2000 S Boxster Litronic Retrofit...

[Wayne 962]

Thanks Wayne

By the way the book is great and I do appreciate the photo references. I would hate to be at the table with the editor discussing the pictures / text to cut !

Here is the gift I have been given

I have a 2000 Boxster S with low Km my friend has a 2003 which got written off. He has been gracious enough to allow me to Swap parts off the car prior to going to the wreckers.

Lots has come off ,embossed armrest ,embossed seats ,short shift , Fab speed headers/exhaust /18” Rims and Pilot sport tires/speakers, and some small pieces,

but here are my challenges

1) HID swapped over easily , I was curious about you project # 85( think that is the one for HID factory lamp) . I have pulled the motor controller(right front inner fender) out of the 03 and am pulling the wires but seems to have many more than what is in the photo , wondering if it is worth the effort or do I just delete the wires for the wheel sensors and speed control?

2) Headlight washers : would like to swap over believe the switch / lever on the wheel is the same in my car without the graphic , need to grab the relay . Any thoughts on the wiring for the second pump / headlight interface (i.e. is it prewired from the factory and just needs to be connected or; screw it and order the clear plastic cover for the headlight sprayer holes and be done with it.

3) Stereo. Has the Bose system , I have swapped all the speaker including the rear ,BUT the rear harness is wired into the amp and the head is connected via a fiber optic reader. I was going to cut out the harness and graft the plug end onto it for my deck CD 220 , but is that deck got enough power to push those rear speakers? (that speaker assembly is much different than the one shown in your book , has a central driver and 2 pointing down one on each side 5 total)

Many thanks

I would like the chance to talk but I understand your schedual is probably as bad as mine , if you suggest a time I could call you at that time , you are on Pacific correct.

Cheers Mike

The factory installed kits are different than the retrofit kits. They are integrated (somehow) with the main bus / ecu as the controllers show up in the PST-2, I believe. I think you can easily swap headlamps, and then use the retrofit controller instead if your car didn't originally come with them.

I'm not sure about the headlamp washers, I imagine you need to swap over the switch, perhaps install a relay, etc. Maybe the car doesn't even have the wiring harness for it, I'm not sure. I would guess that the trouble is not worth the effort for the install, but I haven't done it so I don't know (haven't heard of anyone else doing it either?)

2003 radio has the MOST connection to the bus, so in general, it will not be compatible with your car. It is completely different and communicates with the gauge cluster, etc. I would leave the radios alone...

Hope this helps,

Wayne

[JAR0023]

I have a 2000 Boxster S with low Km my friend has a 2003 which got written off. He has been gracious enough to allow me to Swap parts off the car prior to going to the wreckers.

Lots has come off ,embossed armrest ,embossed seats ,short shift , Fab speed headers/exhaust /18” Rims and Pilot sport tires/speakers, and some small pieces,

FYI...this is insurance fraud.

-J

[intakexhaust]

Bose system. I'm not sure with Porsche, but many other OEM Bose systems are unique to the cars interior such as leather, cloth, etc. and probably other factors. I discovered this years back while researching swaps with Infiniti and Nissan. Somewhere I read a case with the Audi's or possibly just the A8. No expert here but what I understand is a sophisticated approach on how Bose speakers 'look' at the sound waves in its environment, takes that info back in and adjust output accordingly. You might not be gaining anything with just the speakers swapped. Scott