986 Rear Tow Hook? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

John99Boxster · 11-18-2011, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by healthservices

Well, I'm not going to cut a hole in the bumper skin to find out for you

+1

OUCH! That looks BAD

ddb · 11-18-2011, 02:10 PM

sclancy,

My US 2000 has the same whole as seen in your pic.

ddb

WhipE350 · 11-18-2011, 02:30 PM

ddb - did you have your bumper off to put exhaust on?

ddb · 11-18-2011, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by WhipE350

ddb - did you have your bumper off to put exhaust on?

Yes. Some remove the OE muffler with the bumper cover on. But it can be challenging to get to the needed bolts. It was really easy to remove the rear bumper cover and made it easy to get to the bolts that secure the large and heavy OE muffler.

These pictures were from the installation of my first aftermarket muffler which I eventually replaced because of drone. When I removed the first aftermarket muffler and installed the second complete system I did it without removing the bumper cover. It was easy because the aftermarket pieces are much smaller and lighter.