need help after crash :-(

[hpmad]

Hello,

BUMPING UP THIS THREAD WITH UPDATES AT THE BOTTOM! thanks


Well, after 18 years of owning my 1980 911 SC, it happened, I had an accident :-(
I did a 180 on a 2 lane freeway, hit the side rail and got out of it with no injuries (I was doing around 80km/h at the time I lost control, most likely due to a flat/deflated tire).

The main damages are on the left wing.
What advices can you give me on how to disasemble/remove said wing to repaint the car? Any gotchas? Can you point me to any how tos or exploded diagrams showing where/how it is attached?

Thanks,
Cyrille

[3literpwr]

Pretty easy removal of the wing overall. Some small bolts near windscreen can be a pain. Also, some fenders have a small tack weld on the bottom from what i'm told. My cars had all the fenders off prior, so i've never seen this tack weld first hand. Headlight need to come out to get access to a bolt.

[Jack Stands]

Luckily it appears that the damage is confined to the fender, so hopefully can simply be unbolted and replaced. However, look carefully at the suspension strut and other areas for any other damage just in case. Matching faded yellow paint can be a challenge.

[Rodney Nelson]

What does it look like from the inside of the bonnet? Specifically the flange that the fender bolts into? Is it still straight? Any kinks?

[targa80]

Originally Posted by Rodney Nelson

What does it look like from the inside of the bonnet? Specifically the flange that the fender bolts into? Is it still straight? Any kinks?

I second this comment, I had an accident in the late 90’s similar to yours but on the passenger side. I had to use a harbor freight 10 ton body press to straighten out the frunk body flange on the passenger side in order to regain the body gap between the fender and the hood.

[911obgyn]

That will rub out?

[911obgyn]

Check for nicks on the right side of the hood. Looks like minor damage make sure hood gaps are straight when reinstalled. A bit of fiddling and it will be right.

[hpmad]

hello,

Thanks for the advices...
Yes, things looks straight from the inside.
Apart from inside the bonnet area, where else are they bolts that I need to unscrew?

Cyrille

[Flojo]

Bonjour Cyrille,

I see you are in France.
There's a great fan community there.
Maybe the guys from the 912club.fr can help you (source parts, source a good garage near you).

Salutation
Flo

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by 3literpwr

... Some small bolts near windscreen can be a pain...

As mentioned, those 2 are a bit of a pain.

[Harpo]

Two screws attaching the "smile" trim, one in the headlight bucket and about 10 along the hood

David

[group911@aol.co]

I see also damage to the bumper and valance. I'd start by removing the bumper- spray lubricant on all the nuts and bolts you can see, especially the little nuts on the back of the bumper lights- and then work from there. That gives you better access to a lot of the parts you'll have to remove.
Pretty straight forward.

[sugarwood]

It finally looks like there are people out there starting to make DIY videos for this car.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=porsche+911+fender+removal+

[hpmad]

Great! Thanks for these vidéos!

[MichaelSJackson]

Looks as if you only slapped the side. However, you might want to get the alignment checked, by the best shop you can find, before you start bolting stuff back on and start tweaking gaps.

[hpmad]

Update.

Hello,

Thanks to confinement, I was not able to make any progresses on the car until the xmass holiday.

I have been able to spend around 1 day on this.. and then it started snowing!
Hozever, that was enought for me to unbolt the wheel arch and take some pictures.

Can anyone tell me what these 2 plastic reservoir in the driver side wheel arch are? I assume one is for the windsheild washer... but the other one?

Another question: how do I remove the plastic black thingy in front of the hood to repaint things? they are bolds under the wheel arches, but in the front part, where is it attached?

The bumper seems to be slightly bent downward. any clue how to fix this?

Thanks so much for your help.
Cyrille


Here are more pictures. any

[proporsche]

Hello Cyrille
there is a forum and many members are in your neighborhood.I am a member there past 10 years..
Doing good but remove all the stuff under the fender as well..
Ivan

https://www.type911.org/forum/forum.php

[Pedro '84 Coupe]

Man, hate to see this. Glad no one was hurt.

The other plastic reservoir that sits on the windshield washer reservoir is the expansion tank for fuel vapors. Pretty sure you will have to remove the bumper to unbolt the smile. Once the bumper is off, you can assess the front of the tub to see if that's why the bumper is bent. If you're lucky, you will just need new bumper shocks or crush tubes. Good luck!

[hpmad]

hello,

Thanks for the infos.

How do you remove the bumper?

Cyrille

[proporsche]

remove the side harmonicas remove the front rubber and under are 4 nuts ,remove them ..
Ivan