Side Vent update

[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by JBauer

Well I'm done. Looked into cutting out the bottom 2 indents but they have metal mesh inside the fiberglass. I think I'm gonna leave them on awhile and see how I feel about them.

I think I need some side skirts. Any recommendations, pics?

I think you made a good choice to leave the vents as-is (as-are?). If you decide to keep them, I’d still add the grill material behind the real vent openings. You can see the effect in the pic of my TechArts below.

My Porsche winter project this year is to add side skirts. This will be my second and final external update to my SE (the first being the urethane FVD “turbo look” side vents backed with CCG hexagon grill material). At first I really wanted the Caractere skirts, but I only found one pair in Poland and I decided the look would not integrate well with the otherwise stock bodywork anyway.

I ended up buying three pair to try. CSR, TechArt and Porsche Aerokit 1. I decided to go with the Porsche Aerokit 1 skirts. They are urethane, fit perfectly and they have an understated look that integrates well with the car (imho).

The least expensive I found them new is ~$1,200 for the set so I ended up buying a used set from porscheparts dot com. There’s a big problem regarding the top mounting flange with any used Aerokit 1s which I’ll cover in a separate build thread when I’m done with the install. Here’re pics of my test fittings of the three.










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[JBauer]

They all look good. Which is in the middle pic?

[mikesz]

the black looks good!!

[Oldcarguy]

Here’s a pic of the Caractere skirts with your side vents. They kind of compliment each other. Good luck locating a set of the Caractere skirts however.

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[JBauer]

Originally Posted by Oldcarguy

Here’s a pic of the Caractere skirts with your side vents. They kind of compliment each other. Good luck locating a set of the Caractere skirts however.

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Oh these would be great for me. Who had tgem in Poland? I actually know some parts guys in Poland oddly enough.

Thanks for the pics.

[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by JBauer

Oh these would be great for me. Who had tgem in Poland? I actually know some parts guys in Poland oddly enough.

Thanks for the pics.

You’re welcome! It was some site I came across during my search. It was in Polish only. I’ll see if I can find the link. LLTek in Canada still has them listed on their site, but they said they did not have any and could not get any more when I contacted them. They’re not listed on the Caractere site but it might be worth a call to them anyway (they’re in Belgium IIRC).

[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by Oldcarguy

You’re welcome! It was some site I came across during my search. It was in Polish only. I’ll see if I can find the link. LLTek in Canada still has them listed on their site, but they said they did not have any and could not get any more when I contacted them. They’re not listed on the Caractere site but it might be worth a call to them anyway (they’re in Belgium IIRC).

Found the link, they’re in Romania not Poland:

Praguri laterale Caractere | Porsche Boxter 986

Best I can tell they are listed ‘in stock’. The description says they are polyurethane (PUR)

[MWS]

If your going "all-in", what about installing "scoops" over your new vent covers? I was thinking that the idea of the scoop would help solve the issue of the bottom "non-holes" but still give the look your going for. Using google, I found a couple pics of a scoops installed with skirts, I'd post the pic but didn't want to violate any rights....just google "987 gt4 side scoops" (the best image was from planet9 I think).

Again, not really my taste, but I'll admit the pic of the Cayman with the scoops and skirts looked pretty darn good.

Edit....link to amazon for reference (add the a)
mazon.com/Side-scoops-air-Intakes-Cayman/dp/B01MTYUV41