What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[dlud]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Awesome. I just checked them out. Lots of cool stuff available. Now I'm thinking of metal wind deflector for the roll bar hoops too:
48% flow, 16" x 48" sheet should do it. Use the old ones as a pattern...

How would you hold them in the hoops? Use the frame of the old ones and cut out the center portion?

[78F350]

Originally Posted by dlud

How would you hold them in the hoops? Use the frame of the old ones and cut out the center portion?

The plastic frame is probably the biggest flaw of the original ones. One of the tabs just fell off on one of my '99s when I was cleaning it. For this project I plan to fold the metal to have a very similar shape to the original, all metal with a rubber strip for edging.


Here's my quick concept in cardboard.

[dlud]

Originally Posted by 78F350

The plastic frame is probably the biggest flaw of the original ones. One of the tabs just fell off on one of my '99s when I was cleaning it. For this project I plan to fold the metal to have a very similar shape to the original, all metal with a rubber strip for edging.


Here's my quick concept in cardboard.

Good idea! Especially considering the price for the Porsche replacements. I wonder if you couldn't use aluminum channel for the perimeter and then anneal it to make it flexible enough to conform to the roll bar.

For annealing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxhdFsrzSmY