2000 Boxster S experience - month 4 check in.

May 20, 2025, 7:05 PM

She's still a beaut, Clark.

Things have been interesting. Right off the bat I replaced the frunk struts since the hood wouldn't stay up. Then I had a specialty shop replace the water pump, thermostat, some belts and pulleys and other bits. Aside from being expensive and taking longer than expected, I was satisfied.

Then I bought a glass wind deflector that clips in behind the front seats. When I went to pop it in, one of the clips on the roll bar snapped and shot around my garage like a god #### pinball. Ordered some OEM clips, which came with the necessary pop rivets, and I bought a pop rivet gun that I'll likely never use again.

Fun's not over yet! Last month I went to put the top down so I could get a better look at something and this happened:

That can't be good! The convertible top motor is connected to two cables — one for each side — and one of them snapped. No big deal except this tweaked the clamshell panel, so now we're talking about body work and paint. Three weeks, several thousand dollars, and one very sore bee-hole later and we're back in business.

Then there's the after market audio system, which may have been impressive 20 years ago. I'm gonna have a terrific time unretarding this situation.

This came out today:

It was custom fabricated by someone. I replaced it with another storage pocket for now.

They removed the factory amp and put these crossovers in its spot. Why two crossovers for four speakers?

So I ripped that #### out. The amplifier wiring job in the frunk looks really well done aside from being totally antiquated and serving no purpose anymore.

My wife came home while I was fiddling with this and I was like, "Look! Monster Cables! LOL out loud!" She goes, "Is that supposed to mean something to me?" Anyway, we're getting divorced.

Next step will be the head unit. The rat nest back there ought to be fascinating. Thankfully nobody fooled with the speakers from what I can tell.

This is my car's theme song. Hopefully I'll be able to play it while I'm driving soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWLJXnmzIDo