BTW, here's a link that might be useful for those with the earlier side vents (pre-'02) out there. Hope it's helpful! (re: I didn't have as much difficulty as the author did, but you definitely have to be careful when trying to remove them).
http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/SideVents/SideVents.html
Hey Allen,
Hope your side vents turned out the way you wanted them to. Posts some pics.