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12-07-2008, 12:26 PM
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12-07-2008, 12:58 PM
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yup and I know a couple of places, kind of like mom-and-pop stores, they have been buying salvages bringing them back to life, and fixing colision cars, forever
also, whenever you do this, do NOT rush the painter, so assume downtime of atleast 1 week before you get the car back, if you want it done right
and don't annoy them with "dude where's my car?" stuff
also, whenever you do this, do NOT rush the painter, so assume downtime of atleast 1 week before you get the car back, if you want it done right
and don't annoy them with "dude where's my car?" stuff
12-07-2008, 02:02 PM
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One week?!? How about 3 months. That's what my car took, although at almost 2 months, the body shop had a fire and all of the parts that were off the car at that point were melted, toasted history. That meant new sunroof, new batwing, rear hatch and rear quarter windows, new door quarter window, sunroof and hatch seals.
If you want a better than factory job then don't expect a quick turn around.
12-07-2008, 03:20 PM
#51
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I decided to save money by disassembling and reassembling the car myself. Project took about four months and I just got it back from the shop painted and ready for assembly the other day. Unfortunately I've run out of time for the next week or so. All in all the project cost $ 9,500 with about $4,000 into frame and quarter panel repair. That means prep (the shop will find dents you never found) and paint came to $5,500. You can follow the project at the link below...
https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turbo-and-turbo-s-forum/445249-the-keithr726-body-project-thread.html
Try wrapping some thin wire around it and moving it around to remove the badge. As for the sticker heat will be your best friend.
https://rennlist.com/forums/944-turbo-and-turbo-s-forum/445249-the-keithr726-body-project-thread.html
I'm in the process of getting mine ready for a partial paint... It's a lot of hours to take everything apart and clean off all of that adhesive...
(Anyone have good adhesive removing ideas? Specifically for the double sided tape under the "turbo" badge and the "porsche" sticker above the bumper?)
(Anyone have good adhesive removing ideas? Specifically for the double sided tape under the "turbo" badge and the "porsche" sticker above the bumper?)
12-07-2008, 03:25 PM
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One week?!? How about 3 months. That's what my car took, although at almost 2 months, the body shop had a fire and all of the parts that were off the car at that point were melted, toasted history. That meant new sunroof, new batwing, rear hatch and rear quarter windows, new door quarter window, sunroof and hatch seals.
it depends how busy your painter is; and your situation is such an extreme, that just sucks!
but if your painter says car will be done in a week, then figure 2 weeks and you should have it back
btw, I'm in process of locating another 944
12-07-2008, 10:13 PM
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With heat, I was able to peel off both the badge and the sticker, but a gummy adhesive residue is left... I'd like to remove that so the body shop doesn't have to. I've tried bug and tar remover and goof off - but neither seems to work very well...
12-07-2008, 11:27 PM
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12-08-2008, 06:06 PM
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to make the car look GOOD you should pull off the mirrors, pull the rear windows, pull the hatch, pull the bumpers, pull the rubbers off the bumpers, remove all body seals, remove the sunroof, remove the lights and markers, etc etc etc paint the body parts all and then replace everything.
