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I had my driver's side door check repaired. I am pleased with the results. I considered having the factory welds repaired but it would have required removal of the bumper and pretty extensive repainting. So, I went with the easier approach, as most seem to have done for this repair, and had it welded from the outside.

In the end, it's hard to notice (the photos actually make the weld stand out more than they do to the naked eye) and a casual observer wouldn't notice it unless they knew what to look for.

Wilder

Decent job. Mine's at the shop getting the same issue repaired as we speak. I'll be picking it up tomorrow.

901aero

Being that your car is black the repiar really almost disappears. On silver and white cars not so much.
Nice job.

Mike J

Here is how Boris Korva, our local body shop guru, repaired my door check strap on my Polar Silver Targa..I think it looks pretty good and certainly does not look hacked or welded (the grease hacked onto the strip is mine...can't remember why but its cleaned up now).



Cheers,

Mike

David Schiff

did you all have the computer disconnected? [ seat out, grind off bolts etct] the ace welder i was going to use told me horror stories about fried chips. i will appreciate the boards input on this.

thanks ds

Butzi

Mike J,

I'm jealous of that workmanship! Maybe I should drive up for a weekend, or else I need to find someone in SF to do mine over.

This is what I refer to as, "Doodoo: Reflections on Porsche Check Strap Design". Definitely post-modern abstract with a little deconstructed Bauhaus thrown in, if you will:



Kidding around, of course.

Mike J

Hi Jeff,

Actually your picture is not that bad, the step missing is to grind/form the weld down so it flows with the pillar. I guess not overwelding it and then being able to form it is part of the "art" of body repair.

Butzi

I'm waiting to hear from the SF Museum of Modern Art... still looks like silver bubble-gum wad to me.

Maybe next year...

M491

Looks pretty good.

Your floormats would look really bitchin' if the S were red.

2ndof2

Didn't redo it just like the factory? Oh well, you can knock $2000 off your resale value now!
Just kidding....thats a pretty clean job. Mine was done the same way and came out even cleaner (read: my mechanic is better than yours!) I would agree that it really helps having a black car when having this repair done.

2ndof2

Oh, and for Pete's sake would ya clean those dirty hinges already? Sheesh! Messy Messy!

DTP993

I disconnected the ECU in my '97. This was the worst part of the job.

David Schiff

THANK YOU TO DTP993, i wondered what everyone/anyone else did. thanks for the reply ds

AOW162435

I was discussing the door check failure issue with another 993 owner yesterday. Apparently he knows of a shop that can weld by going through the kick panel - thus leaving the fender intact.

Is this common knowledge or possibly a new way to solve this issue?

Andreas

lruss

I had mine done recently here in Sacramento, they went in through the kick panel, used a mirror and the end result looks un touched. It cost me 250.