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Old 02-18-2015, 11:57 AM   #1
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Question How to get Windstop when option wasn't originally purchased

Hi, I'm new to this forum and I just bought my first ever Porsche. It's a 1997 Porsche Boxster. It's red and looks almost new. I'm only the second owner. Now the original owner didn't buy the Windstop option (wind deflector, windscreen). But when I drive top down about 40 mph +, the turbulence is such that it's not a pleasant ride. I want to get the full windstop option. But I don't necessarily want to pay the outrageous price from Porsche dealer for it either.

Any ideas about this? Note that I do not have a frame as option never selected. So I cannot just buy a glass from a 3rd party website. Also, I would like the outer parts that go behind the headrests.

Please let me know. Thank you so much in advance. I'm in Los Angeles.
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Old 02-18-2015, 01:05 PM   #2
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You can buy the pieces from a stealership and drill holes in your rollbar and use a rivet to secure the pieces and voila! you have a factory looking center windscreen.

Call Sunset Imports in Oregon. Their prices are good for out of state purchasers.

I'd buy the actual windscreen and rollbar inserts used off fleaBay if I were you. They're awfully expensive from the stealership's parts counter.
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Old 02-19-2015, 03:48 AM   #3
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You can buy the pieces from a stealership and drill holes in your rollbar and use a rivet to secure the pieces and voila! you have a factory looking center windscreen.

Call Sunset Imports in Oregon. Their prices are good for out of state purchasers.

I'd buy the actual windscreen and rollbar inserts used off fleaBay if I were you. They're awfully expensive from the stealership's parts counter.
I bought a used wind deflector from a Porsche scrap yard. The frame needed the fastening levers replaced, and the perplex was scratched so I ordered a replacement off of ebay. The rollbars have the holes already drilled, at least mine did, and it was pretty easy to install. You just need to buy a cheap rivet gun. There's loads of posts about the installation on this forum. All up it cost me about $300 Australian. It's well worth it.
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Old 02-19-2015, 05:34 AM   #4
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Hmm. I assumed this was a standard item on Boxsters. Should have been, anyway.

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