Arena Red Boxster Thread

[Alfieg23]

Congratulations TO, she looks great! What about paint chips on the front bumper and hood? If you had any, were they able to correct them?

[TeamOxford]

They used touch-up paint (customer supplied) on the chips, so that part is a 10 footer at best. Buffing did nothing. With rock chips, if you want a perfect finish, you literally have to strip and respray the entire panel. Then protect it with a clearcoat film to avoid future chips.

Scarlett is no garage queen; she's my DD and I track her. Not for much longer; she's getting a little long in the tooth. Regardless, I'm willing to accept some imperfections, as she's not an investment, she's my car.

TO

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by TeamOxford

.....Not for much longer; she's getting a little long in the tooth.

What are you thinking about?

[TeamOxford]

One more track day this October, then only rallies and PCA Maverick Sunday drives after that. She'll still be my DD though.

TO

[redciv1]

Arena Red was the color on the Boxster that I saw advertised that got me searching for Boxsters earlier this year. Definitely one of my favorite colors so far. I told my wife that original Boxster I saw back in April is actually still for sale. Makes me wonder if there is something wrong with it, either way I need to find the time to go and check it out.

[Alfieg23]

I am planning to respray my front bumper and hood due to numerous stone chips. Normally, red is hard to color match. If anyone has resprayed select panels, was the body shop able to match the color to the rest of the car? Thanks.

[TeamOxford]

Stepped over the other side of the law today and removed my front license plate and holder. Installed some homemade bumper plugs and painted the front vents with black truck bed liner. Touched up some small rock chips and debugged the front bumper cover.

The end result is very different than before. I know I'm risking a "no front plate" ticket, but I don't think it's enforced that diligently here in the DFW Metroplex.

One of my buddies is a local police officer, and he doesn't run a front plate on his Corvette Grand Sport. When I texted him to tell him I was ready to turn myself in to the authorities, he advised me to remove the rear plate also, and just floor it if a LEO attempts to stop me. Anyone ever try this?


Before


After

Next I'm going to make a homemade tow hook plate holder, so I can slap my plate on quickly if I'm going out in the boonies through the "revenue generating" towns.

TO