Hacks
From Boxster Tech
Hacks and Other Self Maintenance Links
You can purchase the 986 Boxster Workshop Manual for $20 via electronic download (555MB Acrobat Ebook) from www.workshopmanuals.co.uk. In addition, Bentley Publishers released a very complete Boxster Service Manual in late 2005, available at a discounted price online via sites like Amazon or Barnes & Noble (ISBN 0837613337).
The Boxster community is one of the more active in not only working on, upgrading and improving their cars, but also in sharing their improvements, of "hacks" with other Boxster owners via detailed personal web pages. Here are several Boxster Hack pages:
• B&M Short Throw Shifter Installation Instructions
484k Acrobat File (PDF) with details on how to remove & replace the center console in order to install a new short shifter (or for whatever other reason you need to take out the console). Note this version of this popular file was updated by B&M Racing dated Sep 30, 2005.
• 9X9Werks Boxster & 996 DVDs
Videos: Buy one or all three discs. Instructions include Litronics, B&M Shifter, OBD Stalk, etc.
• Barry's Boxster Hackster Site
Includes Footwell lighting, seatbelt clip, etc.
• Boxster Projects
This is the Mecca for brake work plus iPod connections, door panels, etc.
• DIY Windstop
Steve cut out his own replacement windstop, even using tinted plexiglass.
• Greg's Boxster Hacks
Garage door opener, a different take on rear speakers, etc.
• Lefty's PCM Installation
For the adventuresome: installing the touch screen-based computer/GPS system.
• Mike Focke's Porsche Boxster Web Pages
Tires, Oxygen Sensor, Radio Codes and other hacks.
• My Completed and Planned Boxster Hacks
Hardwired radar detector, garage door opener, bike rack, iPod, etc.
• Pedro's Garage
PPBB superstar Pedro Bonilla's own page with his many creative hacks.
• Porsche Boxster Technical Articles
Presented by Pelican Parts, has oil change, how to jack up a Boxster and several more articles.
• Rainy Day Garage
iPod install, carputer, cluster removal, etc.
• Repairing curb rash on a wheel
Step-by-step instructions to repair and repaint light scuffs to your wheels. The exact same instructions are also available here on Renntech
• Replacing Struts/Springs/Camber Plates
For those mechanically advanced folks who want to R & R their suspension
• Seats - Installing Seats in a 986
Provides instructions on how to remove and replace seats in a Boxster
• Skyler's Boxster Maintenance Page
Information about the 15K, 30K, 60K, 90K and much more
• Tom Morris's Hacks
Jacking instructions and jack stand placement, 6-point harness, logo removal, clear side markers, etc.
• Yoseif's Boxster
On Board Computer (OBC), Stone Guard, Non-Smoker's Kit, etc. Not linked is this detailed file on removing a steering wheel and replacing the OBC stalk (pdf)
• Dennis Vogel's Heated Seat Upgrade
How to add heated seats to a Boxster that did not have it as a factory option
Dead links - delete after a month
(7/2/2007)
• Lawless Hacks
Here's the AM Radio reception hack, plus non-smoker and V1 hacks.
(7/14/2007)
• Boxster Bob's Hacks
Numerous mods including the CD changer, spoiler switch, etc.
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