Side vent cover questions.

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by Allen K. Littlefield

Answered one of my own questions when I managed to take out the pass. side vent and vanes and then replaced them. Same as drivers/intake side. Pretty clean in there and there is a rectangular passage to the fan that blows onto the engine. No debris or leaves just some dust. I wonder if the '03/04 vent has a second screw to hold it in as my '02 vent needs the vanes in place in order to hold it secure. I tried replacing it without the vanes and it kinda flaps loose on the bottom with no mounting or secure point. I will attempt a de-snork now that I know I can remove and replace the vanes and vent body (which means I haven't broken anything yet....)

AKL

The pre-02 vent bezels have the same tab in the lower-forward corner that fit onto the fender as the post-02 that Grizzly describes. If you haven't got the tab behind the fender, it will flop around as you describe.

[Allen K. Littlefield]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

The pre-02 vent bezels have the same tab in the lower-forward corner that fit onto the fender as the post-02 that Grizzly describes. If you haven't got the tab behind the fender, it will flop around as you describe.

Blue2000S, does this mean I should be able to replace my side vent covers on my '02 without needing the vanes in place to hold it steady? I will have to give the vent covers another look and see if I can make it secure because if I can I could add screening, ala. the Grizz, and just use the current covers. Interesting. I will have to decide if I prefer the '03 look and try to find a set, preferably in Arctic Silver, otherwise I will have to buy them new and have them painted which could get costly as the vents go for $138 ea. from Sunset unpainted. I suppose I will have to attend Hershey this spring.

AKL

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by Allen K. Littlefield

Blue2000S, does this mean I should be able to replace my side vent covers on my '02 without needing the vanes in place to hold it steady? I will have to give the vent covers another look and see if I can make it secure because if I can I could add screening, ala. the Grizz, and just use the current covers. Interesting. I will have to decide if I prefer the '03 look and try to find a set, preferably in Arctic Silver, otherwise I will have to buy them new and have them painted which could get costly as the vents go for $138 ea. from Sunset unpainted. I suppose I will have to attend Hershey this spring.

AKL

It's been a while since I've opened up the vent, but I believe you could put the bezel on without the louvers.

[djomlas]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

It's been a while since I've opened up the vent, but I believe you could put the bezel on without the louvers.

you can, pretty much what strosek looks like i believe, just mesh piece.

do the louvers even do anything?

[dcporsche99]

Hi,
I was bored last night so I finally decided to add the mesh grills to my side vents. Wow, it was freakin' cold in my garage. But, I'm satisfied with the results, except for the fact that after looking at the photo I realized that I really need to give my car a good cleaning. I hope this attachment works.

BTW, thanks Grizz on the "how to".

[Gary in BR]

I like the mesh idea, I may take my vents out all together and just have the mesh behind the "ram air scoop"

[dcporsche99]

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.