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tommy986 05-11-2012 06:49 PM

"A S" on bodywork, whats it mean?
 
I saw the letters "A S" on my right rear inner sheet metal when I removed the bumper. I wondered what it meant, but didn't think much about it until I saw another photo where someone else had the same letters.
Anyone know what it means? Anyone seen other letters?

Here's my car:
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1336790882.jpg


Here's a car I saw in another thread:
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1336790926.jpg

Bmod986 05-11-2012 07:51 PM

Arctic Silver maybe?

RobbieKnobbie 05-11-2012 09:15 PM

Aweigh Ships?

Ghostrider 310 05-12-2012 01:23 AM

Albrecht Schleinhammer, factory assembler or used part marked "as is" :eek: kidding

AndyA6 05-12-2012 04:38 AM

Alles Scheisse!

:)

doragman 05-12-2012 05:23 AM

Ahhh Sh%$ !!!

fivepointnine 05-12-2012 05:54 AM

probably the inspectors initials or some code denoting it passed paint/body inspection

Johnny Danger 05-12-2012 06:33 AM

Porsche simply left one "s" off the word .

BoxsterSteve 05-12-2012 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyA6 (Post 289952)
Alles Scheisse!

:)

Poor Bugger must be having a bad run...

My car also has the mysterious A S as well, in addition to being Arctic Silver.

Mrmaddbrad 05-12-2012 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoxsterSteve (Post 289991)

My car also has the mysterious A S as well, in addition to being Arctic Silver.

I see a large pattern arising... Since my car is black, if i'm ever in there I'll be sure to check if it is different :P What job are you guys doing here? Why would you need to remove the rear bumper? IMS bearing? To remove the muffler?

BoxsterSteve 05-13-2012 04:11 AM

With all my spare time....
 
I polished up the chambers on my aftermarket muffler last winter.
When the LN IMS bearing went in last summer, I got a good look at the muffler on the floor at my indie's shop. It was mostly painted black and was a dingy oxidized stainless steel colour where the paint was missing.
If you want to make your wife shake her head and roll her eyes, take on a project like that...
It cleaned up really nice, though.

Appleguy 05-13-2012 04:39 PM

Took a quick look on my project car and it has a "CW" on it. My car is Carrara White, so it's definitely your paint color initials.

I'll post a photo later

P.S. I had the bumper off to find a exhaust leak.

tommy986 05-13-2012 04:45 PM

Thanks for the info.

Seems funny in this age of totally computerized assembly lines, they are still scribbling on the body panels.

NoGaBiker 05-14-2012 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommy986 (Post 290150)
Thanks for the info.

Seems funny in this age of totally computerized assembly lines, they are still scribbling on the body panels.

You'd think they could glance at it and tell what color it is... Did anybody check to see if it's in Braille?

986Porsche986 07-20-2012 08:17 AM

I will be taking off my rear body panel for a clutch replacement this week. I will upload a pick if I come across the intriguing "AS" and I DO have a 2002 Artic Silver.

UPDATE: Pulled off the bumper and sure enough! There is that guys initials inside mine as well. Must be an artic silver thing?


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