What on your winter to-do list?

Replace the front top cylinder as it's leaking. Been lazy though and I know I'm going to hit warmer weather and will have the car down when I want to drive it most.

Also of note, hydraulic fluid will melt/ruin your rear plastic window. I have weird drip marks etched into it now

Side note, if anybody is replacing their OEM top with a new one, can I have your old/worn top? I want to pattern out a new design.

 

Passenger door latch is getting unpredictable enough that it's time to bin it...got a new one staring at me on my desk here, just dreading going balls deep in the door disassembly (and it's been unusually cold here in Raleigh).

 

Damn, your new window, damn

 

I have three items I need to do:

- Realign my exhaust tips. They’re close after my exhaust manifolds replacement but not close enough.
- Adjust my left outer taillight. It’s adjusted too far outward.
- Condition all the leather.

Hoping I can knock all three of these things out during an upcoming weekend, but the way things have been lately I may end up combining them with my next annual in April.

 

Yeah, disappointing. The good thing is that since it's tinted, it's harder to see things like that than if it would have been clear. It might sounds silly, but I kind of want to go through the replacement process again. I feel like I learned a good bit the first go around and I want to try some new things and modify some of the canvas. I feel like there's room for improvement.

 

Just finished a full clutch replacement, new headers, aftermarket exhaust, valve cover gaskets, etc. Just have the serpentine belt left and align the new exhaust tips. Supposed to be in the 30's here this week, so I'll venture back to there garage to wrap it up.

 

Wait until spring as garage is 7C just now. Too cold for me

 

1. Find source of LH tail light not working as running light. Have done a little bit of troubleshooting and my situation seems different than the more common replace fuse/front RH indicator bulb socket. I believe it might be a wire short in the harness between the tail lights and where it plugs in behind the driver's seat.

2. Oil change and engine mounts.

3. Kline cats and exhaust plus new charcoal canister.

4. Fix sagging headliner. Thinking about redoing it in beige alcantara.

 

Get my car back and DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE!

 

Finish rebuilding my ABS Unit, get the lights in my cluster working and swap the face, install a more OEM up/down linkage arm instead of the homemade one I have been using.

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A few things on the to-do list while she sleeps on the lift. So far I’ve knocked out…

- Fuel Pump… ✅
- Kline manifolds/test pipes/exhaust… ✅
- Hardwire radar… ✅
- Antigravity Battery… ✅
- Morimoto Tails… ✅

Still on the list…
- 6 Speed Conversion
- Replace Accumulator
- Bleed E-diff
- GMG Springs
- Flanblock Bushings (need to buy uppers)
- Ball Joints (still need to buy)
- Alignment
- Tighten Steering Column Nut/Recalibrate Sensor
- Paint/install CF Front Lip

Who knows if it will be ready by spring. I hope so.

 

Doing as much myself as I can but not afraid to ask for help [emoji6]

Bumper removal and refinish
Capote removal and refinish
Headlight removal, open, polish
Siren replacement
Fix electrical problem passenger parking light
Fix loose wires on frunk light
Major belt service
Motor mounts
Transmission Mount
Oil change
Coolant flush
Shift linkage adjustment
Full detail and ppf bumper and capote
Front pads and rotors
New tires

…and…whatever other little bs happens along the way


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1. Hard wire backup camera
2. Hard wire Forza exhaust controller to switch
3. Stainless steel brake lines
4. Brake fluid change
5. Flush coolant
6. Fix taillight
7. Valve cover gaskets
8. Plugs
9. Trans mount if it needs it

 

I can let you have a pic of the correct length socket setup, so you can get a torque wrench in there.
Tail light fix, is your fix the single post broken ? I have a fix

 

I bought my car in October. So far, I've...

-Swapped black w/ yellow piping seats for black & in better shape
-Had shop reseal AC condenser line
-replaced clutch master cylinder & bled

Thing's I would like to do:
-Refinish interior door opening handles, not sticky but scratched up
-Refinish various switches from poor sticky fix in the past
-Leatherique dash, seats, doors
-Eventually, pull suspension and send to Madeno for rebuild

Some of that might happen in the winter

 

That would be great, thanks!

I have a new rear light and then I bought the reinforcement kit as well. Will replace the one light and then reinforce them all with the kit.

 

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I did my winter Ferrari list already...

Stickies addressed with CF for interior door locks, cups, and passenger's hand pull. I also installed Carbon Fiber air-boxes and a coolant tank cover all from Exotic Car Gear in Pennsylvania.

Spring will be Annual Service (it's the bigger one) and I want to send my fluids out for analysis. I will also have my calipers looked at as I think I may need Hill Engineering rebuilds for sticky pistons. I will also try to finally have my interior rear window replaced because the seal popped in between the panes causing some clouding in the summer.

I will also need to look at replacing my 4-year-old tires either in the spring or fall depending on how my schedule works out. I promised my GT3, that she would get some extra love first starting with my freshly refinished carbon fiber steering wheel later this week. I haven't met a piece of factory Porsche carbon fiber that hasn't needed refinishing for cracks yet. Ferrari carbon turns yellow/white with minimal small stress cracks in the epoxy and Porsche's epoxy gets yellow with massive cracks even in places where there isn't any stress. Does anyone here have a Carrera GT or 918, how does the carbon stand up?

 

CCM callipers ? Take the caliper off the disc and put a length of wood between the pistons, press the brakes and see if they all move- do they retreat back in. If you need help to get seized pistons out I have a method and send you pics of what’s needed. Very cheap way but very effective. 2 of mine were seized solid

 

I was figuring that I'd just have Fonzie from J.Scuderia in NJ check them the 1st week of March when I'm in for service and plan for him to have the car a week or so longer if they need a rebuild.

[edited because I forgot you are in the UK]

 

If they are CCM and corroded the hill repair kit is over £1000 these days, a real fight to get the old ones out.

 

start one thing, leads to others.....some I've got done, me and Fiorenzo are gettin' to be real good friends

- install CF headlights ✅ (I stole your checkmark @MichaelMatic )
- install SCUDing Swiss headlamp LED's and re-wire taps ✅
- install SCUDing Swiss headlamp LED's remote into fusebox
- order and install SCUDing Swiss recommended relays
- new battery, Interstate 34R, clean tray, new terminals mounts, install underdash charging cord (expensive, but I LOVE this thing) ✅
- troubleshoot radar detector power issue
- fix the damn underdash amp box from falling down! ✅
- install remote control for stereo
- fix front bumper undertray mount points
- fix front undertray corners
- fix wheel well hole tear-outs✅
- replace front bumper splitter which has split! bottom half is long gone
- clean all front end accessible areas
- make and replace frunk vapor barrier✅
- polish and coat wheels
- replace right side valve cover and spark plug gaskets, unfortunately last person who did it left a leaky spark plug gasket
- install engine bay carbon fiber and a couple interior bits
- install 3 clamps on the intake line to replace Oetiker clamp tops with Oetiker smooth bands under-screw clamps
- change thread color and properly install floor mats✅
- install engine bay SCUDing Swiss light
- coolant change✅
- brake fluid change
- oil change
- condition all leather

 

Exoticars USA in NJ (https://www.exoticars-usa.com/) has a fix for the mount points that reinforces the hole with a metal backing otherwise they will keep breaking. They did my front bumper tabs...

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