Hello Guys:
Last month I bought a set of OEM GT4 side intake scoops for my 718 Cayman S and covered them with real carbon fiber, they ended up pretty nice looking. I have a car shop so these kind oif jobs are done almost every week and I had all materials ready.
I'll install them right now and will be back with more pictures
DB Carbon inners and CSS outer, fixed in place with clear epoxy resin, been bonded on for 18 months without issues you could literally jack the car up from them 😀
i figured why would i want to take them off 🤷🏻♂️
(i also figured that i can purchase new rocker panels from ebay for £120 if i ever wanted to return to stock ??)
Very nice work. Can this be done DIY? I'm assuming you have a single layer of carbon? Did you have to vacuum wrap it and any sanding and polishing required?
Note for those who were asking the OEM GT4 side scoops are a little larger and click in more securely than the aftermarket carbon ones. Both are a good option but I have had a carbon one fly off at 230kph so you need to keep an eye on the adhesive which keeps the aftermarket ones stuck in place. The GT4 ones can become a little loose on the trailing edge but still hang on.
I can't see pictures of my car without them anymore, it look outstading now, I get excited every time I walk towards it, the side intake holes are pretty big now, like they will definitely gather more air at high speeds
I don't know either, but from the left side you have more force on the air entering the box, and on the right side, most of that air is piped into the top front of the box and I can imagine that increasing the pressure significantly in the filter box. Also, on the right side, the extra pressure on the split that goes up to intercooler before going out the exhaust might actually cool better (compressed air cools, if I remember right). I think it would be a win for both the intercooler and the turbo.
I'm pretty sure it might have some possitive impact at high speeds, the OEM scoops are just holes on the sides the GT scoops have pickup blades that would deffinitely help to grab more aire
what did the OEM parts cost? think it looks awesome but I haven’t done anything with carbon fibre and was wondering how difficult this is to achieve the quality you have. Also is the carbon wrapping both sides?
Personally, this was/is the only thing I wanted to do with my Boxster As imho they look fantastic BUT I keep on holding off pressing the order button as honestly what I have looks good regardless And I can live with it.
I wanted to get these done and wanted OEM parts to do so; however, I do t have the skill set nor do I know of a local shop that can carbon wrap and epoxy. I was wondering if I could order a set from you!
A quick “google” and there are literally scores of suppliers??
All readily available, i bonded on my real carbon side scoops with CT1 Clear, the only way those mothers are coming off is to saw them off with fishing line, you can litterally lift the car up off them 😁
The same for me, I wanted OEM parts, just to be sure that they don't fly on track day, but they have tendency to fly
I saw that OEM scoops have screws from the back side, the whole side panel needs to be removed to attach them properly.