yardpro

so i am fially getting around to finishing my interior project... seat recover, carpet, dash recover, led conversion, hvac diaphram, door recover, etc...

i bit of a lot to chew and hit a wall a few months back and had to step away...

so i am now remotivated and done with the boat projects, wifes jag, and range rover, kids sailboat and the latest hurricane dammage.....

My rear quarter panels have really warped in the last year.. they are really bad...

my question is this...

i am pretty good at fiberglass..

If anyone has any panels that are in perfect condition i would love to make a mold and make fberglass replacements available to the community. this is a problem with all 928's and i am amazed that no one has yet made a replacement

ReDesign by FEATHER

If I were you I would just watch eBay for a while and find a pair that is in fairly good condition and then work them over to fit, and to fit better than they did originally. In particular I would improve the fit of the edge along the bottom of the windows so it eliminates the unsightly gap of about an inch that they had even when new. I cannot figure why the originals have such an unsightly gap there.

FLYVMO

The gap is there because of the way the 928 vents cabin air. If you look at the diagram below, you can see the only way cabin air can escape into the B-pillars and on through the lower frame towards the vents in the lower A-pillars (in front of doors) is by having a gap between the rear quarter panel and the quarter window. If that was not the case it would have been easy for Porsche to make that lower gap seamless, just as they did for the rest of the quarter panels around the rest of the quarter window. Perhaps they preferred this method instead of putting a exhaust vent/louver in the interior quarter panels?

Cheers!
Carl

Hold On

If you can make some nice quarters from fiberglass. I would buy them. Mine have been warped from shrinking leather for years and it pisses me off !!

yardpro

i have been watching ebay, and all i see look warped...

I will try and do away with the gap as it looks terrible... i would rather install a vent in the panel... should be easy enough.

Richard S

I have a set that might work for you, but shipping from California would really suck. They would be awkward to package up. If you want pics let me know.

Rich

Gary Knox

Steven,

I have a pair that have Very Little warpage. They are in black leather. Rob Budd posted a method for eliminating the warpage in the backing a few years ago, and I saved it, thinking I'd straighten this slight warpage.

Haven't done it, but can forward the method, or will sell the panels, since they are for an S4, and I have no warpage in the '94 I currently own.

Shipping is an issue, but I could probably bring them to Frenzy in September.

Gary-

KenRudd

^^^^^I did not know that!!^^^^^

Rob M Budd

I have something in the works.
ETA is about 4 weeks.
Fiberglass whole panel and also in kit form that can be shipped more easily than a whole panel.

I don't have any pricing info yet.
As with most projects like this, there are always variables and unforeseen issues that come up.
Only after I have it all nailed down will I be able to give specifics.

While I expect to have them available before then, I will have a set at the Frenzy.

Hold On

Let me know how it works out Rob. Im interested in those. Kevin

z driver 88t

If you search, someone had posted a pretty good DIY at one time (with pictures) that show how they "staightned" their warped panels. Short story was removing old leather, coting them with some resin chemical and using wood and c clamps to straigten the warped area. Don't have time to search now, but if no one finds it, I'll search the archives tonight.

Petza914

I think Kevin in Atlanta (928parts@mindspring.com or username: "Kevin in Atlanta" for a PM) may have a really nice pair or 2 available. I purchased a lot of the interior from the '91 GT he's parting out but my car is a convertible so I didn't take the interior rear quarters since the tops of mine are cut-off, and didn't want to take a nice, straight pair that someone else might be able to use. I think he also has a tan set that are part of the interior from another car.

The Forgotten On

I fiberglassed the back of mine and clamped them to straighten them. Worked fairly well and didn't need to remove the vinyl, it just took a lot of time.

It's great to hear that there will finally be an alternative to the constantly warping and tearing loose particle board that the stock ones are made from.

z driver 88t

Here is the link to the DIY tutorial. Unfortunately, Outlier's links are dead. But several other members posted some DIY pics and links further down the thread. https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...er-panels.html

Michael Benno

Im not sure I follow your explanation. I understand air moving between the panel and the window. Are you suggesting it passed through the speaker holes into the chassis under the doors through the running board? Where is the exit? it is visible in the door jamb or behind the fender panel?