Thanks for the info on the MC/Booster setup options. Sounds like you really scored when you found your setup. Persistence and research pays off :thumbsup:.
Sucks you got rear ended. Hope insurance covered you and the damage wasn't too bad. Glad you're getting that new diffuser back on! The Rieger piece looks really nice.
I'm dying to do my brake upgrade but have an issue to work out. I purchased a set of Boxster S calipers and brackets, rotors, etc from a guy on these forums. They were partially disassembled so I cleaned em up, bought new seals, pads, etc. When I went to assemble them I saw that one of the bleeder holes in the caliper was stripped. Had to have been done by the previous owner since I hadn't threaded anything in that hole. I contacted the seller and he was acting like he was gonna pay for a replacement caliper...then he basically told me to f*** off, accused me of scamming him, and posted a thread to the forum saying avoid doing business with me.
I went through the whole PayPal dispute and whatnot which took months. Taught me a lot about purchasing things online and being wary. That's finally all sorted out and I got a partial refund but I'm still stuck with a stripped caliper. I think I'm gonna try to helicoil it for the time being and replace the caliper body in the future when I tear the calipers back down to powder coat orange to match my vinyl wrap. That's the plan anyways.
I'm certainly open to other suggestions on repairing the threads. I'm worried I won't get the helicoil perfectly straight and the bleeder valve won't seat correctly to make a good seal. I've got nothing to lose though so I'll go for it when I get some time.
Pic of stripped bleeder hole. You can see the few threads left at the bottom. The threads should come all the way to the surface.
2017-09-02_07-59-28 by
Tony G, on Flickr