Painting my wing mirrors

[roygarth]

They are manual adjust, so presumably easy to remove, and I plan to send them to be re-painted 'Speed Yellow'. Questions:
1) How do I remove them?
2) Are there colour match issues with 'Speed Yellow' which means I must drop car off not just send mirrors?
3) Can anyone recommend a top notch but not stupidly expensive paint shop? If answer to 2) is no it can be nationwide. If yes, around London, preferably central!

Thanks in advance!
Piers
993RS

[clubsport]

Piers, i had one off of my car at the w/e...i will e-mail you how it came off, keeping it off the forum in case any tea leaves are over interested.

[domster]

Yeah, it's not actually that difficult, sadly

[david hype]

Piers...

I have had a few bits on my Speed Yellow 993 painted off the car. I found that if you cut back and polish any adjacent paintwork, colour matching seems to be fantastic. Dont polish the new paint work for about two weks though, or you will end up with a very yellow cloth!

As for the paint shop, I allways use my OPC, they do have a minimum charge, which just happens to be one door mirror casing! At least if there is anything wrong with the job, it has a 10 year guarantee and you just keep taking it back until they get it right!

[clubsport]

shouldn't get any yellow cloth if it is done correctly in 2 pack to match the original finish.

[david hype]

clubsport said:

shouldn't get any yellow cloth if it is done correctly in 2 pack to match the original finish.

Just Porsche`s own recommendation not to polish for a couple of weeks. I must admit that the yellow cloth bit was an exaggeration on my part!

[ninemeister]

David Hype said:

...my OPC.....just keep taking it back until they get it right!

Precisely.

Or find a shop capable of getting it right first time, every time.

[david hype]

Call me particular...But I have had to take back the last two jobs done by my OPC. Runs in the paintwork on my RS rear spoiler and paint too thin (see through it) on the edges of air ducts.

They rectified both without any problem. However, it does say something about the quality control don`t you think?