'Cayman S' door decal placement on 981

[Jonny08]

Hi all,

I've got some 'Cayman S' decals for the doors of my 981. I was wondering if anybody has these from the factory and has the measurement of the placement please?

Below is an example of the decals:


Many thanks,
J.

[ORD]

I would locate them somewhere in the shed. Anywhere but on the car.

[Jonny08]

ORD said:

I would locate them somewhere in the shed. Anywhere but on the car.

lol - I was expecting somebody to say something along the lines of that!

I know graphics on cars are a bit like marmite, but I like marmite!

[ORD]

Actually, as far as decals go, they are relatively inoffensive

[gtsralph]

I had them fitted to my white Cayman to add some contrast - as I recall if you just line up the left and bottom of the backing paper about 1cm from the door edges it looks fine. I also removed the chrome badges on the rear hatch and added a decal on the rear PU.

Edited by gtsralph on Tuesday 17th November 13:02

[BertBert]

But surely the photo you posted shows you where to put them? If you need distance from front/bottom of the door, blow up that part of the image and use the length of the decals you have to scale the distance.
Bert

[Ozzie Osmond]

gtsralph said:

I had them fitted to my white Cayman

Wassup with the exhaust pipes? Never seen that before.

[bcr5784]

gtsralph said:

I also removed the chrome badges on the rear hatch and added a decal on the rear PU.

Edited by gtsralph on Tuesday 17th November 13:02

How did you do that without causing damage - or did you respray the hatch?

[tyrrell]

Hair dryer and dental floss is your friend

[bcr5784]

tyrrell said:

Hair dryer and dental floss is your friend

Thanks

[gtsralph]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Wassup with the exhaust pipes? Never seen that before.

Turn down tips as otherwise it trips drive by noise meters at Goodwood

[Jonny08]

gtsralph said:

I had them fitted to my white Cayman to add some contrast - as I recall if you just line up the left and bottom of the backing paper about 1cm from the door edges it looks fine. I also removed the chrome badges on the rear hatch and added a decal on the rear PU.

Edited by gtsralph on Tuesday 17th November 13:02

Unfortunately, I did not buy original Porsche decals as they were ludicrously expensive (£180), and bought through eBay (£15), so the backing paper is basically to the edge of the decal. I'm just going to play around and eye ball it and make my own measurements - doubt I can go that far wrong!

Thanks everybody else who has contributed to this thread, I'll post back some pictures once the decals are on!

[Trev450]

I also purchased some from e-bay for my 987. If you apply a small amount of washing up liquid to the area you intend to put the decals, it makes it easy to move them around to find the position you want.

Edited to add: Make sure you get as much of the washing up liquid from beneath the decal as possible before removing the top layer of paper.

Edited by Trev450 on Wednesday 18th November 10:39

[OvalOwl]

Trev450 said:

I also purchased some from e-bay for my 987. If you apply a small amount of washing up liquid to the area you intend to put the decals, it makes it easy to move them around to find the position you want.

Edited to add: Make sure you get as much of the washing up liquid from beneath the decal as possible before removing the top layer of paper.

It's water you want, the detergent acts as a wetting agent. Add a drop or two of detergent to a sprayer bottle of water and spray liberally over the area you want to apply the decal to. Peel off the backing paper and position the decal. Slide it into the final position (get the bottom line of "Cayman" level with respect to the bottom of the door) and squeegee out the water (a credit card works well) then carefully lift off the application paper. If you find you are lifting the edge a letter put the application paper back down and burnish the problem edge with the back of a fingernail.

[DJMC]

ORD said:

I would locate them somewhere in the shed. Anywhere but on the car.

...along with the "Cayman S" badge from the boot/trunk!

Mine is de-badged. Just has P O R S C H E left on it. Most people have no idea what model it is, which I quite like - not sure why!?

[Jonny08]

Hi all, thanks for the feedback, here is the result - I actually found the decals easier to apply without lube as the lube took too long to dry underneath and the decals were coming off with the backing paper.