markers for their ambers! I have absolutely no idea when the heist could have taken place. We're talking about a garage kept car in a gated neighborhood and my job has the car parked at a secure military installation....Wow!
Guess I'll have to order new clear sides to go with the clear third brake....or just leave it the heck alone. Given I didn't even notice, what difference does it make?
dghii
2000 Boxster S 6speed 112k miles
...I notice that my car does not have clear side markers!
I purchased and installed the clear markers back in 2008 (had to go back and look in my records) from Suncoast. I thought I was loosing my mind and wondered if I ever installed the clears. After checking my purchase records, I looked in my storage bin and confirmed that my ambers are still in the bin.
At some point, someone has swapped my clear markers for their ambers! I have absolutely no idea when the heist could have taken place. We're talking about a garage kept car in a gated neighborhood and my job has the car parked at a secure military installation....Wow!
Guess I'll have to order new clear sides to go with the clear third brake....or just leave it the heck alone. Given I didn't even notice, what difference does it make?
dghii
2000 Boxster S 6speed 112k miles
Byron in Atlanta - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 4:35:51 pm |
We all are so into the little things when it comes to our cars, and truth be known, most things are not even noticeable. I've got the clear sides and did the clear third, and even went with the LED rears....and what is sitting in my garage? You guessed it, all the old take-off stuff, just going to waste. I even tried selling it all to no avail. Pretty sad though, when you consider a fellow Boxster owner ripped you off for perhaps the cheapest P-car mod you can make! Just goes to show, your mod didn't go completely unnoticed!
| My tail lights sat in the garage in a box for 3-4 years until .... mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 7:46:35 pm |
I came across someone whose taillight circuit board had failed. I sold him one for a deep deep discount from even ebay prices. Then 3 weeks ago, someone needed the other for the same reason. So the same deep discount applied.
You never know when you can do someone a favor from that pile of spares.
Not to mention they contain spare bulbs if they are like mine.
You never know when you can do someone a favor from that pile of spares.
Not to mention they contain spare bulbs if they are like mine.
| So you have some clears? dghii - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 9:39:49 pm |
| Re: This is stupid.... dennisafrompa - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 4:42:09 pm |
| No dealer... dghii - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 9:40:54 pm |
 Have you checked the VIN? Maybe they swapped more than the clear side markers... *NM* jwdbox - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 5:51:07 pm |
| I should be so lucky...maybe they swapped out IMS's! *NM* dghii - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 9:42:09 pm |
| When I took my Cayman S in to a local dealer for some minor issue... MarcW - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 6:07:12 pm |
| *NM* Boxsterra - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 8:14:48 pm |
| That's just it..it doesn't take but a few minutes... dghii - Friday, 21 January, 2011, at 9:44:36 pm |
 *NM* frogster - Saturday, 22 January, 2011, at 1:15:07 am |
| You are correct, Sir ... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Saturday, 22 January, 2011, at 8:31:18 am |
.... you don't hear about anybody getting their ambers swapped for clears
I actually came close to re-ambering a certain Boxster "R" at BRBS a few years ago, just to see if he noticed.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro
Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar
"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"
"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti
"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna
I actually came close to re-ambering a certain Boxster "R" at BRBS a few years ago, just to see if he noticed.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro
Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)
Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar
"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"
"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti
"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna
 *NM* Gary in SoFL - Saturday, 22 January, 2011, at 12:09:13 pm |
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