Fender, door, front bumoer, and hood (with hinge) R&R
 

As of tomorrow my extra set of doors, fenders, hood, and sunroof will be powder coated gloss black.

I did this for these reasons:

1. It will increase the rigidity of the sheet metal
2. Rock chip proof (we tested this on a 914 for over a year in track conditions and was very impressed with the holdout of the powder coated finish)

I'll post pics of it soon.

But for now I like to get some helpful illustrated instructions on how to remove and replace those parts.

Where are the hidden bolts and so forth?

Thanks in advance folks.

-BATMAN

For the fenders you have to take off the front bumper and then take of the 4 or 3 top bolts that run along the frame and then open the door and there is one bolt up top and then 2 more down low where it meets the side skirt. OTher then that it should come off. The rest of the bolts i didnt mention ome off when the bumpers comes off and you might need take of few screws out to get it away from the wheel liner.

The Hood is just and easy 4 bolts on the hinge and the wash nosle line.

The doors have 2 nuts on the top hinge and 2 bolts on the lower so 4 total and need to unplug the EL connection right aboe the top hinge.

The sunroof seems a little more hard to havnt really looked to much but i know you remove the trim with it open and there are 4 bolts i think holding it on.

How easy is it going to be to match the colors of the paint and the powdercoating?

And if you dont mind me asking how much is this all going to run you?

Thanks
~Luke

For now I'll leave it the way it is. I want to test how effective it is against rock chips and the elements. From my experience real world results should be more than favorable.

Since I am guinea pigging this we aren't for sure on the price of the powder coat.

Initially, for body panels the powder does have a more orange peel look to it. It's not that bad. Kinda like an average car paint job.

It is VERY shiny however.

Most of the time the ideal situation is to powder coat a similar color to the actual paint that u will be using for the finish work.

This way will insure an awesome finish that will last a very long time.

If a rock were to chip it, the powder underneath would be slightly exposed. But since it's the same or similar color u would never really see the damage unlike looking at primer and/or exposed metal.

BTW, what about that "bar" that goes between the top and bottom hinge of the door? is that going to be a problem?

i understand about the fenders hood and bumper getting rock chips, but the sunroof?

you know those crazy kids on bridges over the highway

Well since it's kinda worn and it's metal why not do it?

better than paint IMHO

You just figured out why nobody powdercoats cars.

They can, but with black and dark colors it's more apparent.

The ultimate finish is powder coat as a primer and then paint over it........


BTW, where's my subwoofer box?