painted bumperettes? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Frodo · 10-09-2008, 01:54 PM

Yup, they're very easy to get off. Just get on your back and look up from underneath...it's pretty self-explanatory. Putting them back on is a little tougher, but not much.

I often take mine off when I'm cleaning and/or waxing the car.

djomlas · 10-09-2008, 02:08 PM

bumperettes are held by one bolt, thats all, unbolt it and they come off.
putting them on is easy as well, this is what i do: take the bolt, and from the bottom screw it in only a lttle bit, then take the bumperette and putting the bottom part into its place first, put the top part in, and screw the bolt back up. thats all
should take one minute a piece

ekam · 10-09-2008, 02:51 PM

Not a DIY but I finally got mine painted... it really completes the look of the bootay.

Disclaimer: The black dots on the fender and on the top of left bumperette are flies.

23109VC · 10-10-2008, 08:52 AM

these pictures make me want to do it.

buy from the bumperplug people - $250ish.
i want to order a 986 or Boxster logo from them - my car was debadged, and I think I may want to add something back there - either the original boxster logo - or the 986 numbers.

how long would it take to sand/prime/sand/paint/clear - this whole process - if i take my time and do it right - with all the time i'll spend on elbow grease, and waiting for stuff to dry - is this a one day job or more like a whole weekend or longer due to waiting for things to dry? if I attempt a DIY - I want to make sure I set aside enough time to do it right.

djomlas · 10-12-2008, 02:03 PM

you could probably do i over the weekend (2 days)
i spent a day doing sanding/primer/final sand (before my paint even showed up)
then once the paint was there, do the paint/clear.

depending on the drying windowframe of the primer is when you can start the paint.
you dont want to also clear the painted pieces before they are properly cured, so just look at the directions on the cans you use

ekam · 10-14-2008, 05:21 AM

Camera pic did not do it justice...

Bobiam · 11-11-2008, 06:33 PM

The bumper plug people want $275 plus your shipping costs. That's nuts. I'd like to go with the paintscratch.com system.

Any feedback from you guys about the quality of the job with a spray can from them??? With shipping I should come out at less than $50. And I can redo it if I ever get tapped/scraped.

And did you use their primer as well?

Thanks, Bob