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911 part in my driveway?
Found this in the driveway this morning. Looks like it could be from the Carrera? It's black plastic, has a rusted-off metal pin in the middle, undercoating on the outside, dirt on the inside. Anyone recognize?
 
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10-14-2008, 09:23 AM
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Looks to me like your car ate a Mini Cooper and that's what is left after it digested. Sorry don't know.
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10-14-2008, 10:11 AM
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I think it came from in between your rear bumper shock and rear bumper.
When I took my bumper off to remove my engine, those things fell out.
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10-14-2008, 10:29 AM
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Just looked - don't see any indication of that. It looks like it may be some kind of electrical cover? It has two dome shapes, with a lower divider part where the metal pin is.
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Deceased: Black '88 Carrera Coupe, Steve Wong and Russell Berry chips, Dansk premuffler, custom MK GT3-style muffler, Magnecores. Al Reed 7 & 8 X 16 Fuchs. Full Elephant Racing suspension, 21/28 T-bars, Turbo tierods, bump steer kit, Bilstein Sports, BK strut bar. Ruf bumpers, 935 mirrors, Carrera 3.0 tail, DasSport bar. '11 BMW 328iX, '18 Nissan Frontier 4X4, '92 Acura NSX. |
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10-14-2008, 10:48 AM
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Dave,
That is a cover for the door post - door striker. It goes in the wheel well, behind the door striker, to protect the striker backing plate and nuts from rusting. How can I be so sure? I have one of those on the driver's side of my Carrera, and the one on the passenger side is missing. Now I have rust where I really don't need it. Last edited by MotoSook; 10-14-2008 at 11:10 AM.. |
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10-14-2008, 10:52 AM
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Ah, ok. Looks exactly like the piece that fell out of my bumper (top pic anyhow).
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10-14-2008, 10:53 AM
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You're right Souk! Good eye - thanks. It's off the driver's side, and it ain't pretty under there, looks like it's been collecting crud for decades. Damn - another thing that needs attention.
You mentioned on the Ruf thread you might be down this way? Let me know when - I'm out of town multiple times until the end of the year, but maybe we could hook up. Thanks!
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Deceased: Black '88 Carrera Coupe, Steve Wong and Russell Berry chips, Dansk premuffler, custom MK GT3-style muffler, Magnecores. Al Reed 7 & 8 X 16 Fuchs. Full Elephant Racing suspension, 21/28 T-bars, Turbo tierods, bump steer kit, Bilstein Sports, BK strut bar. Ruf bumpers, 935 mirrors, Carrera 3.0 tail, DasSport bar. '11 BMW 328iX, '18 Nissan Frontier 4X4, '92 Acura NSX. |
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10-14-2008, 11:14 AM
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With the cover just falling off, your door plate shouldn't be too bad. It was a good idea by the factory, until it fell off or was hanging there and the area got cruddied up....w/o owners knowing about it. I always run a generous stream of water through the wheel wells when I wash my cars, but sometimes hoses and ancillary equipment prevent a good cleaning w/o taking the wheel off or getting the car on jackstands. Oh well....rust is the new fad. Just like frayed and holey jeans...rust and rust through is now very chic!
 I may be down that way next week or the following week. It depends on how quickly I can put a project together for construction. I'll ping ya. |
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