I thought that some of you may find the following photos of interest. This 997 (paint to sample color blue turquoise) belongs to a friend of mine in Santa Barbara. He and I both have an "owie" on our bumperettes, but mine is so minor that I think I'll just ignore it, but my friend's was much worse, so he ordered a new bumperette, had it painted and today we removed his rear bumper cover, took out the old bumperette and installed the new one. Here are the photos.
Man those are cool pictures but just a question, what do the arrows mean? Sorry for the ingorant question but what I'm trying to get at is are the arrows pointing to the clips, screws..ect..ect..or are they directions as to which direction the screw pops/screws off...again sorry for the silly question just wondering that's all.
PTJD, the finished product is resting on the saw horses. See the picture that shows the inside of the bumper cover, and the handwritten "3AS" on it? That' s the bumperette that we replaced. (BTW, 3AS is the color code). Getting this color added about 6 months all together to getting the car and you don't want to know how much more it cost (about $4300), but pictures don't do the color justice. Nica, the arrows are intended to show the location, direction to push and pull and tools used to remove the various fasteners. So, your guesses are right on all points and they're not silly questions!
It really was a fun project. It offered the opportunity to learn a bit more about how the car is put together. We're planning on removing the front bumper covers soon, in order to gain the same understanding of the construction of that area of the cars and to clean some of those hidden areas that us obsessed types can't otherwise access.
That's wicked, take lots of pictures when you guys do the fron pelase. You know what I've been curious, how in the world do they service the Porche vehicles, I mean the engine is tight...very, very tight. If anyone knows I'd love to hear some feed back. mmmm...not trying to hijack as is it kinda related...um...kinda :giggle:
Really not much service involved with the newer cars. Oil changes are a snap, and same with filter changes--cabin and air filter. OTOH, something major would most likely involve dropping the engine. I used to do all of my work on my BMWs--valve adjustments, plugs, points, condenser etc, but that stuff is pretty much non-existent now with self adjusting valves, lifetime coolant etc, etc. I did just change the differential oil, transfer case oil, transmission fluid, engine oil and installed new brake pads on my Landcruiser, lubed the drive shaft yolks, etc. I've got my cousin's LX 470 here now to go over and detail.
I didn't realise that porche vehicles were that user friendly, to be honest I've only tinkered with DB Boss's Porche and that's about it and when I saw the engine bay and the very tight space I just shook my head lol. I assumed that to do some major work on the engine that it would have to be dropped but again just assumed. I agree with you though, new vehicles are so difficult to do anything your self now. Heck a simple oil change can be a pain, depending on the vehicle....Volvo's are tricky, well at least my 95 Volvo is the frigin oil filter is kinda hiden...took me a wile to find it..but I eventually found it lol. Oooh look forward to the LX, those are nice vehicles...prity much a decked out Landcruiser :thumb:
