RAPID944

Look at this one it says original PORSCHE rear expansion?



And Carlos Sainz 928

sweanders

It could be a CS but I don't think that they had central locking. I do remember seing pictures of another 928 with rear fenders like that but I don't remember if it's original.

One thing that I don't understand is why it has US bumperettes, seems strange...

The other car seems nice, but not worth the extra money only becuase of who one of the previous owners is.

PorKen

With the camera angle and the flares, it looks a bit too much like a 280Z!

Nicole

It's definitely not a Club Sport. I'm not sure what month they started making the GT but the shifter indicates that it might be a true GT. I have never heard about the rear flares from the factory, though.

heinrich

Porsche did this many times on 911's and it may be that either a factory worker did it to his/her car; or this was a test development; or maybe just homemade -- I don't recall exactly the JPN flares, could this be JPN flares with a little help? I think it looks nice.

Tony

A guy showed up at DEVEK day with a fender set up like that. It was on a green car if i recall. Something about the car just didnt look right ...and i think its the same thing in this picture (the image is a bit too small to tell accurately..the link didnt work for me). Anyway, The rear wheel arch is ROUND not squared off like on stock rear quarter.


Also this car in the image has S4 wheels and GTS mirrors and a color matched tail. The side molding on the rear quarter looks too long to be a GTS. GTS's were only about 2 inches werent they?

Ragnar Joensen

Found this old thread in my search for original Porsche rear fender extensions.

I have purchased a 1989 GT with option code XC1.

The links dont work for me - the ads are outdated years ago, so thats propably the reason. Have any of you guys have seen such fenders elsewhere, or have pictures, or anything that can shed some additional light on these fenders ?

I have a statement from Porsche, where they show the XC1 option code to be correct. The PET does not show these fenders, but as far as I know the PET only show prefix M options, not the prefix X or other options.


Ragnar

Vilhuer

I have seen something like that once before in Dutch 928 meeting 2005.



It just doesn't look right. Its unlikely factory would do something like that. Option codes which start with XC are usually wooden manual gerbox selector parts but this doesn't exclude possibility that XC1 is something totally different. Period Exclusive option lists I have do not show it.

Ragnar Joensen

Erkka,

Thanks for the swift reply. It may very well be the same car on Your photo. The car was bought from Germany in November 2005, and as such it may have participated in the Dutch meeting.

My car has the unpainted spoiler, the same sticker in the R/H quarter window, and the bulge in the interior quarter panel, as well as the black leather interior with sport seats. And in the glove compartment I found 4 crested wheel center caps in the car colour. I am darn sure it is the same car. Was the registration HSK-T946 ?

Notice that the wheel housing still has the square shape cutout, but with the metal pulled a bit out to form a more circular shape.

The servicebook sticker shows the option code CX1, and so does the sticker in the baggage compartment. And as I said earlier Porsche AG have issued a statement to verify the authenticity of the code, and stating that it covers the extension of the fenders.

The car is fitted with CS wheels (option code M393) and 43 mm spacers in the rear. This is also verified in the german Fahrzeugbrief to be original Porsche installed by birth. The germans are quite thorough to document such things in their official registration records.

There is not other option code that could cover the 43 mm spacers on my sticker, so i guess that the XC1 also covers those. The wheel wells would look quite empty without the spacers.

BTW: The XC codes also cover the additional-additional leather upholstery (light switch, tailgate switch, wiper arm, etc.)


Ragnar

Jim M.

I talked to the owner of the car at Devek Days. He had a body shop do the rear wheel arches. He wanted a wider wheel and didn't like the look of the original fender opening. He also said he always like the 911 turbo rear fenders so he did it to his 928. I agree, it doesn't look right, but that's because we're used to the squared off opening. Whatever floates your boat.

Marine Blue

Those look identical to the flares on the Audi A6, definitely not something Porsche would do.

Ragnar Joensen

Erkka,

I have done some additional research and apparently the car on Your photo is not my car.

Although the similarities, and apparently the same colour as well (Slate Grey, colour code 22D), it appears to have Cup mirrors (see the reflection image on the R/H door). And the sticker on the R/H quarter window is a bit further back on my car.

I checked pictures of cars that participated in the record breaking attempt i Holland i May 2005, and found this car on Dutch register that seems to have the same fenders (and Cup mirrors).

http://www.xs4all.nl/~rob928/webalbu...L_13-FN-VK.htm

Further I did not find the registration of my car (HSK-T946) at that time among the participants.

EDIT: I have been in contact with the owner of the car at that time, and according to him the car was not in Holland for that specific meeting. So there are at least 2 cars with this option. So suddenly my car went from being rare to being half as rare. And the other car has the same colour, the same interior, and apparently the same wheel center caps.


Ragnar

Ragnar Joensen

I have taken some photos to show my fenders and wheelcaps.


Ragnar

Ragnar Joensen

My car is a MY 1989, almost ten years before the first A6 hit the road.

I think Porsche are safe from being accused of copying the A6 fenders with a healthy marginal.


Ragnar

Peter F

Hi Ragnar,

it looks like a baby GTS with the wider fenders.
(Except the wheel arches are round)

/Peter