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@DannyP posted:

I do have a tip for you though. The Porsche emblem has to be drilled EXACTLY perfect. And you only get one chance. Make a template by poking the posts through a manila folder and tracing the letters. Then you can position it and mark and drill the holes. Step WAY back and eyeball it really long and hard for straight and even.

Cover the area with blue masking tape before you mark the holes. Start your holes with a small bit in REVERSE. This prevents the paint from wanting to lift. Peel the tape toward the holes without pulling the edge of the paint up. Seal the edges of the drilled holes with some touch-up paint or you can raid the wife's clear nail polish. It's important to seal the raw fiberglass.

No pressure, though.

I won't bore you with the sad story of me quietly sobbing after I'd drilled and nutserted holes in my brand new $400 Thing shroud to mount my coil, only to discover it was 3/4" to high to clear my hex bar. Oh, wait. 

Good tip on the sealing of the holes. I need to go back and seal the holes I drilled in my front bulkhead for my master cylinder reservoirs and lines. 

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