05-11-2012, 06:49 PM
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Schatten-Baum-Mechaniker
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"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:
Here's a car I saw in another thread:
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05-11-2012, 07:51 PM
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Arctic Silver maybe?
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05-11-2012, 09:15 PM
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Aweigh Ships?
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05-12-2012, 01:23 AM
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Albrecht Schleinhammer, factory assembler or used part marked "as is"  kidding
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05-12-2012, 04:38 AM
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Carnut
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Alles Scheisse!
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05-12-2012, 05:23 AM
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Ahhh Sh%$ !!!
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05-12-2012, 05:54 AM
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probably the inspectors initials or some code denoting it passed paint/body inspection
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05-12-2012, 06:33 AM
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Porsche simply left one "s" off the word .
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05-12-2012, 09:59 AM
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still plays with cars...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyA6
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Poor Bugger must be having a bad run...
My car also has the mysterious A S as well, in addition to being Arctic Silver.
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05-12-2012, 10:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BoxsterSteve
My car also has the mysterious A S as well, in addition to being Arctic Silver.
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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?
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05-13-2012, 04:11 AM
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still plays with cars...
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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.
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05-13-2012, 04:39 PM
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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.
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05-13-2012, 04:45 PM
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Schatten-Baum-Mechaniker
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Thanks for the info.
Seems funny in this age of totally computerized assembly lines, they are still scribbling on the body panels.
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05-14-2012, 01:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy986
Thanks for the info.
Seems funny in this age of totally computerized assembly lines, they are still scribbling on the body panels.
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You'd think they could glance at it and tell what color it is... Did anybody check to see if it's in Braille?
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07-20-2012, 08:17 AM
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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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