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pnoyboy 01-21-2012 09:17 PM

Looking for fiberglass trunk lid
 
A while back I saw a company that made a trunk lid for the boxster that deleted the factory spoiler and added a duck orspeedster type fixed tail . does anyone her know which company that was ? thanks http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1327213027.jpg

j.fro 01-22-2012 03:58 AM

Porsche offered two composite trunklids, one for the Aerokit I, another for the Aerokit II. They may still be available from the dealer.
Aftermarket:
Getty Design - Decklid, Bumper, Roof, Quarter Panel for Porsche Boxster Cayman
Porsche Tails Wings and Spoilers & Body Kits for 911, 930, 993, 996 E36 E46 BMW body parts: Lexan Race Glass Windshield
986/987 Boxster Parts — GT Racing

have fun!

Pat 01-22-2012 07:27 AM

From the Getty Design site:
"Stock replacement item. Approximately 8 pounds lighter than a 7lb metal decklid. Complete factory style liner. Direct bolt on."
LOL, brilliant.

MileHighBoxster 01-22-2012 08:45 AM

That's the weight savings I want. :)

bar10dah 01-22-2012 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pat (Post 275206)
From the Getty Design site:
"Stock replacement item. Approximately 8 pounds lighter than a 7lb metal decklid. Complete factory style liner. Direct bolt on."
LOL, brilliant.

I can't wrap my head around that math. Metal decklid weighs 7 pounds. You replace it with the Getty Design one, and you're saving 8 pounds? So the replacement decklid weighs -1 pounds? :confused:

What am I missing here?

pnoyboy 01-26-2012 04:30 AM

thanks for the replies .....

wvboxst3r 01-26-2012 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bar10dah (Post 275213)
I can't wrap my head around that math. Metal decklid weighs 7 pounds. You replace it with the Getty Design one, and you're saving 8 pounds? So the replacement decklid weighs -1 pounds? :confused:

What am I missing here?

That is the reason for the higher cost. It is easy to replace stock with just lighter but to get a negative weight. Big Bucks

bar10dah 01-26-2012 06:19 PM

Yes, but a negative weight? Your car weighs 3,000 pounds. You remove something that weighs 7 pounds, so now your car weighs 2,993 pounds. You then install a replacement item of that thing you removed, and now your car weighs 2,992 pounds? Is that new trunklid just a really large helium balloon?

I mean, I can understand you remove a 7 pound trunklid and replace it with a 3 pound trunklid, effectively changing your overall weight from 3,000 to 2,996 pounds. But to install something and that thing making the car one more pound lighter...

If you go back to the quote, it says the new decklid is 8 pounds lighter than the 7 pound decklid. That would mean the new decklid is lighter than air or not affected by gravity. I know I must be missing a key piece of information here.

wvboxst3r 01-26-2012 10:51 PM

I know I was making a joke. One of the websites a few post backs claims -Stock steel hood: Approx. 52 lbs- so maybe they just made a typo and haven't fixed it. The site does claim it is 8lbs lighter then 7.

I can see this ending up on Leno as bad advertising.

peterbrown77 01-27-2012 02:53 AM

Maybe it's the loss of the power spoiler and assorted hardware?


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