John Markowitz

Hi:
Can anyone give me their impression of the aftermarket aluminum belly pans? I'm replacing a broken factory plastic one. Is it worth a few more bucks to put one of the aluminum jobs under there?? Any downside?....excuse the pun..

Thanks-

John
91' 928S4

Robert_H

John,

After my original plastic/fiberglass version gave up it's life heroically to save my engine (during a spirited run to Carmel...), I went ahead and ordered the aluminum version from 928 International. It is a quality piece of work. Highly recommended...

Rob

ROG100

The aluminium pan from 928 Int is very good.
Remember you need to transfer the two ducts from the old unit.
Very simple pop rivet exercise - took me about five minutes on one we did for Ernie's car.

Jim bailey - 928 International

Our undertray is quite nice made by a metal working company PALEX which is owned by a 928 owner (one of Mark's race sponsors) and he made it like it was going on his own car. Which of course it did !

Shane

I have one from 928 Intl and it is very sweet, too bad mine is still leaning against my shop wall.

Jim do you guys have adapters to fit to the early cars yet?

Robert_H

Jim,

Do you guys have any of the ducts that go on the undertray? Mine were trashed when the undertray was ripped off...

Rob

Mark

IIRC - the new pans from 928 Intl & 928 Spec have NACA-style ducts built in....

I am HOPING one of the Big 3 will develop one with a "door" or removeable panel to facilitate oil/filter change without removal of the entire belly pan.

Ed Scherer

I'll add my enthusiastic "just do it" vote. I got the 928 International one (probably a year ago or so) and really like it. Nicely built, much superior to original.

Trap door for oil drain / filter access would be cool.

Maybe what would be even cooler is fewer attach points and some kind of quick (but strong and reliable) releases.

Nicole

I once had the privilege of seeing how they are made - really nice quality! And if I remember correctly, they are getting a black powdercoating, so you have to look really closely to see that there is an aftermarket pan on the car.

As Roger pointed out, you have to add the original ducts to the pan to make it complete.

m21sniper

Can you get them in natural finish?

I'd want mine in silver.

Silver is purty.