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Listen.   I love a "purist" approach to restoring an older car - especially when that car is a Porsche 944 or 944 Turbo. However, when we're also in the business of engineering and testing new products we assemble and disassemble these cars more often than the normal garage DIYer. For us, this meant continually clipping out the wire harnesses and hose systems under the hood of the 944.  And as you know - the OEM Porsche wire ties are "single-use."   Don't get me wrong, they are a great design, with the wire tie integrated into the thread-catching holder - it's...

You know at turboboof are main focus is the transaxle Porsche (particularly the 944 and 951), but every now and then a customer comes by with a 911 and needs some help. No problem. Our new friend has a 996 Cabriolet with two busted "rear" window regulators... cables all chewed up... rollers worn... and more interesting... a missing plastic guide. Now, from what I could find, Porsche does not offer this plastic guide as a replacement.  They do however have a new OEM regulator for about $1000... a side! Easy fix, but that's a hard price.  Now, they didn't know...