Drilling into fiberglass

I'm about ready to put a couple logos and a badge on the speedy. So I will be drilling into the body.

Does anyone have any advice and tips? Horror stories?

Any advice will help...

SEARCH really does work on this site!

https://www.speedsterowners.com/knowledge/article.asp?id=120

Check the knowledge tab above as the above link didn't work for me.

Make a thin cardboard template as the nipples are off a bit on some of the scripts.
There are made for fiberglass drill bits or you can run a standard drill bit in reverse slowly until you pass through the gelcoat finish then switch to clockwise rotation and again, drill slowly.
To fasten then scripts and badges you can use a dap of silicone or JB Weld into the drilled hole... not onto the nipple itself as it can push away as you set the script nipple into the drilled hole and make a mess of things

good idea to put some tape down on the fiberglass, use teh above carboard template to transfer the hole locations. mark with pen. drill slowly with a sharp bit. take tape off, and install / cleanup.

took me ~10 minutes to do all my emblems this way (once i had the location correctly marked)

Script nipples. Funny.
Jeremy, the cardboard idea is a good one. If you tear an ear off of a cardboard box, lay the script letters-down on something that won't scratch it and then gently push the piece of cardboard onto the "script nipples," you'l dimple the cardboard. Poke out the resulting dents, lay the cardboard onto the car and make dots with a Sharpie ... you're home-free.

Remember that the mounting surface for the front and rear "Porsche" emblem is curved. You need to slightly bend the emblem to match the contour of the car body. The most important thing is to make sure you are drilling perpendicular to the mounting surface. I have seen a few cars were they made staright drilled holes. When they mount the emblem it was kind of bent up and not straight.