Porsche Boxster Technical Manual page 72

Boxster (986)
Body front
2
Cleaning the welding areas
3
Fitting the front floor panel in the body and
fastening it on the straightening attach-
ments.
4
Fitting in wings and front lid
Remove the factory-applied primer on the welding areas of
the spare parts -A, B, C, D, E, F,- using the rotary brush.
Drill or punch (with a hole punch) 07 mm holes spaced
20mm apart for plug-welding with shielding gas.
=> "Welding in closing panel and front floor panel" in 50-11
page 6
Remove underbody coating and paint layers, etc. from the
welding areas of the body with a hot-air gun or rotary
brush.
Adjust the spare front floor panel to the side members and
to the bulkhead. Fasten the spare front floor panel to the
.straightening attachment for the front-axle mount and diag-
onal brace. Fasten the side members to the straightening
attachment for the impact pipes (impact dampers).
Fit the left and right wings and fit in the front lid.
=> Rep. Gr. 5; Illustration of gap dimensions
501055 Replacing closing panel
Printed in Germany -43,2001
50-11 page 5
a5010551