Replacing front air vent?

[victoreric]

My front right air vent has faded quite a bit. It's now grey instead of black and although it may match my Seal Grey nicely, I want to replace it with a new black vent.

Does anyone know how to do this and is it easy? Or do I have to take off the bumper?

Thanks.

Eric

[blinkwatt]

The bumper has to be removed;

http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/Radiator/Radiator.html

Call Sunset Imports, talk to their Porsche Parts department,both sides are $35(California discount).

[MNBoxster]

Hi,

You might try painting them instead of replacing them. If you replace only one, you may notice a difference between the two. Replacing both is gonna be a little spendy.

There are now special paints used to paint this type of plastic (well there have been for awhile, but not available to the Public). Krylon's Fusion Paint Brand is made for this purpose and doesn't chip, fade or crack, and if you do them both, they'll match perfectly. See it here: http://www.krylon.com/main/product_template.cfm?levelid=5&sub_levelid=10&productid=1751&content=product_details Hope this helps...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

The bumper has to be removed;

http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/Radiator/Radiator.html

That post is helpful, but you don't really have to remove the front wheels. That guy removed all of the plastic lining in the wheel wells, so he had to. -Yeah, it makes it a little bit more easy, but adds some time to the project and I didn't find it neccesary at all. You do need to jack the car up though.

Removing the bumper is suprisingly easy. It's basically a bunch of small screws. Then it slides straight forward and off. Just as easy to put back on. It's totally possible to do with 1 person, but a have a second person handy for simplicity's sake.