Closing the bonnet
Closing the bonnet
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anniesdad

Original Poster:

14,589 posts

265 months

Wednesday 12th October 2005
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One hand on the Porsche emblem or two hands, one on either side of the front edge of the bonnet?

agent006

12,058 posts

291 months

Wednesday 12th October 2005
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Palm on the porsche badge.

Pushing the edges would bend the panel?

pals4

62 posts

251 months

Wednesday 12th October 2005
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And of course clean and polish the boot after closing

Dave L

230 posts

279 months

Thursday 13th October 2005
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Palm on the porsche badge.

BliarOut

72,863 posts

266 months

Thursday 13th October 2005
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Another vote for the Porsche badge here

anniesdad

Original Poster:

14,589 posts

265 months

Friday 14th October 2005
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Hmmm.....OPC Nottingham told me "hand on either side" otherwise the badge could work loose.

BliarOut

72,863 posts

266 months

Friday 14th October 2005
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anniesdad said:
Hmmm.....OPC Nottingham told me "hand on either side" otherwise the badge could work loose.

And an ex OPC mechanic said use the badge or you get small dents on the bonnet.....

Not disagreeing with you personally anniesdad, but showing the breadth of advice that's out there

anniesdad

Original Poster:

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265 months

Friday 14th October 2005
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BliarOut said:

anniesdad said:
Hmmm.....OPC Nottingham told me "hand on either side" otherwise the badge could work loose.


And an ex OPC mechanic said use the badge or you get small dents on the bonnet.....

Not disagreeing with you personally anniesdad, but showing the breadth of advice that's out there


And I'm not disagreeing with you!

Personally I believe it to be bad advice given to me by the OPC salesman.

BliarOut

72,863 posts

266 months

Friday 14th October 2005
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I think you were

Just had a look, it's easy enough to tighten from the back in the unlikely event that it did come loose anyway.

anniesdad

Original Poster:

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265 months

Friday 14th October 2005
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Actually I wasn't. A good friend (P997 owner) advised me always to push down on the badge. The OPC salesman gave me contradicting advice.

I was wondering who was right?

I certainly wasn't disagreeing with you! If I was I would have said so.

BliarOut

72,863 posts

266 months

Friday 14th October 2005
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D'oh, no I meant you given duff advice, not that you were disagreeing with me. Bloody interweb

anniesdad

Original Poster:

14,589 posts

265 months

Friday 14th October 2005
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Double d'oh! Pass me a Duff

rumplestiltskin

1,084 posts

249 months

Wednesday 9th November 2005
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Used the "hands either side of badge but low down on the bonnet" method on my Boxster & 3 911's - never had a problem.
Surely concentrating effort on one particular small area would be more likely to damage the bonnet than spreading the force out accross the bonnet using both hands ?

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