Classy side vents.
 

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What is everyone's thought on this? I think it looks amazing, particularly on the silver. However I am curious if that would restrict airflow.

Looks like Shark gills to me, not a fan of it. Never liked it on the Camaro either and I love the new Camaros. I've read Chevy isn't going to have them on the 2016 model.

As for air flow, hard to tell if the fins are angled out to force air in.

Going through all that trouble I would have figured out how the get 987 vents on it.

Ugh......................

I think it needs twice the slots and a more angular shape. 987 are good but very common...

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No No No No No .......

really?

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/atta...550_spyder.jpg

good enough for the 550 spyder. wasn't the boxster based on the spyder? perhaps if you put some LEDs behind those grilles? wrapped them in faux carbon fiber?

@ The Radiumking.

The car you've showed is not a Porsche 550 Spyder. That is a (ugly) kit car.

This is a Porsche 550 A Spyder:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ar_view%29.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._MIAS_2012.JPG

lol I was going to say i don't remember the 550 A having ugly side vents

No thank you.

Really surprised to see such a negative response. I like how it cleans up the side of the car. The original Boxster concept had the intakes down low (they look like reverse side pipes.) and the side of the car looks much better with no indentions IMO.

Nice vents.

Maybe a full body picture would do it more justice? Just seem like the wrong car and wrong era for those type of vents.

sure about that?

http://www.amamaxa.com/wp-content/up...550-Spyder.jpg

i mean, it was good enough for stola (aka studio torino - the guys that did the ruf 987 cayman and boxster) ...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1223314584.jpg

I agree. Yuck; fugly. Shark gills is right :eek:!

sweet vents

I'm sorry, but those are all hideous!

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I would say "in my opinion", but I'm pretty sure that it's a fact. ;) :p

Get those sharks gills off my lawn!!!

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I actually like this, but on this car it looks right.

http://i62.tinypic.com/wjf0b5.jpg

Maybe if he went over the top of the finder it would have been more appealing?


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The 718 RSK had these slots. 1958 I believe.

The race car shown in post #14 looks like a 550 with a 718 style back.

The 718 RSK had these slots because of better air intake. The 718 was a pure race car.

As far a i know the stock 550 Spyder never had these slots.

Found this picture - named RS Spyder #44. But that also seems to be a 718.

http://www.sportscardigest.com/wp-co...a1-300x263.jpg

OK, solved the riddle. The car shown in post #14 is a hand buildt replica.

It's a kind of bastard. :D

Here are the details on that car: 2001 (Titled as 1956 Porsche 550) Vintage-Spyders 550 Spyder - LotusTalk - The Lotus Cars Community

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/atta...r_july16_j.jpg

Manufacturer is: http://vintagespyders.com/

I think they are too long and too skinny. Good attempt at it though. I think I like the scoops color matched and then blended would look better.

Porsche 06 11 Cayman Boxster 987 Side Air Intakes Vents Scoops Grilles | eBay

I was aware that it was a replica; I was just looking for a good pic that showed the rear engine venting. from what I can tell the vents as shown were used on the 550 and rsk. probably a later thing that got introduced into the 550 as it got developed in racing and the rsk evolved. my point was that the boxster was intended from the get-go to have styling cues from the 550, rsk and 904. *I think* the original post was an effort to bring another of these styling cues to the boxster. for this I applaud the guy. I think they could have been better executed, but the fabricator was probably limited to the oem opening size and location. still, more vents, punched instead of cut, might be better.

for some folks the box is a ragtop dd. for some it is a track toy. for some it is a cheap tuner car with a bit more pizzazz than a crx or 350z. for others it is a vintage-style roadster, and the more vintage it looks/is, the better. to all their own.

There's RSK 718 pics in this months Panamera mag. Shows the slots.

Those slots work with the lines and where they put the slots on the original car. It just looks odd on a boxster.

Exactly. I love the retro styling of the car and at this point it's a classic in its own right. Nothing else on the road looks like it. The modern boxsters have made a strong effort to look modern with large scoops and such, which works on the cayman. But the new boxster looks like a ferrari (not complaining, but it got away from the retro roots.)

The slats are not perfectly executed, but the original side vents on the boxster are IMO the worst bit of the styling. (Hence it was not part of the concept.) The boxster is sort of jetsons, at the time it was seen as the future through the past, the promotional material for the concept all applauds the car as the future as well as the past. However, that future never came as safety regulations and turbos have hiked up the front ends of porsches and added buldges and longer track.

The smooth rear lines of the boxster are really hard to find in any car, mine is debagded even to further accent this.

So I like the gills, I think they make the car even more retro/futuristic, and undoubtably unique.

I i agree with you there Jake, i also find them a pain when cleaning as soon as i've dried the the car water runs out from them down the panel. I can't make my mind up on the 'shark gill' look, but i do think it has a cleaner look than the originals.

I wonder what other designs/ideas would work instead.

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