AndrewJB's 981 Cayman S tinkering thread

[andrewjb]

inspired by Deano's thread here's my new "to me" 2015 981 Cayman S.

Car has a lot of kit on it, including the Sport Design Kit

First up was 718 LED indicators
before:

after

Then I just had to get rid of the chrome

£9 vs £149 from Porsche

 

[AndrewT]

Then I just had to get rid of the chrome

£9 vs £149 from Porsche

Very smart looking car, I look forward to hearing more about your tinkering with it, what magic did you use to turn the lettering black and how long do you expect it to last?

 

[andrewjb]

Plastidip basically rubber paint, up to 5 years it can last.

 

[andrewjb]

Finally got round to fixing my wonky/crinkled sticker number plate thanks to a neighbour who has more experience of doing vinyl.

Before - its wonky and also crinkled at the top

During

After

Just in time for the CaymanOC meeting tomorrow.

 

[andrewjb]

Car has gone back to OPC to have front paint corrected that wasn't done properly and some software updates

 

[andrewjb]

Added these to it after black Friday!

Before

During

After

In my opinion they should of left the factory like that!

 

[Craiglm68]

Looks good!

 

[andrewjb]

COP turned up

 

[Contraband]

Nice... the car is looking lovely.

whats next?

 

[andrewjb]

Took the car down to Maidenhead yesterday, a chap down there could do some software updates for me! Unfortunately the 2019 map update didn't go to plan as I have RTTI and Online Sevices.

Doing the V4.76 update on PCM3.1

We also enabled auto wipers (all 981 S have the sensor but its not enabled) and disabled start/stop

 

[Chris93]

Lovely car and I love the work you are doing! Really improving an already nice spec, How do you mean the update didn't go to plan. Did you gain the online services and RTTI by doing it or did that stop it working?

 

[andrewjb]

Map update wasn't attempted as we think there might be a different set of map dvds for cars with online services.

 

[Deanoc123]

Mine has auto wipers. Wonder what pack that is part of

 

[andrewjb]

Probably the old owner had it enabled? not seen it as part of a "pack"

 

[ralphmusic]

Probably the old owner had it enabled? not seen it as part of a "pack"

Option P13 - Automatically dimming mirrors with integrated rain sensor

 

[andrewjb]

Probably the old owner had it enabled? not seen it as part of a "pack"

Option P13 - Automatically dimming mirrors with integrated rain sensor

You got a list of all the "packs" or options?

 

[ralphmusic]

Get the PET file for your model..

Google is your friend..

try stuttcars

or https://www.porsche.com/u...alparts/originalparts/

 

[StevenG]

We also enabled auto wipers (all 981 S have the sensor but its not enabled) and disabled start/stop

Really? I thought you needed the bigger lump of plastic that goes between the rear view mirror and the windscreen, which houses the extra sensors? I'd quite like auto wipers, but thought it was more than just a software change.

 

[Deanoc123]

We also enabled auto wipers (all 981 S have the sensor but its not enabled) and disabled start/stop

Really? I thought you needed the bigger lump of plastic that goes between the rear view mirror and the windscreen, which houses the extra sensors? I'd quite like auto wipers, but thought it was more than just a software change.

It is. You need the auto dimming mirrors option to add the rain sensor. It's also a different stalk obviously.

 

[Richard_Hamilton]

I think you'll find all 981s have the rain sensor in place, but it isn't activated unless specified on the vehicle order. If you take a look at PET, you will see that there is only one mirror mounting, whether you have manual or auto dimming mirrors. I have activated a few, on both "basic" 2.7s, up to well-specified Ss like Andrew's.