Porsche Boxster Technical Manual page 79

Boxster (986)
Body front
2
Cleaning the welding areas
3
Fitting the side members and wheel housing
in the body and fastening them on the
straightening attachments.
4
Transfer cut to the spare front wheel housings and then cut
to size.
Cut the spare side members to size with the body saw and
then fit so that there is an offset of -dimension X = 50
mm- between the inner and outer side members.
Remove the factory-applied primer on the welding areas of
the spare parts -A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, 1,- with the rotary
brush.
Drill or punch (with a hole punch) 07 mm holes spaced
20mm apart for plug-welding under shielding
gas.~ "Welding in wheel housings and side members" in
50-17 page 6
Remove underbody coating and paint layers, etc. from the
welding areas of the body with a hot-air gun or rotary
brush.
Fasten the spare innnerside member on the straightening
attachment for the front-axle mount or on the straightening
attachments for the impact pipes (impact absorbers) and
fit it in.
~ 50-11 "Replacing closing panel"
5
6
Fitting the front floor panel in the body and
fastening it on the straightening attachment.
Fitting in front wall
Fitting in wings and front lid
=> 50-33 "Replacing front wall"
Fit the left and right wings and fit in the front lid,
=> Rep. Gr. 5; Illustration of gap dimensions