CyCloNe!

Well interesting event... I was driving a mere 60 mph and my fiberglass nose panel flew 3/4 off, it was handing by one bolt. After stopping and looking at the car it appears one bolt backed out and the rest were broken off. The worst part is the panel was hanging by one bolt and flung over and hit the fender denting it and also bent back the corner where it mounts. I bent the fender back for the most part looks decent but the dent bothers me, it's minor but still sucks.

Well nothing like being flat broke at the moment and having to drive around with no nose panel for a long while and a fresh new ding on the driver fender.

dp951

hey I have an extra one you could bolt on till you get your funds together , so she wont be exposed Pm if you like

Scott H

Think of it like this: your IC, heck, probably the whole engine bay, is going to be getting a lot more airflow through it

onspeed

even better than a vented nose panel.

CyCloNe!

lol Ironically I did notice lower temps with it off but I'd rather not look like all the rice cake honda's around here showing One day I'm going to get in the car and be missing the intercooler

95ONE

Yes, I have experience here. Check out my GIF below..

blown 944

Lol, me too. Now I have the one in your gif

95ONE

HA! yeah, I guess so.

shortyboy

its funny, this happened to many of us...

ausgeflippt951

Was your panel AIR? This exact thing happened to me -- the problem is that the female mold they use is not quite sized right for the panel, meaning it doesn't fit right coming out of the box. So if you do like I did and trim some back, it then becomes too thin.

Regardless, mine flew off in the middle of Nebraska on a drive from AZ --> WI. Hit the semi behind me and exploded into a million pieces.

CyCloNe!

^^ Honestly I think mine was an AIR panel now that you mention it.

ibkevin

You guys should PM a Mod and have these casualties with the AIR header stickied to the top of the forum.

ausgeflippt951

Good idea. I did call AIR and demand that they send a replacement. They did, but they weren't happy about it.


Edit: I should note that I then drove with the replacement FG header panel for another 6mo, until I was T-boned by some illegals. The HP was no longer usable at that point.

toddk911

Is the 924/931 panel that much of a fit issue to not just modify those with inlets/intakes?

CyCloNe!

duno good question