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Old 07-25-2017, 06:53 PM   #1
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Help please to identify these side skirts

Can anyone help me to identify these side skirts? I'm really interested in them and I can't locate them anywhere. The website domain shown in the photo is now for sale.

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Will 987 skirts fit a 986?
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Old 07-25-2017, 07:32 PM   #3
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Will 987 skirts fit a 986?
no, but the car in the pic is a 986 with the aftermarket '987 look' side vents available on eBay. The lower part of the vents are fake.

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Can't believe I didn't catch that, the rims and vents tricked me.

When I did an image search with that photo, it turned up an eBay listing for the side vents by a place called XtremeMotorcars, not sure if their site shows those skirts:
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Can't believe I didn't catch that, the rims and vents tricked me.

When I did an image search with that photo, it turned up an eBay listing for the side vents by a place called XtremeMotorcars . . .
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. The car in the pic is doing a pretty good 987 impersonation for sure.
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side skirts TA style

try this link, these are called TA style?

1997-2004 Porsche Boxster TA Style Side Skirts (UNPAINTED) | eBay
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Thanks for the link to the TechArt clones. They're close, but their top edge has more of a straight line angle increase from the rear door edge to the rear fender rather than the more '80s Porsche like (to me anyway) cut of the skirts I'm trying to identify.

Because I'm considering using some body colored TA knockoff headlight covers (which I bought for $90 vs ~$250 for real TAs) I might go with the TA side skirts also to keep with a single theme. Real TA side skirts go for around $1,400 new if I remember correctly so I'll most likely try the knockoffs if I decide to go this route.
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Old 07-27-2017, 09:10 PM   #8
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I think these are it.

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BINGO!! That's them. And only $725 per side . Thanks so much all_mota, great catch

I really do like them. We'll see.
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BINGO!! That's them. And only $725 per side . Thanks so much all_mota, great catch

I really do like them. We'll see.
No problem. Glad I could help. They're definitely expensive but also pretty unique. I was shopping around for side skirts last year and didn't even know about those until now.

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