I've taken the side vents off and gave them a lick of matt black paint. The 987 and onwards have this and it looks lovely with the contrast between the paint and the vent.
I'll also be doing the front fins on the bumper, as per the newer models. So the only bits that will be matt black are the exhausts, rear diffuser, rear badge, side vents and front fins. Basically the modern variants of this car have these parts in ABS plastic, so painting in matt black gives the same effect.
Whilst the side vents were off though, I've de-snorkel'd it.
This is a common thing to do, which removes the 'snorkel' restrictor from the intake which in turn allows more air in. Two resulting things happen, the first is a much louder intake sound which sounds gorgeous, and apparently there's a 5bhp power increase which someone proved with a dyno.
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Finally: Dyno charts of de-snorked 986S!!!
Whether or not that's true, I don't know and I don't really care, I did it for the sound, but the fact that someone had a 5bhp increase from it just gives me peace of mind that I won't loose any power by doing it.
The sound is lovely now! Sounds exactly the same unless you bury the accelerator, and around 4,000rpm you get this snarl which sounds reminiscent of the induction noise on an E30, or a McLaren F1. No I'm not saying it sounds like a McLaren F1, but find an on-board video (EVO on YouTube) and listen to the snarl of the induction - that's the sound you start to get, and it's lovely.