Turbo Style Side Air Intakes Yea or Nay ?
 

I was thinking of adding a set of these turbo style side air intakes to the Dangermobile. Yea or Nay ?

p.s. I decided to forgo the Porsche side stripe.

I think the turbo vents or any of these will look better than oem vents but be prepared to pay, very pricey.

best,
Mike
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I like the look of the vents on the Yellow Boxster.

It makes it look like a more recent model with better styling.

1 Yea here!

Sorry Soucorp, but those intakes are absolutely gross !

Agreed...as are the "turbo style". :p
IMO, they just look odd. Why the vane in the middle and why is it angled slightly upward? Does not flow at all.

That's a nay for me.

It seems like you're really bored with your car, eh Johnny? Maybe you need a whole new project to start on?

I tried lawn darts and making wicker baskets. However, I soon became bored. Could this be a form of "reaching out", albeit with the D-mobile ?

+1 for the yellow boxster side vents

I hear the key to enjoyable basketweaving is to do it underwater. ;)

What about Spyder intakes?

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JD,
Yes to your original question.
I kept mine stock following its restoration... But if I had my time again-turbo style Lionel Richie style "all night long"!

I agree..the whole car looks odd:confused:

Not only would those look odd, you'd have to take a saw to the side of your 986 in order to make them fit. :eek:

Yea to the turbo style side air intakes. I think it has a cleaner look.

The Basket Weave is just 1 page of the KamaSutra, why limit yourself!

Underwater definitely makes everything past page 5 easier for us geezers that are not as flexible as those that are already past page 50.

Jello also helps.:p

Did someone say "turbo" and "side intakes"? Could always go old school and 959 it:

For whatever it may be worth JD, I like the turbo style air intake/exhaust grills.

Brad

I'd vote yes to the turbo style inlets since I just added them to my car this Spring. I think they match well with the openings on the AerokitII front bumper. http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1370976352.jpg

Yeah...they just don't flow with the lines of the car :rolleyes:
It seriously doesn't bother anyone else that they point upward? I'm too OCD...it would bug the hell out of me.

Enough said.

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FWIW, I think you should still do the first stripe AND do the inlets. If you don't like the finished product, go back to what you had!

Man I remember drooling over that car when it came out.....Even better than the Heather Thomas poster on my wall...

Well that dates me....

I'm with Particlewave- the angle of that middle vane is not related to anything else on the car: poor design, end of story. JD do you like the Edsel's front grill?( by the way, the designer of said car has just passed) Those 'turbo' grills remind me of our headlight design!:barf:

Danger, why not just get a Turbo to wrap around those turbo-style openings? Should cure your boredom.

+2
and hey the GT3's can be had with cool stripes...:p

that yellow car is awesome though

Maybe they weren't lined-up properly ? I can see a gap between the front bumper and side maker.

Thanks!:) I was just looking for a reason to post that picture.

Got to be one of the ugliest cars ever, but I remember loving it back then. I had honestly forgotten all about it and this is the first time I've seen it since I was young.

Despite the aesthetic ineptitude, it still has some pretty amazing numbers :)

Could be, I suppose. Still a nay for me, though ;)

Well my friend, you just saved yourself about $600,000 than. :)

And yes, VERY impressive numbers, even after 25 years.

How about these Techart style side intakes ?

JD, what vent covers do you now run? I upgraded my '02 to the '03/'04 vent covers and really like them. That said, whatever floats your boat.

AKL

Yep to the tech arts. I like those uber better. Amazing how color can affect the look of something as simple as side vents. I think the turbo ones would look like crap on my seal grey. But somehow they look pretty good on speed yellow. Fwiw the the charts look best IMHO.

Johnny,

IMO, the turbo style introduces a sharp, short, horizontal line that doesn't match anything else on the side of the Boxster. I think the stock vent is fine.

If you absolutely must mod the side vent, I personally like the Techart style better, if you have the interior fin yellow, too.

This is another option:
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DBear

Danger, I put them on my 03 S this spring and I absolutely love them! Updates and changes the look of the car. The company is a joy to work with also. Just send out an email to the and they will get right back to you. The first pair I bought started to swell and the fiberglass began to delaminate for some reason after about a week..a quick email and photos quickly had a replacement set on its way. She said this had never happened before. No fitment issues and they look like they belong on the car. I have also painted the vents on my radiator intakes black, so I was not worried about continuity either. These would flow well with your front end.