theiceman

Hey Guys . I finally picked up the rubber trim for the front air dam .. it only took me about 5 years but i finally went over to vertex and picked one up from the boys .. just glad I didn't have to explaain it at security.


Anyway anbody got any good instructions for putting her on. ? I bought the instalation kit too so next spring I should be ready to go .

rusnak

I bought the factory mounting kit, and I have to say the first time you hit something, it pays for itself.

I lined up the sides first, then the center bolt. Then worked back on each side. The foam rubber will stretch if you go from one side to the other. I think the bolt holes for the side pieces need to be oblong. I left out the strange dog bone pieces, but you might figure out what function they serve.

theiceman

yeah I saw those too.. i am figuring I have to drill a lot of holes.. so that means I iwll be doing a LOT of measuring..

Ed Hughes

It was pretty straight forward as I recall. I think I started in the center. Rusnak is right, the factory mount kit is robust as heck. It really is a stout piece all the way around. I'm trying to remember what the dogbones were. That was 8 years ago!

User 4221

The dogbones go on the ends between the nuts and lower valence on the vertical area. If done right, they can help align and hold the lip while you work the rest of the piece.

theiceman

got any pics Scott ?

A pic is worth a thousand words

User 4221

Afraid not. I pulled both bumpers and valences over thanksgiving and painted them. I may be able to get under the car and shoot a pic. If I do, I'll post it.

BTW, is your garage heated? I hope so

theiceman

Thanks Guys

I may pull the valance and have it painted also as I looked at it today and it could use a shot of paint. Thanks for info Gerry . I have every excellence since issue number 30 or so . I will go dig it up.
My garage is not heated but it is atached to the house so it stays at about 3C. With the halogens I need to see with these days it takes the chill out ...

theiceman

Okay . project all done .. I ended up putting some info and picks over on Pelican as I ended up jst adding to a thread that was already there .

here are the before and after pics ... notice any other differences..


here is the pelican link for reference in case anyone else is thinking of doing this project.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...tion-pics.html

Marc Gelefsky

Looks great!

theiceman

Thanks Marc

I think my next project might be caliper painting .. don't like the look of them now that I have the fuchs on and you can see them.

Ed Hughes

Looks good. Heatwave today?

rusnak

what a classic look! I think the Targa never looked better. I like the Fuchs too.

1stgear

I'm thinking about doing this project as well. Two questions...

> Can I run the lip without running the Carrera tail?
> How hard is the front valance to drop? (I'm want to get it painted after I fit the rubber lip.)

Amber Gramps

What's that white stuff on the ground, Clive?

Seems there was a good thread on this years back that Pete did....

EDIT: Pete's thread was on the tail, not the lip...