The very first
modification I made happened on the second day owning my favorite new
thing. I decided to vinyl dye over both of the tacky red, yellow
and white 'airbag killing a baby' visor warning labels because with the
top down they looked awful.
The picture below
shows both freshly vinyl dyed visors, they look a lot nicer without
the airbag warnings.
The red clip
was my second find, it's a small piece of plastic that presses the top
latch button
making the car think that the top is up, that way when the alarm is
armed the IR will also operate with the top down... sweet.
I like that the 'Boxster'
emblem is removed from the trunk lid, nothing against the logo or
emblem it just looks cleaner without it. I bought a black
Porsche logo license plate frame since there's no other rear branding,
also because it looked like it needed one.
I bought new floor
mats in Metropol Blue, the pair that came with the car were dirty
and mismatched... what a difference new mats make, they really brighten things up and make the
whole interior look new.
The dead pedal that
came with the car was cracked up and broken so I ordered a new one and
replaced it.
Then I bought a set
of aluminum pedals off eBay and installed them instead.
The car has spin
locks already installed, normally there is a factory installed plug. I'm
curious about this one because the spin locks are only installed on
cars with the optional hardtop or speed humps.
I found a listing
for a 1999 Boxster hardtop on Craigslist, it's the wrong color of
silver (Arctic) and there were two parts missing when I got it, but the
price was just too good to pass up. I replaced both of the
missing parts, but for now I'm holding off on getting it painted.
The hardtop has
just been sitting in my shed so I built a cool little stand
for it out of two pieces of flat board, four little wheels and some
pipe foam insulation... it works great, the hardtop now takes up a lot
less
space and can be moved around really easily.
