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With the 928 being the world’s supercar back in the day, I thought it might be nice to show off the CE panel, that and it’s a pain in the butt to pull the panel every time you want to check a fuse. This led me to the below. What do you guys think? Would it be helpful to the community? After finalizing everything, as there are some adjustments I need to make, I was going to have a new floor mat made that didn’t cover the CE panel up, thus showing it off a little. Let me know thought…good or bad.
Since passengers are going to rest their feet on the panel, isn't it going to show a lot of scuff marks after a while? I would thing a scuffed panel is going to look worse than no visible panel at all.
Test it well first, including passengers while you are doing heavy, spirited driving through the twisties. I'd probably crack it with my feet. Plus what J said as to scuffing. Porsche used plywood because it is inert, which is important since it site over the electrical panel. But I agree, it is a pia to access the panel with the plywood hinged door.
Totally cool custom idea. I agree that it'll blow a lot of people's minds; most makers have multiple fuse boxes throughout a vehicle; it's an intimidating sight to the uninformed eye.
Well if your going to make a feature of it why not add some blue LEDs around the edge facing forwards to light it up. Off topic but what’s the red pair of wire going to the left from the relay slot?
If your going to have a clear panel I would triple the thickness of it,
so it will withstand feet pressing on it under maximum braking
And then put hinges on the bottom edge so it will fold down .
DOH,
the top edge might hit the parcel tray so make an adjustment for that.
Put a piece of 3 m clear bra over the side that sees feet to keep scratches at a minimum.
That said , they used wood as it is strong plywood,
It wont short out or melt or burn easily.
As an aside you could have a clear piece that is easily removed,
that might slide onto a couple of pins.
I`m happy with the wood version.
NOTE make sure that whatever you do,
you dont pinch the wires between the cover and the lower support rails,
as this can easily cause a short and subsequent smoke being let out of the harnesses.
Last edited by Mrmerlin; Nov 21, 2024 at 10:04 AM.
I replaced the splintering wood panel in my Spyder with one I cut from Corian countertop material. Thick, strong, easy to cut and shape, non-conductive and comes in cool patterns and colors to match the car
It's also been reshaped with more protection on the left side to also cover the secondary fuse box that's installed for all the updated electronics - stereo, remote door locks, auto-dimming mirror, camera, radar detector, interior FM antenna, etc as I don't like splicing into the factory wiring to install this stuff so I add a second fuse panel that's powered with new wires directly from the battery. One side of the panel has switched 12v circuits and the other has constant 12v circuits. I use one feed from the constant side with an 80A SPDT relay and switched trigger wire to power the switched side.
I've done this in all my 928s and this car also has a 2nd one in the front fender to run the HID headlights, supercharger intercooler fluid pump, etc.
Installed with wing nuts here for toolless removal, but have since removed those and use socket cap screws and carry a bicycle allen tool in the glovebox to spin them out quickly when I need access.
Relief areas along the bottom and in the corners are for large wire bundles to exit without being pinched.
sorry , if there is one thing a 928 owner should be ashamed of .... this fuse panel..... i would hide it as much as possible.
Isn't that the truth . When I got my first 928 (84 5sp) and just learning about it, I pulled back the passenger carpet to get at the fuse panel and to my shock there was this homemade looking plywood cover over the panel of archaic fuses. I thought for sure some previous owner had got in there and "fixed" things up LOL. Come to find that the "flagship" Porsche actually came that way from the factory.
Since it was an early 928 thought I would check my other "old" car (84 Scirocco) just to compare and it had better more modern blade fuses etc. Odd for sure.
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This led me to the below. What do you guys think? Would it be helpful to the community? After finalizing everything, as there are some adjustments I need to make, I was going to have a new floor mat made that didn’t cover the CE panel up, thus showing it off a little. Let me know thought…good or bad. 
