Folks,
I take delivery of my car tomorrow from Troy Sloan. He's completed all the badge upgrades, but I was interested in adding the Porsche emblem to the nose of the car. As Troy and I discussed, if you screw up the install you're dead in the water.
Any tips/tricks or templates that you all may know about that would help with the install should I choose to go that route?
Thanks in advance,
Todd
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First off, are you talking about the "P O R S C H E " emblem or one of many prancing horse logo's available ?
To clarify: this is the "Porsche" script, not the badge logo.
Thanks,
Todd
To clarify: this is the "Porsche" script, not the badge logo.
Thanks,
Todd
It is a difficult script to install due to the nose curve. I used a template I made, measured at least 6 times, drilled the holes at an angle and it still is not perfect. If I were to do it again I would have removed the studs on the script and used an adhesive emblem tape to secure it. My two cents.
What Glowman says x2. I eye balled mine with stiff paper. Worked out OK, not factory perfect.
OK, try this:
Go to Home Depot or other DIY store and get a sheet of thin, clear plexiglas or vinyl and a plexiglass scoring knife. The knife should look like this:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unb...Tool-GE-41/202038073
The plexiglass should be be thin, like .09 or less, and a small sheet, like 12" X 24" or 12" X 16" or something, because you'll be using it as a clear template for the script.
Using a decent straightedge, cut a strip off of the vinyl sheet at least 12" long and about 1-1/2" wide. Once cut, somewhere on the strip mark "TOP" with a sharpie marker.
Take a close look at the script and straighten it out - these things are usually bent along the horizontal bar at the bottom, making the letters uneven - make them look perfectly right before continuing. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT SO DON'T MESS THEM UP!
On a flat surface, place the Porsche script onto the vinyl strip (vinyl "TOP" up), center it as best you can in both directions and then carefully scotch-tape the script to the vinyl so it doesn't move.
Flip the vinyl and script over and carefully sharpie-mark the locations of all of the script mounting studs on the back of the vinyl.
Remove the script from the vinyl and, using a drill the same size as the studs, carefully drill out all of the stud locations. Go slow, make sure you're centering the drill on the marks and you'll be fine.
Once drilled, you should be able to insert the script studs into the vinyl strip (everything is still straight or flat). Now for this part, I get a piece of cardboard and cut small strips to act as spacers to lift the script up so that the studs fit flush inside of the vinyl template. Once the script and spacers are assembled to the vinyl strip the studs should be inserted and flush to the BACK side of the vinyl. Once put together, you can lightly tape the script to the vinyl just to hold it in place for the next step, but only apply tape to the top surfaces.
Take the vinyl and script to your car and carefully bend both (at the same time) to fit the contour of the nose of the car. Make sure that the script doesn't pop out of the vinyl strip while maneuvering it about. Assuming that the strip is longer than the script, you can scotch tape the vinyl to the car body then step back to make sure it's where you want it and that it looks well positioned and straight.
Once you get it bent to shape and in position as you like it, tape the vinyl securely to the car body. You may have to loosen the script a bit from the vinyl to get the vinyl to lay flat onto the car. Remove the script from the vinyl and slowly and carefully drill through the vinyl template to drill out all of the script stud locations. Use a slow speed on the drill. I often drill backwards for a few seconds to cut through the gel coat, then drill clockwise to finish the hole. Go slowly with a light pressure to the drill.
Remove the vinyl template and clean off the car surface.
Once the holes are drilled, you can then dry-fit the script to the holes. You may have to re-drill one or more to get it to go in, but it should fit. Once it fits, remove the script and put ONE drop of "Super Glue" into each hole (don't get any on the body surface), then install the script so that the back fits flush to the car body (gently tap it with a soft hammer or small piece of pine wood).
Step back and admire it. It should stay secured forever.
The tape is probably the way to go, the 3M adhesive (#08061) in a tube, albeit working fine to adhere something is a messy option. Does anyone know what a roll of that tape costs?
Great info Gordon, and thanks to the rest of you as well. Keep the recommendations coming!
Todd
